I'm just piggybacking on this one if you don't mind. I have a sick aloe vera, too. I wonder if it got too wet or too cool (or both). It's losing its color and getting limp. It was a baby off of my mom's humongous one that's now gone. My sister's is doing great. I saw some advice about checking the roots to see if they were OK (like nueva gardener did above) and haven't done that yet. I wanted to have the soil on hand first (cactus or African Violet soil was recommended -- it's been in sand for decades and that's what it's still in). Anyway -- my real question was with rooting in the perlite. Do you wet IT when you first start out? Thanks! Flo :-)

Hello everyone. I thought I'd give you an update on Wuji. I took him in for some more tests about a week and a half ago and we found out he was severely anemic. The vet upped his steroid and gave me some Petinic. The next day after the adjusted meds, I got my Wuji back! He is now eating, playing and even sassing (playfully) his sister. He hasn't done those things in 2 months. He is a lot harder to give his meds to though. When I stick the syringe in his mouth and give him his meds, he just stares at me and refuses to swallow. I've tried to rub his throat but it's still a no go. He waits till the meds slide out his mouth and down his face. I don't know how long he will stay like this but we are so glad his days are now happy.It looks like we get a little more time with him than I thought.

I would pull it out of that pot and put it in a deeper one with new soil. I would want a pot with holes in the bottom for drainage, and well drsining soil. I would water it well twice a week. Chances are, you are not watering enough.

welcome ... its been thru a lot of stress ... grower to seller.. to your place.. then the watering ... why dont you leave it alone for while.. and let it settle down and see what develops ... repotting it.. or worse.. dividing the plants out will just be one more giant stress .... lets let it settle down before we contemplate that ... on some level.. you are loving it to death .... lets try to back off that ... let it near dry before you water again... you should be able to tell by the pot weight when that is ... if not sticking your finger in the media ... i would probably look into propagating cuttings before i would tear it apart ... from the pix.. i dont understand if its by a window.. or in the middle of the room .. maybe you moved it for the pic ... but im not sure it will get enough light through the shear drapes ... give us some more info on that ... ken