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Recent content by ChubbyTegu

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    Why feed cod liver oil?

    My Tegu seems to not always be in the mood for food items smelling like cod liver oil, but if I inject the oil into a thawed mouse, he gobbles it down every time.
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    Mouth rot or resp infection? Both?

    Here is a pic of his enclosureafter cleaning it out. His health seems the same, but I made his mulch deeper with a layer of topsoil between two layers of cypress. So I hope this helps keep the humidity up. Notice how dark he looks compared to my Avatar pic? Is that just due to age? Any...
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    Mouth rot or resp infection? Both?

    The gums aren't sticking out much today, that's good I guess.... He's still drooling though. I jacked up his temps 6 degrees or so, and put a larger amount of reptivite in his food today. He hasn't been eating most of the time I put food in lately, (hibernation) but today he ate most of the...
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    Mouth rot or resp infection? Both?

    My Adult Argentine BLK/WHT Tegu is still kinda hibernating so i don't see him much, and i just noticed that he has what looks like puffy pink gums sticking slightly out the side of his mouth and is drooling a lot. Sounds a little gargly when he's breathing. I have no rep vet near me, but my vet...
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    Tegu passed a hard white ball after 2 enemas.. ???

    Thanks for the tips! I have been squeezing some of my fish oil pills out into his turkey. Correction on my previous post, it's miner-all (spelling?) not rep-cal that I give him. I usually put some on his food almost every day. I sprinkle some repti-vite about 3 times a week. The humidity could...
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    Tegu passed a hard white ball after 2 enemas.. ???

    Ok, sounds good. Should I be giving him enemas too? Also the vet said to use warm water with a couple drops of mild soap and a little mineral oil for the enema. Probably about 15cc or so total. Does that sound right?
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    Tegu passed a hard white ball after 2 enemas.. ???

    Really? He has a 1'x2' water dish that's filtered with a turtle filter. He mainly eats ground turkey, shrimp, talapia, eggs, ground venison once in w while.... He wont really eat fruit anymore. He used to eat grapes and mango.... I see him drink. He is only about a year old if that matters. He...
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    Tegu passed a hard white ball after 2 enemas.. ???

    My adult argentine BW Tegu hadn't pooped in about a week so the vet told me to try an enema. That seemed to do the trick. In the morning I found a runny poo and what looked to be the cause of the backup. It was a hard white clump about the size of a cherry tomato. I broke it open and it was just...
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    impaction?

    Mine hasn't pooped for a week. I just tried giving him an enema today. Only got about 4cc in there, so maybe not enough...? Have soaked him a few times, and fed two thawed mice today injected with fish oil. I hope he poops soon.
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