High acidic acids in kidneys

[Krounes]

Hi I have a 11 months old Chacoan Tegu He weighs in at 1634 I don't remember if the doc said grams or milligrams or kilograms I'm not sure. He's just under 2 feet long. I took him to the vet last week and they took blood and called me today about it. And told me everything looks great he just has a high acids something in his pee/kidneys and that it's because he's not getting enough water. But I don't know what to do to get him to drink more water he hates being in water anytime he falls into his water bowl he crawls right out. I give him socks in the tub until he goes potty, which takes close to 30 min or more. I told the dock that he gets a minimum of a 15 min soake a day maybe more and he said to increase it which I'm already doing. I don't know what els to do.

 

[Justin]

Make sure the humidity in his enclosure is at least 70% one thing that may help is if your feeding mice is to soak them in water for 30 min before feeding as they will absorb water and swell up.

 

[DreamsOfTegus]

I've heard of injecting water into prey items also. Just inject under the skin, it'll bubble up. Then feed. That should really help too.

 

[Krounes]

Make sure the humidity in his enclosure is at least 70% one thing that may help is if your feeding mice is to soak them in water for 30 min before feeding as they will absorb water and swell up.

It's set to 80% and I'll try the soaking in water with his fuzzy

 

[Krounes]

I've heard of injecting water into prey items also. Just inject under the skin, it'll bubble up. Then feed. That should really help too.

Where do I get needles?

 

[dpjm]

Make sure you clean the water bowl well and offer fresh water daily. They are attracted to fresh, clean water.

 

[Krounes]

We'll see he's constantly flinging stuff into his water bowl, I change it before I leave for class and when I come back but every time I clean it give him a few minutes and there will but stuff in his water bowl. He's a little punk I tell ya lol.

 

[DreamsOfTegus]

Go to a livestock supply store. They will probably have them behind the counter due to thieves, but they should have them. Both sterile syringes and needles. Now, yours doesn't need to be sterile since it's not injecting anything into a live animal, but do wash it well between uses to avoid build up of bacteria and replace the needle every few uses. They aren't expensive.