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Sooo - I'm thinking there's a possibility that you may want to make sure your buddy has fresh water, and is actually drinking it. I would watch him close for that. When mine had a problem with impaction, he would go up to the food, lick it, but then reject it as if he knew it would be painful. He had stopped getting enough water, and not kidding - I almost lost him.

I spent the better part of a week coaxing him back to the world of water. I still don't know why he stopped drinking other than I moved the dish inside the home. Also, introduced a new baby Tegu as a companion for him. I could be paranoid but wanted to mention that you want to watch him poop. If he's straining and giving up with no result, he may be blocked/impacted...etc. My 2 yr old male had calcified urates, and he had to have help getting those out of his system. He was on his way to giving up.

I found that dripping drops or a tiny stream of water from a bottle -right onto his nose- was somewhat irresistible to him. He started lapping at the bottle like a hamster. He still looks for the bottle sometimes when I'm working in his house. Anyway - just wanted to pass that on. It's not like they don't eat at all - they slow down first, then as time passes, they stop eating. Hard to know the difference, because they really aren't interested in eating every day. Makes it difficult to know if they're just plenty satisfied without food today, and that it's no big deal.
Good luck!

<blockquote data-quote="Debita" data-source="post: 170453" data-attributes="member: 9255">Sooo - I'm thinking there's a possibility that you may want to make sure your buddy has fresh water, and is actually drinking it.&nbsp; I would watch him close for that.&nbsp; When mine had a problem with impaction, he would go up to the food, lick it, but then reject it as if he knew it would be painful.&nbsp; He had stopped getting enough water, and not kidding - I almost lost him.I spent the better part of a week coaxing him back to the world of water.&nbsp; I still don't know why he stopped drinking other than I moved the dish inside the home.&nbsp; Also, introduced a new baby Tegu as a companion for him.&nbsp; I could be paranoid but wanted to mention that you want to watch him poop.&nbsp; If he's straining and giving up with no result, he may be blocked/impacted...etc.&nbsp; My 2 yr old male had calcified urates, and he had to have help getting those out of his system.&nbsp; He was on his way to giving up.I found that dripping drops or a tiny stream of water from a bottle&nbsp; -right onto his nose-&nbsp; was somewhat irresistible to him.&nbsp; He started lapping at the bottle like a hamster.&nbsp; He still looks for the bottle sometimes when I'm working in his house.&nbsp; Anyway - just wanted to pass that on.&nbsp; It's not like they don't eat at all - they slow down first, then as time passes, they stop eating.&nbsp; Hard to know the difference, because they really aren't interested in eating every day.&nbsp; Makes it difficult to know if they're just plenty satisfied without food today, and that it's no big deal.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Debita, post: 170453, member: 9255"] Sooo - I'm thinking there's a possibility that you may want to make sure your buddy has fresh water, and is actually drinking it. I would watch him close for that. When mine had a problem with impaction, he would go up to the food, lick it, but then reject it as if he knew it would be painful. He had stopped getting enough water, and not kidding - I almost lost him. I spent the better part of a week coaxing him back to the world of water. I still don't know why he stopped drinking other than I moved the dish inside the home. Also, introduced a new baby Tegu as a companion for him. I could be paranoid but wanted to mention that you want to watch him poop. If he's straining and giving up with no result, he may be blocked/impacted...etc. My 2 yr old male had calcified urates, and he had to have help getting those out of his system. He was on his way to giving up. I found that dripping drops or a tiny stream of water from a bottle -right onto his nose- was somewhat irresistible to him. He started lapping at the bottle like a hamster. He still looks for the bottle sometimes when I'm working in his house. Anyway - just wanted to pass that on. It's not like they don't eat at all - they slow down first, then as time passes, they stop eating. Hard to know the difference, because they really aren't interested in eating every day. Makes it difficult to know if they're just plenty satisfied without food today, and that it's no big deal. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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