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Healthy?
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It is hard to say this time of year. Is it diet/lighting, brumation, health, or stress related. Tell us more about your set up and the background of the lizard and people can better answer your question.
laurarfl said:
I got him from a exotic reptile store called prehistoric pets last Thursday. He's still a baby so I don't know what sex he's is. I house him in a 20 gallon tank and the substrate is this alfalfa pellet designed for tegus and other reptiles. He has a large water bowl a food bowl and a hide. As of right now the hot side is 100 degrees and the cold side is 78. Humidity is 33 %. I've tried feeding him hard boiled eggs with no success. Today I went back to the store to try to find a solution and they told me to put a heating pad under the hide and not to worry until there is any noticeable weight loss. He has 100 watt basking lamp a 5.0 UVB compact fluorescent bulb from reptisun, and 150 watt red heat light plus as already mentioned a heat wave heating pad. I've only seen him outside his hide when I've taking him out and tried fix his cage then he lies out in the basking lamp for a little bit
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I need to get off the computer, so this is a short, fast post. The compact bulb might not be a good fit for him. Some people have had issues with eye problems. The humidity needs to be 70% and can be helped by changing the substrate to a cypress mulch (less drying). It is awfully early to have hatchling age babies here, so it sounds like an import or left from last year's clutch. If he is captive bred, he may be trying to hibernate. He may also be stressed from the move. Give him a day or two and see if he will eat again. Try ground turkey, F/T pinkies with calcium added to each meal that doesn't have bones.
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Skipperii said:
From what I have read, the possibilities are pretty high.
So Ive gotten the mulch and the temperatures right, I even put in some spaghnum moss and he still won't eat he just sits in his hide all day. I've tried pinkie mice, chicken breasts grounded turkey hard boiled eggs and still nothing!! Sorry if I'm anoying anybody I'm just worried that something is wrong.
