I'm not sure if this already on here but here it is.
We had to move out of our house very last minute so his living situation hasnt been perfect... I have been trying to keep his heat and humidity up and he was eating very well and a decent amount he grew so fast so quickly we had to struggle to find a bigger cage he went into a plastic tub and he started acting a little stressed and laid flat on his stomach and when he walked he would just drag himself with his back legs and just crawl basically but most of the time he just lays there with his tongue slightly out and opens and closes his mouth..
Took him to the vet they said it's a lack of calcium.. so they gave him a shot of antibiotics and gave him calcium and told us to give him a shot every 72 hours.. today I'm working but my mother said he seems to be doing better and a little more active she called a specialist that rescues tegus he said feed him raw eggs and hamburger meat and correct his diet so that's where we are now.
He's in a 50-55 gallon glass tank his humidity averages 50+ trying to keep it higher than that... We are in the process today of getting two 150 watt bulbs cause now we just have one and a 60 watt bulb.. his heat seems to stay around 90 but I keep hearing how he needs 105. I'm putting in kiln dried pine shavings today. We have been feed him fish eggs crickets (he won't eat them anymore) , some fruit and vegetables. He rarely eat food that's put in calcium power .
My big question is what could be wrong with him, And how can this never happen again?
I understand the plastic tub was the wrong move... But it's done and I'm trying to fix the problem. He's around 1 years old now. Thanks for any help you can give!
We had to move out of our house very last minute so his living situation hasnt been perfect... I have been trying to keep his heat and humidity up and he was eating very well and a decent amount he grew so fast so quickly we had to struggle to find a bigger cage he went into a plastic tub and he started acting a little stressed and laid flat on his stomach and when he walked he would just drag himself with his back legs and just crawl basically but most of the time he just lays there with his tongue slightly out and opens and closes his mouth..
Took him to the vet they said it's a lack of calcium.. so they gave him a shot of antibiotics and gave him calcium and told us to give him a shot every 72 hours.. today I'm working but my mother said he seems to be doing better and a little more active she called a specialist that rescues tegus he said feed him raw eggs and hamburger meat and correct his diet so that's where we are now.
He's in a 50-55 gallon glass tank his humidity averages 50+ trying to keep it higher than that... We are in the process today of getting two 150 watt bulbs cause now we just have one and a 60 watt bulb.. his heat seems to stay around 90 but I keep hearing how he needs 105. I'm putting in kiln dried pine shavings today. We have been feed him fish eggs crickets (he won't eat them anymore) , some fruit and vegetables. He rarely eat food that's put in calcium power .
My big question is what could be wrong with him, And how can this never happen again?
I understand the plastic tub was the wrong move... But it's done and I'm trying to fix the problem. He's around 1 years old now. Thanks for any help you can give!
