Hi there, this little guy is about 6 months old, rescued from an Ace Hardware where he was being fed a few worms every three days, incorrect basking temp, minimal uvb, and very dry enclosure.
I brought him home and he weighs 23 grams. His enclosure has paper towel substrate, and I have a powersun mercury vapor bulb. His basking temp has a constant range of 95 to 110, his cool side is 75 at night (house temp). He's in a 40 gallon breeder tank.
My main concerns are retained shed, malnutrition, and parasites.
Pictures show the retained shed on his back and left rear foot.
I've offered him a constant platter of small dubia, small soldier fly larvae, small freshly shed superworms, red runners, as well as little pieces of squash. I entice him as much as I can, but he doesn't touch the squash and only eats a couple bugs a day. Mostly he basks with his eyes closed. I don't think his eyes are hurting, I think he is weak and resting
One thing I noted initially was there appeared to be a tiny amount of blood in his feces. His weight and lack of appetite would indicate possible parasites, and I do have panacur on hand. But the amount based on his weight would be .02cc, and I have no idea how to measure that amount. So not wanting to over dose, I just put the tiniest amount on the end of my finger and onto his nose, which he did take. Looking for advice on proper dosage for that.
For the first couple days I had a hard time getting him to drink anything. I made a liquid concoction with calcium glubionate, a multivitamin, and acidiophiliz+ and was able to get it to drink a couple drops the first night, and then about 5cc again two nights ago.
I've been soaking it in the tub nightly, and two nights ago, it suddenly figured out how to drink, and drank water for probably a full minute. The next day it had a watery and extremely foul smelling poop
I'm going to try some reptaboost today and some baby food. Looking for some advice on how much panacur to give, as well as what to do about the foot. Also if anyone has suggestions for getting him to eat more. Thank you
I brought him home and he weighs 23 grams. His enclosure has paper towel substrate, and I have a powersun mercury vapor bulb. His basking temp has a constant range of 95 to 110, his cool side is 75 at night (house temp). He's in a 40 gallon breeder tank.
My main concerns are retained shed, malnutrition, and parasites.
Pictures show the retained shed on his back and left rear foot.
I've offered him a constant platter of small dubia, small soldier fly larvae, small freshly shed superworms, red runners, as well as little pieces of squash. I entice him as much as I can, but he doesn't touch the squash and only eats a couple bugs a day. Mostly he basks with his eyes closed. I don't think his eyes are hurting, I think he is weak and resting
One thing I noted initially was there appeared to be a tiny amount of blood in his feces. His weight and lack of appetite would indicate possible parasites, and I do have panacur on hand. But the amount based on his weight would be .02cc, and I have no idea how to measure that amount. So not wanting to over dose, I just put the tiniest amount on the end of my finger and onto his nose, which he did take. Looking for advice on proper dosage for that.
For the first couple days I had a hard time getting him to drink anything. I made a liquid concoction with calcium glubionate, a multivitamin, and acidiophiliz+ and was able to get it to drink a couple drops the first night, and then about 5cc again two nights ago.
I've been soaking it in the tub nightly, and two nights ago, it suddenly figured out how to drink, and drank water for probably a full minute. The next day it had a watery and extremely foul smelling poop
I'm going to try some reptaboost today and some baby food. Looking for some advice on how much panacur to give, as well as what to do about the foot. Also if anyone has suggestions for getting him to eat more. Thank you