melissamott124
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Hey everyone.
For the past 1-2 weeks or so, Cleo has been acting a little weird. She eats like a champ (I wish she'd eat more greens, but she does eat them), but seems like maybe she's struggling to poop? She's been going close to every day, but it's just been urates and no actual poop. I'm getting really worried! She's always been a.. weird pooper I guess you can say, but when she has no symptoms she usually has a big poop around twice a week. The daily urates is not normal for her.
After she poops, she runs around her tank like a psycho and glass surfs, so I usually take her out and let her run around my room while I clean her tank.
The past two days though, she's been hiding in her cave for most of the day. She hasn't even been in her cave for close to a year, and she's never hidden in it before. I've been really busy with school and work, but my mom told me that when she came home from work at 4pm yesterday and today, Cleo was hidden in her cave. She won't come out unless I physically take her out, and when I do she gets really annoyed at me. I'm worried she might be sick and have been contemplating getting a fecal sample done.
Here's some quick info:
- UV: Reptisun T5 10.0 bulb
- Temps: Basking is 103, cool side is 85 (temp taken with a laser gun)
- She given crickets every other day and greens daily. (I don't think I've been dusting with calcium enough, so I'm in the process of tweaking that)
- She is between 15 and 18 months old
Any advice would be really helpful! I'm going to give her a bath tonight to see if that helps her pass more than a urate.
For the past 1-2 weeks or so, Cleo has been acting a little weird. She eats like a champ (I wish she'd eat more greens, but she does eat them), but seems like maybe she's struggling to poop? She's been going close to every day, but it's just been urates and no actual poop. I'm getting really worried! She's always been a.. weird pooper I guess you can say, but when she has no symptoms she usually has a big poop around twice a week. The daily urates is not normal for her.
After she poops, she runs around her tank like a psycho and glass surfs, so I usually take her out and let her run around my room while I clean her tank.
The past two days though, she's been hiding in her cave for most of the day. She hasn't even been in her cave for close to a year, and she's never hidden in it before. I've been really busy with school and work, but my mom told me that when she came home from work at 4pm yesterday and today, Cleo was hidden in her cave. She won't come out unless I physically take her out, and when I do she gets really annoyed at me. I'm worried she might be sick and have been contemplating getting a fecal sample done.
Here's some quick info:
- UV: Reptisun T5 10.0 bulb
- Temps: Basking is 103, cool side is 85 (temp taken with a laser gun)
- She given crickets every other day and greens daily. (I don't think I've been dusting with calcium enough, so I'm in the process of tweaking that)
- She is between 15 and 18 months old
Any advice would be really helpful! I'm going to give her a bath tonight to see if that helps her pass more than a urate.