adventureswithnorman
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i'm pretty new at this. 4 months into it. Adopted from my daughters classmate and researched hours on end for the best set up for Norman.
i bought everything from Carolina custom cages -
tank: 36x18x18
22" T5HO UVB+Single GU10 basking light fixture
75w halogen basking bulb
Zoomed Reptisun 10.0 UVB T5HO florescent tube
i'm in California and noticed about 2 weeks ago Norman was not his usual self. He wasn't moving (very lethargic) around much or eating. Even Dubias :shock: and only wanted to stay on the cool side. I started getting a little worried, until one morning about 2 hours from when is basking light turns on, my daughter came to me and was holding him saying mom i just found him on the bottom of the tank and his beard and tail were jet black and his body all light white. i said that is not normal and rushed him to the vet! Before all this happened he pooped but i had cleaned it wish i saved it for a fiscal test!
anyway the vet said he was very dehydrated and for me to wait till he poops to see if he has parasites to test. they suggested we feed him fluids and hope he poops and they put him on Omnivore. Two days go by no poop.Than later that day after or vet visit at 5pm he started having these gasping attacks that were disturbing to watch! vet had been closed. Then Tuesday 9 am May 12 i took him in again and they suggest and X-ray.
results:
all good- calcium and bones look good no impaction except reparatory infection
i started doing the container and fogger with silver Colloidal for 20 min
then id feed him the Omnivore Care. And every time i'd feed him 1ml within 40 to an hour he'd have these gasping for air episodes!
the vet said stop feeding him and he got better and his coloring came back (12 hours).
Wednesday i told the vet he's doing so much better. She said start feeding him again. so i did. guess what the breathing episodes are happening again. this time he never really came to and is limp and is in a deep sleep.
the vet recommend i don't touch him but still wants to give him every 3 days Ceftazidime 100mg/ml for 10 days. so one month.
i'm at a loss if he's burmating during a time of a RI or just really ill.
Plus i'm still baffled as to how he got it.
i have a laser temperatures reader and his basking side is 98-102 middle 85 cool 78
i do wonder tho if his UVB bulb is too close to his highest point where he likes to sit most of the day. He's never seemed to like high temps he always hangs off the side of the hammock. never basks right under his basking light.
so here i am at a loss any suggestions is so appreciated.
i bought everything from Carolina custom cages -
tank: 36x18x18
22" T5HO UVB+Single GU10 basking light fixture
75w halogen basking bulb
Zoomed Reptisun 10.0 UVB T5HO florescent tube
i'm in California and noticed about 2 weeks ago Norman was not his usual self. He wasn't moving (very lethargic) around much or eating. Even Dubias :shock: and only wanted to stay on the cool side. I started getting a little worried, until one morning about 2 hours from when is basking light turns on, my daughter came to me and was holding him saying mom i just found him on the bottom of the tank and his beard and tail were jet black and his body all light white. i said that is not normal and rushed him to the vet! Before all this happened he pooped but i had cleaned it wish i saved it for a fiscal test!
anyway the vet said he was very dehydrated and for me to wait till he poops to see if he has parasites to test. they suggested we feed him fluids and hope he poops and they put him on Omnivore. Two days go by no poop.Than later that day after or vet visit at 5pm he started having these gasping attacks that were disturbing to watch! vet had been closed. Then Tuesday 9 am May 12 i took him in again and they suggest and X-ray.
results:
all good- calcium and bones look good no impaction except reparatory infection
i started doing the container and fogger with silver Colloidal for 20 min
then id feed him the Omnivore Care. And every time i'd feed him 1ml within 40 to an hour he'd have these gasping for air episodes!
the vet said stop feeding him and he got better and his coloring came back (12 hours).
Wednesday i told the vet he's doing so much better. She said start feeding him again. so i did. guess what the breathing episodes are happening again. this time he never really came to and is limp and is in a deep sleep.
the vet recommend i don't touch him but still wants to give him every 3 days Ceftazidime 100mg/ml for 10 days. so one month.
i'm at a loss if he's burmating during a time of a RI or just really ill.
Plus i'm still baffled as to how he got it.
i have a laser temperatures reader and his basking side is 98-102 middle 85 cool 78
i do wonder tho if his UVB bulb is too close to his highest point where he likes to sit most of the day. He's never seemed to like high temps he always hangs off the side of the hammock. never basks right under his basking light.
so here i am at a loss any suggestions is so appreciated.