Hey everyone!
Going to try and make this quick and to the point. Ogo is just over a year old. His behaviour over the last week or two has changed quite a bit. Hardly dropping any poops. Not basking as he usually does for hours. Hiding away in his cave. I've had a lot of trouble with humidity levels, as they keep reaching up to 70. But with my dehumidifier I can get it down to just below 50. Some days its harder, as the weather here in Alberta this summer has been brutal. He's currently shedding his head, tail where it meets his back legs, and some of his feet it would appear. I noticed this morning that he has some mucus like substance on either side of his mouth. That worries me a lot. I use to feed Ogo up to 60-100 crickets a day, and salads. Today, he wont touch a cricket, and hasn't for a few weeks. And he also will only eat a couple pieces of bok-choy. Nothing else. Here and there he'll eat a couple super worms as I'm trying to give him a little bit of fats with protein. Cause he doesn't really say no to those, and I dust them so he can get his calcium.
In most cases I'd take him straight to the vet, but I can't afford it this week unfortunately. I've been laid off twice this last year from the oil industry in Alberta. And so being on employment insurance, I didn't really budget for a sick dragon as he was doing so well!! If this is the case. I'll make sure to get him to a vet as soon as I can. But for now, I'm going to reach out to you amazing humans.
Here are a couple of photos of Ogo's face (he's shedding so he's pale, and he's a hypo). These should show the mucus on his lips. And a couple of his scales, as his sides are a little black at times. That tends to go away when I bathe him, or he gets a good feeding though. And he has stress marks it appears, which is RARE for this little guy. He's not moving too much lately either, usually he climbs everything around, and runs all over. Anyway. That wasn't exactly quick, my apologies. But here you go.. take a look if you can, any help is greatly appreciated guys. Thank you.
His current set up. ReptiSun high output 10.0 tube uvb, and LED hood (led's are currently turned off). 150 watt bulb, as his tank is pretty tall. I'll be looking to get a wider, and less tall tank in a few months here as he continues to slowly grow. (he's about 13 months)
Going to try and make this quick and to the point. Ogo is just over a year old. His behaviour over the last week or two has changed quite a bit. Hardly dropping any poops. Not basking as he usually does for hours. Hiding away in his cave. I've had a lot of trouble with humidity levels, as they keep reaching up to 70. But with my dehumidifier I can get it down to just below 50. Some days its harder, as the weather here in Alberta this summer has been brutal. He's currently shedding his head, tail where it meets his back legs, and some of his feet it would appear. I noticed this morning that he has some mucus like substance on either side of his mouth. That worries me a lot. I use to feed Ogo up to 60-100 crickets a day, and salads. Today, he wont touch a cricket, and hasn't for a few weeks. And he also will only eat a couple pieces of bok-choy. Nothing else. Here and there he'll eat a couple super worms as I'm trying to give him a little bit of fats with protein. Cause he doesn't really say no to those, and I dust them so he can get his calcium.
In most cases I'd take him straight to the vet, but I can't afford it this week unfortunately. I've been laid off twice this last year from the oil industry in Alberta. And so being on employment insurance, I didn't really budget for a sick dragon as he was doing so well!! If this is the case. I'll make sure to get him to a vet as soon as I can. But for now, I'm going to reach out to you amazing humans.
Here are a couple of photos of Ogo's face (he's shedding so he's pale, and he's a hypo). These should show the mucus on his lips. And a couple of his scales, as his sides are a little black at times. That tends to go away when I bathe him, or he gets a good feeding though. And he has stress marks it appears, which is RARE for this little guy. He's not moving too much lately either, usually he climbs everything around, and runs all over. Anyway. That wasn't exactly quick, my apologies. But here you go.. take a look if you can, any help is greatly appreciated guys. Thank you.
The signs to watch for would be excessive mucous in mouth, hard time breathing, regular gaping, puffing and/or popping noises whe breathing. 
