buddgoode
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I have a 16 month old male who had a serious infestation of coxicida and pinworms I'm assuming came from his former owner not taking care of him. I treated him for 4 months with albon and pancur, doing multiple fecals in between treatments, finally have had 2 fecals come back negative. Over the course of this treatment he quit eating, I gave daily probiotics over the entire course of his treatment and for a couple weeks after.
I monitor his weight weekly and noticed about a month in that he had lost over 30 grams of weight in a very short period of time so I interviened with Oxbow Omnivore Critical Care. I've been feeding him daily with this ever since. I've tried backing off the feedings, I offer salads daily even now and I offer crickets a few times a week but he wants nothing to do with any of it. Mel was 393 grams when I began treatments and 5 months later he is now 535 grams.
My lighting, humidity and temperatures are spot on, I'm very obsessive with all the environmentals.
I have a 3yo female we got from the same person at the same time who underwent the same treatments and she's thriving and eating everything in sight.
My question is can my little Mel survive and thrive eating only the Oxbow emergency food? He seems happy and is energetic for the most part (he's being a bit lazy lately but don't seem sick).
Has anyone else ever had a dragon who you've had to hand feed for extended periods of time, if not their entire lives? I assume as long as he's maintaining or gaining weight that he's eating enough, I'm just not sure about the macros if they are enough to avoid issues like mbd. I'm making sure that he's not gaining weight too fast and adjust feeding amounts as needed.
Mel is 16 months old or so, he's 19 inches long and his current weight is 535 grams. I use a T5 ho 10.0 bulb that spans 3/4 the length of the tank, I use a 160w uva/uvb bulb suspended from the ceiling so I can adjust the height. I keep basking temperatures at or slightly over 100 using an infrared temp gun, checking temps hourly. I keep humidity levels between 30-40%.
A little help would be awesome! I'm. Just hoping the emergency food provides him with enough calcium and D3. I honestly don't mind hand feeding him and will do it for his whole life if necessary, he makes it really really easy. I'm just wondering if I intervened too soon and if Im the reason we won't eat on his own.
I monitor his weight weekly and noticed about a month in that he had lost over 30 grams of weight in a very short period of time so I interviened with Oxbow Omnivore Critical Care. I've been feeding him daily with this ever since. I've tried backing off the feedings, I offer salads daily even now and I offer crickets a few times a week but he wants nothing to do with any of it. Mel was 393 grams when I began treatments and 5 months later he is now 535 grams.
My lighting, humidity and temperatures are spot on, I'm very obsessive with all the environmentals.
I have a 3yo female we got from the same person at the same time who underwent the same treatments and she's thriving and eating everything in sight.
My question is can my little Mel survive and thrive eating only the Oxbow emergency food? He seems happy and is energetic for the most part (he's being a bit lazy lately but don't seem sick).
Has anyone else ever had a dragon who you've had to hand feed for extended periods of time, if not their entire lives? I assume as long as he's maintaining or gaining weight that he's eating enough, I'm just not sure about the macros if they are enough to avoid issues like mbd. I'm making sure that he's not gaining weight too fast and adjust feeding amounts as needed.
Mel is 16 months old or so, he's 19 inches long and his current weight is 535 grams. I use a T5 ho 10.0 bulb that spans 3/4 the length of the tank, I use a 160w uva/uvb bulb suspended from the ceiling so I can adjust the height. I keep basking temperatures at or slightly over 100 using an infrared temp gun, checking temps hourly. I keep humidity levels between 30-40%.
A little help would be awesome! I'm. Just hoping the emergency food provides him with enough calcium and D3. I honestly don't mind hand feeding him and will do it for his whole life if necessary, he makes it really really easy. I'm just wondering if I intervened too soon and if Im the reason we won't eat on his own.