Recent content by ismitty

Brandon, Thanks so much for all the help. I don't recall the brand. I bought it ten months ago while on vacation with him. It was an emergency situation, his usual bulb broke and we were on a farm in North Dakota, but I remember feeling decent about the purchase at the time. Possibly it was...

His urates usually come out normal. I have had more issues with wet stools than dry ones. The MVB is 125 watts, mounted on the mesh about a foot above his rock. Right now he is holding his head up with his eyes open, but still splayed out. Ian

One thing that seems worth mentioning. When just his one leg was bad, I was feeling sorry for him because all the stores around me are out of insects except crickets, and he wasn't able to chase those around anymore. I gave him about half of a boiled egg just to make sure he was getting his...

Brandon, Thanks so much. He is almost two years old. About 18" tip to tail (just eyeballing). I have been using a digital thermometer. His basking temperature was about 100 degrees. I am embarrassed to admit that the thermometer has died recently and I have not bought a new one yet. He eats...

Thanks Brandon. Last time I believe he had been eating too many superworms. I started phasing those out and relying more on crickets. This time I'm not sure. I have changed his setup to include a bioactive substrate and I wonder if he has ingested any piece of it that was difficult to pass. I...

My Rocky was fine one day, had a seemingly weak/paralyzed front leg the next day, and was dragging himself along the ground the next day and refusing to eat. He wasn't pooping anything he had previously eaten, either. I have been assuming this was due to impaction. A while back he was impacted...