a little help please

[mikericco]

i have 1 1/2 month old baby who wont eat and sleeps during the day he seems very lazy and not running around like im used to seeing him do can someone give me some ideas what could be wrong if anything is??

 

[garnothegreat]

can you give us an idea on what his light setup is.. you want to be using either a mercury vapor bulb which gives of uvb, uva, heat, and light. also you can use a fluorescent tube light with a basking light and also a ceramic heat emitter bulb for nights. what kind of foods are you giving him?, are you giving him vitamins and calcium D3?, how late do you turn off his lights?, how often do you handle him?

 

[mikericco]

i have 2 heat lamps which keep his basking spot around 95-100 degress and the uvb strip light..i feed him crickets and greens is there anything elese is should be feeding him?

 

[garnothegreat]

what kind of uvb tube are you using, a repti-sun 10.0 is good. and you can mix up his food by offering worms like silk worms, phoenix worms, and superworms.

 

[Zemanski]

turn your temps up a bit - 105-110 at the basking spot babies need a little extra heat

what substrate do you have?

 

[mikericco]

I have tired to give him every worm i could i find he just chews them up a little then spits them out..ill try to get my temps up alittle.. the uva bulb is a repti-sun 10...he still just lays under the uva light with his eyes closed not eating but drinking normally and there is no substrate in there just paper towel i know he is to young for sand or something along that line

 

[Zemanski]

if he isn't able to bask at 105+ then he won't be able to warm up enough to be properly active or digest his food - raising the temps should do the trick in a couple of days or so

if he doesn't perk up then I would recommend taking a fecal sample to the vet to check for parasites

 

[mikericco]

i have a vet app on tuesday..he isnt pooping i was thinking he could be impacted so i have been giving him warm baths and a little olive oil to try to help with that and i have been giving him zilla jump start caloric and appetite supplements

 

[Zemanski]

what would he be impacted with? It's likely he isn't pooping because he has nothing in him to come out

you could try a little apple sauce/ baby food syringe it into his mouth gently or let him lick it off his nose - he should poo after a couple of feeds of it, especially if you give him a nice warm bath to relax the muscles

 

[mikericco]

the last time he ate was two days ago and hasnt pooped since then and there a tan colored mushy cream coming out of his vent when i give him a bath so i just figured that he was impacted maybe a cricket he ate was to big?