I just got Newton 8 days ago and I am so in love. Except today he has been breathing extremely heavy - just like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWgM51NV-E .
I want to cry every time I look at him because i want him to be okay. His tank is all the right temperatures and he is kept in a 40 gallon. He is about 15cm long right now. Today he has eaten 6 crickets (3 pm where I live) and has went to the bathroom. I have a all-in-one light that came with the Exo-terra set and will be upgrading to the Reptisun 10.0 tube in the next week or so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. ... I don't know anything about shedding, maybe this is the start?
Hi Vic, sometimes they do this after eating too fast or if the insects were too large, what size were they ? Do you keep him out of the tank for any length of time during the day ? Have you soaked him in water at all ? All of those things can contribute to heavy breathing and sometimes [ but not always ] the start of an R.I.
I know you said they are fine but what are his temps. ?
Hi Vic, sometimes they do this after eating too fast or if the insects were too large, what size were they ? Do you keep him out of the tank for any length of time during the day ? Have you soaked him in water at all ? All of those things can contribute to heavy breathing and sometimes [ but not always ] the start of an R.I.
I know you said they are fine but what are his temps. ?
I bought him juvenile crickets from Petsmart! I always make sure they are the really small ones (about half his head size). I rarely take him out of his tank - only if im holding himfor about 1 minute at a time. The cool area is around 73F and his basking spot is around 105F.
Yeah he's been doing it for about 3 hours now. I'm trying not to worry because he looks like he's starting to shed so it could just be very uncomfortable. He doesn't open his mouth to breathe and he will stop the heavy breathing for a bit onoy to return to it. Ill see how the rest of the night goes.
Would it be a good idea to try feeding him again tonight or let him rest??