DeweysMom
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For the past few weeks Dewey (approx 6-7 months old) has been acting off. He hasn't been eating as much as he did. He IS still eating, just not as much. He hunts down crix in his viv, but not very many. He almost always inhales his phoenix worms. I offered him dubias a few times which he's devoured almost instantly. I'm wondering if maybe he's just bored with crix now that he's had the dubias, but there are other issues.
His poops are not firm like they should be. When I first got him they were firm. They never fell apart in the water (he poops at bath time). Now when he poops it's just disgusting. It's like he explodes in the water. It's all apart and just gross. He did have a fecal which came back negative. He also had this orange / pink colored thing near his urates - the urates itself is always white. I thought maybe I was giving him to much calcium (1x day, 5 days a week) so I stopped for a few days to see if there was any change. The orange / pink went away. I gave him some calcium and it was back. Should I not give him any of the calcium now? I just don't want to hurt him. I know how important calcium is for living beings.
Tonight he did something else that worried me. He ate a fair amount of crix and salad throughout the day (nowhere near what he used to eat for crix though) and then tonight he ate his normal meal of phoenix worms. After eating he went and curled up under his cave and started to doze off. He's NEVER done this before. Normally I wouldn't worry, but he had a full tummy so I ended up taking the cave out and put him up on his basking log. He's been up there since. Is it ok to let him sleep if he does this in the future? I just worry about all that food giving him an upset tummy, but if it's what he wants to do then I also feel I should let him.
Everything else appears to be normal. He always has bright eyes and he's always alert. Outside of his cage he's pretty active. It's just his appetite decrease and loose poops that I worry about - mainly his poops. As I said he is still eating and he is still gaining weight. I just don't understand what's wrong with his poops.
I've really been thinking about trying Reptaid because I just don't know what else to do. I'm sick of being worried sick about Dewey.
His poops are not firm like they should be. When I first got him they were firm. They never fell apart in the water (he poops at bath time). Now when he poops it's just disgusting. It's like he explodes in the water. It's all apart and just gross. He did have a fecal which came back negative. He also had this orange / pink colored thing near his urates - the urates itself is always white. I thought maybe I was giving him to much calcium (1x day, 5 days a week) so I stopped for a few days to see if there was any change. The orange / pink went away. I gave him some calcium and it was back. Should I not give him any of the calcium now? I just don't want to hurt him. I know how important calcium is for living beings.
Tonight he did something else that worried me. He ate a fair amount of crix and salad throughout the day (nowhere near what he used to eat for crix though) and then tonight he ate his normal meal of phoenix worms. After eating he went and curled up under his cave and started to doze off. He's NEVER done this before. Normally I wouldn't worry, but he had a full tummy so I ended up taking the cave out and put him up on his basking log. He's been up there since. Is it ok to let him sleep if he does this in the future? I just worry about all that food giving him an upset tummy, but if it's what he wants to do then I also feel I should let him.
Everything else appears to be normal. He always has bright eyes and he's always alert. Outside of his cage he's pretty active. It's just his appetite decrease and loose poops that I worry about - mainly his poops. As I said he is still eating and he is still gaining weight. I just don't understand what's wrong with his poops.
I've really been thinking about trying Reptaid because I just don't know what else to do. I'm sick of being worried sick about Dewey.