The mori worms are better than pellets --live fresh food is best - as far as the calcium hes getting that from the mori worms your feeding but he needs to be able to absorb it and synthesize it and that is where your UVB comes in and the gout thing --- please get one of these for a fixture these are some of the best on the marketat the moment we have a coil (this is what he came with) but I am currently researching for a tube.
We have been to the vet and paid £100 for this visit which didn't help at all, I can't afford to loose money on more visits (they have quoted £500+) if they don't resolve the problem. If it is gout, I think the cherries will help (they have done previously), I just don't want to give too many and cause further problems.
Also I would like to give him liquid calcium as the powders are hard to judge how much he is getting, he has never had much of an appetite. possibly give him liquid vits as well, I need to know that he is getting essential vits and minerals and then as long as his weight is healthy I don't have to stress over him not eating enough for his nutritional needs.
I am looking into giving him a complete meal dry pellets instead of morriworms (which he loves) or crickets as I think these would better for gout sufferers? any recommendations for brands or where to buy? I would of cause continue to offer fresh veg daily but as he never eats much of these, they would be more for his hydration than nutrition. (as I think they are now).
This month I have been feeding him a complete gel feed instead of live feed, with additional fresh veg, some days he wolfs it down, other days he turns away so I'm thinking that he is eating for his appetite rather than thinking its a treat and overeating as he would with morriworms. Any thoughts?
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thank you for your support I will be ordering new lighting in the next day or so, regarding the morriworms, how many should he be having and how often please as I think they make his symptoms worse so want to give him what he needs but he is a bit of a pig with them so don't want him to overdo it. and are you saying I dont need to dust them? Thanks
Ok so every couple of days for the Morri worms a few those are treat worms- butter worms horn worms are also treat worms - get him a good staple feeder as posted - I thought we were talking about a baby and he's a big boythanks, they were what he was on when we got him, I haven't given him any for a month as I think too many of these started his problems (hubby was feeding several at a time, even though I said not to). I'm not sure how old he is, but he is an adult and weighs about 550g.
I'm in the uk so will look on uk site, we have given him meal worms before but he is quite picky and didn't want to eat many so had to throw a lot as they started to pupate
the D3 is good and I am not exactly sure what the difference is between the two of them but if you can get the one w/ D3 do it ---- you want a fixture at least half the tank --- 24" fixture is good for a 40+ gallon tank -- you dont want him hiding from the UVB rays ---HI again, looking at lights, would it hurt to have a tube that covers the whole width of tank or is it best to only cover 3/4?
also what is the difference between a light with d3 and one without d3, is it better to have a d3 one?
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link came up w/a some thing different -- you want a CLEAR bright white basking bulb that keeps temps to what they need to be -- Infrared is usually a colored bulb please post the link againHI all, have just ordered an arcadia tube uvb bulb, am now looking to replace his heat lamp as it is an arcadia infared, I think your site says you should not use coloured bulbs. I this a good type to use?
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