General concern for 'Ole Lenny

[jirish617]

Hey Everyone! It has been quite sometime since I have last been on here, I got so busy with school and work I forgot to keep checking here. So Lenny is now a year and 3 months old, and he is MASSIVE by all means. Here is a pic so you can all get an idea....



Onto my first concern:
HE WONT TOUCH HIS GREENS! He will occasionally nibble at them, I've bought different assortments, turnip, mustard, collard, kale, i've added carrots, celery, occasionally sweet potato. nothing seems to work, he stares at them when I put them in, but won't actually touch them, just occasionally. He eats a few supers sometimes... I'll put in 10 a day, sometimes he'll eat 3, other random days he'll eat most of them, but usually he doesnt. So his overall intake...is not very much.

Pooping: He has gone down to pooping once a week? Lenny only poops when he is in a bath, we bathe him daily, and well met a week as of yesterday, still no poop, anyway I can speed up the process?

It has always been normal for Lenny to be lazy some days, and other days he is super hyper, just like a child. Sometimes I find him laying on his basking spot, with his eyes open, before bed time. Is this normal? Or othertimes he'll go to the corner of his tank and lay there and random times occasionally.
We let him out of the tank daily, he typically hangs out by our back door and watches all the animals outside(we have a field behind our house), then he goes into "his" room, and wanders under tables, climbs onto things, whatever mood he's in for the day.

If anyone can give any input on any of this I would appreciate, I plan on taking Lenny to the vet very soon, problem is I cant get a fecal sample because he is so unpredictable.

Temps are all within normal range, 105-110 hot side, cool side 80-ish. Food is dusted 5x with calcium and 2x with multivit. His UVB is reptisun 10.0 and is only 2 months old.

 

[AHBD]

Hi Joann....wow, he is a BIG boy!! First question ...has he eaten greens/ veggies for you in the past ? He is at the age where he is not going to grow any more, [ just a tad if at all] he is already a bit overweight [ although very handsome ! ] and they do sometimes lose interest in food as they reach a certain age as he is. You'll see many people posting similar concerns. As far as dusting, you can cut back to twice a week, especially if you use the type with D3. Too much D3 can cause kidney problems. How long is he out of the tank when he roams around ? You want to be sure he gets enough UVB A little diet + exercise are in order for the big boy....you might cut down his live feeders to twice a week now, and offer only veggies in between. He will not starve himself. As for helping with a poo, try a little olive oil , canned pumpkin or applesauce.So there are a few suggestions.

 

[jirish617]

Hi Joann....wow, he is a BIG boy!! First question ...has he eaten greens/ veggies for you in the past ? He is at the age where he is not going to grow any more, [ just a tad if at all] he is already a bit overweight [ although very handsome ! ] and they do sometimes lose interest in food as they reach a certain age as he is. You'll see many people posting similar concerns. As far as dusting, you can cut back to twice a week, especially if you use the type with D3. Too much D3 can cause kidney problems. How long is he out of the tank when he roams around ? You want to be sure he gets enough UVB A little diet + exercise are in order for the big boy....you might cut down his live feeders to twice a week now, and offer only veggies in between. He will not starve himself. As for helping with a poo, try a little olive oil , canned pumpkin or applesauce.So there are a few suggestions.

Usually no more than an hour at a time, majority of his day is spent in the tank, sometimes he'll be out for 2 hours occasionally. So your saying, only offer worms twice a week, and greens on the other 5 days? I usually dust the feeders, so should I dust the greens now? And yes it was the calcium with d3, if I move that to two days a week, what about for the multivitamin.

And next time he goes 4 days or say without having a BM, ill give a little apple sauce to help.