Is there anything in his tank that can hurt him? Go over the setup. Is the UVB a tube or a coil? Coils are a no go. Are you using a syringe? If so, don't use it. They get their water from the veggies and fruit. What you can do is put a water bowl in there to see if he drinks out of it. If he doesn't you can give him a bath and see if he drinks it like that. But they get their water from the food they eat.Thor's left leg in the pic is swollen. He's not favoring it, but also not using it a whole lot. He was fine this morning.
Trying to get an appoint to the doc, but it was already after closing time when I noticed this.
Could this be anything else?
He eats about 10 small crickets three times a week, and I'm lucky if he eats salad 2-3 times a week. He refuses all veggies, he just eats greens. He did have two large hornworms dusted with calcium, that's how I get his calcium in him if he doesn't eat his greens.
I give him 1-2, 1mL dropperfulls of water every other day. Yesterday was the last time I gave him water. Once a week I supplement with critical care for omnivores because he's never been a big eater, even as a baby.
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Blood work for uric acid level would need to be taken for gout - usually it's dubias that are the culprit for causing gout- I would start dusting your crickets w/ your supplements - do you have a hammock in the tank?Thor's left leg in the pic is swollen. He's not favoring it, but also not using it a whole lot. He was fine this morning.
Trying to get an appoint to the doc, but it was already after closing time when I noticed this.
Could this be anything else?
He eats about 10 small crickets three times a week, and I'm lucky if he eats salad 2-3 times a week. He refuses all veggies, he just eats greens. He did have two large hornworms dusted with calcium, that's how I get his calcium in him if he doesn't eat his greens.
I give him 1-2, 1mL dropperfulls of water every other day. Yesterday was the last time I gave him water. Once a week I supplement with critical care for omnivores because he's never been a big eater, even as a baby.
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He doesn't like his water dish, other than to walk through it. He's 3, almost 4, I've had him since he was 5" long. I leave the dish in there with water because it keeps the humidity at the proper levels.Is there anything in his tank that can hurt him? Go over the setup. Is the UVB a tube or a coil? Coils are a no go. Are you using a syringe? If so, don't use it. They get their water from the veggies and fruit. What you can do is put a water bowl in there to see if he drinks out of it. If he doesn't you can give him a bath and see if he drinks it like that. But they get their water from the food they eat.
He doesn't really like dubias, so he's only had maybe 10 in his life.Blood work for uric acid level would need to be taken for gout - usually it's dubias that are the culprit for causing gout- I would start dusting your crickets w/ your supplements - do you have a hammock in the tank?
It depends on the hammock. If it has big enough holes, then they can get their feet and hands stuck.He doesn't really like dubias, so he's only had maybe 10 in his life.
I do dust the crickets as well, since he's not a fan of greens. But since he's supposed to eat greens every day, I assume dusted crickets wouldn't be enough calcium. Crickets are also gut loaded.
My calcium has d3 in it though.
And he had a hammock until today. Literally just bought him a new hide/basking spot because I read they could get their legs stuck and get injured. I'm wondering if that happened.
The vet requires a $50 nonrefundable deposit, so I will monitor for the next couple days. I hope it's just a sprain. He just got a clean bill of health last month.
Yep.those are good for causing sprains- see if his leg heals up- I am thinking that's what happened
Yep that'll definitely cause that. Maybe that's what caused his leg to be swollen.
Well he needs to fricken not do that! I'm a "prepare for the worst, hope for the best" kind of person, so I was searching most of the night to eliminate all other causes.That doesn't look like cases of gout I've seen, in which the swelling appears more concentrated around joints and fingers/toes. It's possibly a sprain as mentioned, but it could also be (best case) just that the leg is swelling up during the onset of a shed. Sometimes they'll have an arm or leg swell up like that to help a shed along and then it reduces back to normal size after the shed loosens.
As mentioned before, it could've been a sprain from the hammock. His poop looks good.Well he needs to fricken not do that! I'm a "prepare for the worst, hope for the best" kind of person, so I was searching most of the night to eliminate all other causes.
I tried to offer him a hornworm today, and he just looked at me. But his lights had only been on for about 45 minutes, so he might not have been warm enough yet. And he doesn't want to sit on his basking spot, he keeps putting himself back down on the ground.
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I did not know they can do that!That doesn't look like cases of gout I've seen, in which the swelling appears more concentrated around joints and fingers/toes. It's possibly a sprain as mentioned, but it could also be (best case) just that the leg is swelling up during the onset of a shed. Sometimes they'll have an arm or leg swell up like that to help a shed along and then it reduces back to normal size after the shed loosens.
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