TrogdorsKeeper
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Hey all,
I recently got Trogdor from the pet store, where he was extremely active and when fed, ate a dozen crickets, and quickly! When we purchased him, we bought the "kit" that the store said we needed to raise him healthily. Our viv is 18x18x24 while he is a baby, we plan to keep this for the next few months. we also got a UVA/UVB light and a heat lamp. The lamp is 100W and the UVA is a flourescent tube, 12W bulb that says "for reptiles only" on it. The brand name is Rep Zilla. He is currently on newspaper and has a water bowl which we supplement with a calcium liquid supplement. We also have Rep Cal which we powder our crickets with at every feeding, as well as herpivite which we powder the crickets with once a week. His basking site is at 105 degrees and the cool side of his viv is 82 degrees. When we first got Trogdor, he gobbled up crickets like crazy, he ate 12 quickly in his first day, he was energetic and alert. The next day at feeding time he ate less, around 4 or 5, but did nibble on the remaining crickets throughout the day. after that he ate 2, but left all the others, he was much less active and seemed kind of dopey. That was 2 days ago and he hasnt eaten since. Trogdor has also become much less active, to a point where he just lies there with his eyes closed all day, only moving from his basking site to the floor of the viv. Trogdor is about 8" long, and began shedding his skin over the last couple days. I have been cleaning out the viv daily as well, and he hasn't pooped in 2 days either. I have handled him a couple times for short periods of time, and he is unresponsive. I wonder if he just has no stimulus and is bored. He doesn't even seem to care if a cricket runs over his face. I put 2 crickets in there today and he hasn't even looked at them.
What should I do?
I recently got Trogdor from the pet store, where he was extremely active and when fed, ate a dozen crickets, and quickly! When we purchased him, we bought the "kit" that the store said we needed to raise him healthily. Our viv is 18x18x24 while he is a baby, we plan to keep this for the next few months. we also got a UVA/UVB light and a heat lamp. The lamp is 100W and the UVA is a flourescent tube, 12W bulb that says "for reptiles only" on it. The brand name is Rep Zilla. He is currently on newspaper and has a water bowl which we supplement with a calcium liquid supplement. We also have Rep Cal which we powder our crickets with at every feeding, as well as herpivite which we powder the crickets with once a week. His basking site is at 105 degrees and the cool side of his viv is 82 degrees. When we first got Trogdor, he gobbled up crickets like crazy, he ate 12 quickly in his first day, he was energetic and alert. The next day at feeding time he ate less, around 4 or 5, but did nibble on the remaining crickets throughout the day. after that he ate 2, but left all the others, he was much less active and seemed kind of dopey. That was 2 days ago and he hasnt eaten since. Trogdor has also become much less active, to a point where he just lies there with his eyes closed all day, only moving from his basking site to the floor of the viv. Trogdor is about 8" long, and began shedding his skin over the last couple days. I have been cleaning out the viv daily as well, and he hasn't pooped in 2 days either. I have handled him a couple times for short periods of time, and he is unresponsive. I wonder if he just has no stimulus and is bored. He doesn't even seem to care if a cricket runs over his face. I put 2 crickets in there today and he hasn't even looked at them.
What should I do?
Its just what Ive been hearing lately!
