not sure if theres something wrong

[fiver643]

heres my set up 10 gal tank, 75w basking light basking spot ranges between 110-103. its 103 right now cool side stays about 85-86, repti glo 5.0 uvb coil bulb, acurite for temps. huffy is just over 6" long usually eats 10 1/4" crickets 2 times a day plus a little greens. lights are set on one of those automatic timers. comes on at 10:00 am, off at 11:30pm. we take her outside for some sun shine for 10-20 min a day.

im building her a 4x2x2. i hope to have it done by the weekend. i ordered a 36" repti sun 10.0 uvb from beardeddragon.co. 2nd day air(i think) hopefully it will be here by wednesday. i will hook it up for her as soon as i get it. even if i have to hang it over the 10 gal for a couple of days until the big cage is ready. i also order some dubia roaches.

we bought her from petco 2 weeks ago. she ate just fine until 3 days ago. now she wont eat at all, bask and sleeps all day. even at night she sleeps in her basking spot. she use to sleep in her food dish at night. about 4-6 days ago(cant remember) her tail shed and part of her head and nothing else yet. is she just having a hard time shedding? is that why shes not eating? i give her one warm bath a day and scrub her with a soft toothbrush. but nothing seems to be braking lose. i have read and searched post about shedding on here. im just not sure. maybe relocation stress from taking here in and out of her cage at such a young age? shes really active when we take her out for some sun shine. i take her outside for sun light to try and make up for the cheap a** uvb light petco told me to buy.

sorry for the long post just trying to figure out whats wrong, if anything
thanks.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

If she is shedding, that will affect her appetite most likely or it does most of the time.
The Reptiglo coil you have been using may have caused a slight decline as well because it virtually puts out zero UVB so she might have a slight calcium issue going on also. After having her for 2 weeks, I don't think she should still be going through relocation stress now. Does she have nice colors or is she dark?
The Reptisun 10 tube bulb should greatly help her & the new 4x2x2 will be great also!
Keep taking her outside daily as the sun will keep her more active & give her some excellent UVB.
How often are you planning on using calcium supplementation for her?

Tracie

 

[fiver643]

she as actually got pail sense she stop eating and very runny poop. when she was eating i dusted the crickets once a day with zoo meds reptivite with d3. i also spray her once a day with four paws natures reptile vita-spray.
edit* pail as in white-ish gray. thats why i thought it was related to shedding.

 

[fiver643]

Bump for Huffy

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

If she is pre-shed & getting ready to shed, then you can expect a decrease in appetite.
Do you have a picture of her just to make sure this is a shed?
I wouldn't spray her with the vitamin spray, but spray the veggies & or greens instead. Or you can get a powdered vitamin such as Herptivite, to use. The Reptivite is "ok", but one problem I have with formulas that mix vitamins & calcium is that they will get too much of the vitamin & not enough calcium. I recommend getting Repcal calcium to ensure that he gets enough plain calcium for his growing bones. You can use that 5 times per week & vitamins 1-2 times per week while he is growing.


Tracie

 

[fiver643]

Well I woke up today and took Huffy outside for 30 min. About a hour later she started shedding like crazy. Her whole body shed in about 20 min. She also ate a little before I left to work. 2 crickets 3 dubia. So I feel a little better now. I hope she eats more tomorrow.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

So, she shed that quickly? When they are young they tend to do that.
At least she did eat something for you. Hopefully she will pick up on her appetite now that she is done shedding.

Tracie