sukasmomma
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Hey all,
Took my new boo to the vet yesterday. Vet is a lil worried he may have the dreaded yellow fungus. (I didn’t know what it was but omg after some research but anxiety spiked)
Basically what happened is when we brought him home from the pet store he had a flakey scab under his eye - assumed it was from one of the other babies at the store.
By the time we get Potato to the vet its swollen and scabby and honestly kinda gross. She said it could be from a cage mate but the swelling has her worried it’s fungus. We don’t seem to have any other symptoms of YF but just to be safe we get an antibacterial medicine. We’re prescribed an ointment and now here we are...
Today after his second application of the ointment I come back to feed him for lunch and the big scabby is gone but he’s still got some smaller ones and is a lil swollen. Looking closer it looks like part of his bottom lid and little “eyelash spikes” are MIA.... we have a vet checkup in a week but should I consult her sooner...
Also he’s been really moody all day today... any pointers to help him feel less stressed. I’m assuming it’s because he spent so much time in the car yesterday and the medicine and it’s probably itchy... he is also looking like his head and tail are gunna shed soon (his chest and back shedded on Wednesday).
Details about his setup cause I know people will ask;
Age: roughly 4 months
Length: 8 inches (ish - he’s squirmy)
Weight: 27g
Tank size: 50 gallon glass (will be upgrading to a 120 once he is a bit bigger and the custom PVC we are getting made is drone)
Humid: we are measuring with a stick on rn but will be getting a digital on our next vet trip. We try to keep it at 35z
Temp: 100-110 hot, 95 warm, 85 cool (digital therm) - he prefers the hot for sure
UVB: H10 T8 28” bulb
Has a hammock under basking, 2 hides, 3 plants, and a log to climb all over
Food: majority mealworms 35-40 a day, we have a major BFSL shortage here and are waiting for a shipment to come in next week. We have been monitoring his pooping and tummy and he poops everyday (sometimes twice a day), we are working on veg (collard greens, dandelion greens, pepper, zuchinni - have cucumber and arugula to try). We have been making sure to heavily feed his bugs bc he is not super into veg yet
Vitamins: reptivite on saturdays, calcium w d3 all other days - dusted on worms and sometimes on his salad because he really likes the calcium powder
Also here’s some pics of him cause he’s cute!
Any advice/suggestions welcome
Took my new boo to the vet yesterday. Vet is a lil worried he may have the dreaded yellow fungus. (I didn’t know what it was but omg after some research but anxiety spiked)
Basically what happened is when we brought him home from the pet store he had a flakey scab under his eye - assumed it was from one of the other babies at the store.
By the time we get Potato to the vet its swollen and scabby and honestly kinda gross. She said it could be from a cage mate but the swelling has her worried it’s fungus. We don’t seem to have any other symptoms of YF but just to be safe we get an antibacterial medicine. We’re prescribed an ointment and now here we are...
Today after his second application of the ointment I come back to feed him for lunch and the big scabby is gone but he’s still got some smaller ones and is a lil swollen. Looking closer it looks like part of his bottom lid and little “eyelash spikes” are MIA.... we have a vet checkup in a week but should I consult her sooner...
Also he’s been really moody all day today... any pointers to help him feel less stressed. I’m assuming it’s because he spent so much time in the car yesterday and the medicine and it’s probably itchy... he is also looking like his head and tail are gunna shed soon (his chest and back shedded on Wednesday).
Details about his setup cause I know people will ask;
Age: roughly 4 months
Length: 8 inches (ish - he’s squirmy)
Weight: 27g
Tank size: 50 gallon glass (will be upgrading to a 120 once he is a bit bigger and the custom PVC we are getting made is drone)
Humid: we are measuring with a stick on rn but will be getting a digital on our next vet trip. We try to keep it at 35z
Temp: 100-110 hot, 95 warm, 85 cool (digital therm) - he prefers the hot for sure
UVB: H10 T8 28” bulb
Has a hammock under basking, 2 hides, 3 plants, and a log to climb all over
Food: majority mealworms 35-40 a day, we have a major BFSL shortage here and are waiting for a shipment to come in next week. We have been monitoring his pooping and tummy and he poops everyday (sometimes twice a day), we are working on veg (collard greens, dandelion greens, pepper, zuchinni - have cucumber and arugula to try). We have been making sure to heavily feed his bugs bc he is not super into veg yet
Vitamins: reptivite on saturdays, calcium w d3 all other days - dusted on worms and sometimes on his salad because he really likes the calcium powder
Also here’s some pics of him cause he’s cute!
Any advice/suggestions welcome