morgan0810":2vjtcwam said:WE WERE USING SOME OTHER KIND OF LIGHT TO BEGIN WITH IM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT KIND IT WAS IT WAS ONLY A 50 WATT AND IT WAS WHAT PETS MART ADVISED US TO USE WE JUST CHANGED HIM TO A ZOO MED 75W BASKING SPOT LAMP IT SAYS IT PROVIDES UVA RAYS THIS WAS ALSO ANOTHER BULB WE GOT THAT PETS SUPERMARKET ADVISED US TO USE WE ONLY HAVE ONE LIGHT DO WE NEED 2?? OOO AND I FORGOT TO MENTION HE TRIED TO BITE MY HUSBAND EARLIER! HES NEVER BEEN AGGRESSIVE BEFORE
morgan0810":1xlxaoi3 said:we gave him a bath and messaged his belly thinking he may be impacted he dark alot of water while bathing but never pooped :/ i read where they open there mouthes and kinds look like they are gasping but i do not think this is it.. if you can tell me how to upload some pics ill be glad to as of now there is no more sand he is on carpet and some of my sewing fabric until we can get some more carpet bc the piece we have is for a 5 gal tank and he is in a 10 gal i believe we have the thermometer and hydrometer set they are flunkers.. i also read about his tail being black.. his tail was darker at the end before his bath and after and during seemed to be about the same color as the top of his tail and the rest of his body his temp right this min on this hot side is a little over 100 and his belly looks like it could be bloated a little bit thank yall for yalls time this really is helping! none of our pet stores around here can tell us anything and they just say to take him to the vet i have an appt for friday to take him if he does not get any better before then we have been feeding him some crickets (little ones) but he has stopped eating them he was eating meal worms but he wont eat but maybe one of those and he wont eat greens at all
morgan0810":gy7d7urj said:ok update on leo this morning ill be glad to upload pics after i get off this work this afternoon his tank is a 20g tank not a ten and it looks like he may have bit part of the end of his tail offwe are getting the lights this afternoon and hopefully that will make him better.. it is reptile carpet so is that ok?! i will finish updating this afternoon after work!
morgan0810":37prec8f said:i think he may have bit it not quite off but just enough to make him bleed and I HAVE GOOD NEWS!! we got his uvb light and my husband took him to the vet today he said that it was calcium deficiency so when my husband got home he set him in his aquarium and then gave him a warm bath he said he had an episode once after his bath and that has been all since i have been home he looked like he was about to do one but he never did we did get a new thermometer and his cool side is about 80 and his hot side is around 125 we are trying to adjust his light where it is at the right temp i was very depressed this mornin having to leave him so i decided to move his vet appt from friday and i am glad we did i was able to get him to drink some water out of a syringe and also gave him just a little bit of baby food prunes so he could poopy bc he still hasnt after i eat i will get some pics uploaded thank yall so much for yalls help!! the pot stores around here have no clue what they are doin!
morgan0810":28pcrzbu said:i feel so much better he seems to be acting more like himself already! he ate a meal worm this after noon and i kno they arnt good for him but that is the only thing he will eat right now we have the temp down to 112 we raised the light for not until we can get one with a dimmer switch tomorrow i couldnt figure out how to use those upload pages u gave me but i put some on photobucket.com
http://s1130.photobucket.com/albums/m538/morgan08101/ there is the link to my album! i will continue to add pics as he grows
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