MrFantastic
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You guys were very helpful in trying to figure out what Jupiter needed a few months ago. She was bleeding on her back and had a cut on her side. You recommended raw unpasteurized honey and that combined with betadine baths has been very helpful. I have a couple more questions to fix a new issue.
1. She has been eating kale and cilantro, crickets and some superworms. She had not had any bugs in a couple of days because I had not been able to get any. I got some today and gave her a bunch of them to eat. She tried to eat them, but instead of running after them, she was mostly flat, her legs looked weak and she was too slow to catch most of them. I could tell she was hungry because of how many she kept trying for, but she could not catch them unless it walked right by her head or was trapped between her and the glass. We went out to dinner and when we came back my son prepared a betadine bath because she hadn't pooped for several days and a bath always does the trick, plus she tends to drink some of it while she soaks. While he was stirring the betadine into the water, she tried to scamper under the tv stand, so she was up on all fours, which is good, but she looked like she was limping. She has not been injured that we know of, is never left unattended and hasn't had a change in diet or gotten ahold of anything strange to eat. Any ideas on what could be going on?
2. It was recommended to get a tube UVB hood and bulb, which I will be ordering tonight. I will also be getting a climbing branch since her hammock keeps coming undone no matter what we do. I have a 40gal terrarium, so should I get a tube bulb that runs the whole length of the terrarium or will a 24" do? Her basking bulb is NOT a red light.
3. A couple of weeks ago she was attacking the glass for a couple of days. Now she has a sores on her lips and I'm wondering if it's from that. I'm attaching a picture of her sleeping, but you can see the pink on her lips and just under her mouth.
I'm hoping that the better UVB bulb will resolve much of her issue. We have not seen her like this before and it kind of freaked us out.
Right now she's sleeping on my chest and covered with a fuzzy blanket, which is one of her favorite places to be, but she seems very tired, even when I tried to wake her up to make sure she was okay.
1. She has been eating kale and cilantro, crickets and some superworms. She had not had any bugs in a couple of days because I had not been able to get any. I got some today and gave her a bunch of them to eat. She tried to eat them, but instead of running after them, she was mostly flat, her legs looked weak and she was too slow to catch most of them. I could tell she was hungry because of how many she kept trying for, but she could not catch them unless it walked right by her head or was trapped between her and the glass. We went out to dinner and when we came back my son prepared a betadine bath because she hadn't pooped for several days and a bath always does the trick, plus she tends to drink some of it while she soaks. While he was stirring the betadine into the water, she tried to scamper under the tv stand, so she was up on all fours, which is good, but she looked like she was limping. She has not been injured that we know of, is never left unattended and hasn't had a change in diet or gotten ahold of anything strange to eat. Any ideas on what could be going on?
2. It was recommended to get a tube UVB hood and bulb, which I will be ordering tonight. I will also be getting a climbing branch since her hammock keeps coming undone no matter what we do. I have a 40gal terrarium, so should I get a tube bulb that runs the whole length of the terrarium or will a 24" do? Her basking bulb is NOT a red light.
3. A couple of weeks ago she was attacking the glass for a couple of days. Now she has a sores on her lips and I'm wondering if it's from that. I'm attaching a picture of her sleeping, but you can see the pink on her lips and just under her mouth.
I'm hoping that the better UVB bulb will resolve much of her issue. We have not seen her like this before and it kind of freaked us out.
Right now she's sleeping on my chest and covered with a fuzzy blanket, which is one of her favorite places to be, but she seems very tired, even when I tried to wake her up to make sure she was okay.