waixingren
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hello everyone. I have a small juvenile named Beazley. I picked him up from Mike Rekowski at repticon two weeks ago. He weighed 4.1g and mike said he was about 2-3 weeks old.
Beazley started eating like a monster on the second day. he ate 6-8 mealies a day for the first week. He also pooped like a champ. No issues until about 7 days ago. I saw him vomit up a black/brown thing which im guessing was an old shedding or something. He didnt seem too upset, later that day i fed him two mealies which he ate with excitement but then vomited whole about an hour later.
He has not eaten in 5 days now. He sees the mealies but chooses not to eat them. 2 days ago he vomited a completely white shed ball. He continued to poop normal poops until about 3 days ago. He is now producing urates only. The urates look normal. He stays hydrated by drinking the water from the walls of his wet hide.
I think i may know what his problem is but i want to know if my diagnosis makes sense to you all. about two days before he started acting up i switched out his paper towels. The new paper towels i used are very soft and i noticed they have a slight vinegar like odor. These arent standard paper towels, unfortunately i dont remember the brand.
I didn't think about how this odor might bother him. A 57g male which i switched to the same paper towels became very restless. digging the paper towels up and moving his plastic hide around the tank. This is what knocked the sense into me that the paper towels were making them sick.
I immediately removed the offending paper towels and replaced them with standard cheapo paper towels. The adult is now peacefull and has stopped renovating his home. I think the odor from the paper towel was upsetting Beazley's stomach.
Beazley looks healthy and has gained 1.3g as of the 27th. He still wont eat but i hope he will feel better soon. I'm going to buy some crickets (and maybe some waxworms) tomorrow to see if he wants them.
What does everyone think? Thank you if you read this all the way through.
Beazley started eating like a monster on the second day. he ate 6-8 mealies a day for the first week. He also pooped like a champ. No issues until about 7 days ago. I saw him vomit up a black/brown thing which im guessing was an old shedding or something. He didnt seem too upset, later that day i fed him two mealies which he ate with excitement but then vomited whole about an hour later.
He has not eaten in 5 days now. He sees the mealies but chooses not to eat them. 2 days ago he vomited a completely white shed ball. He continued to poop normal poops until about 3 days ago. He is now producing urates only. The urates look normal. He stays hydrated by drinking the water from the walls of his wet hide.
I think i may know what his problem is but i want to know if my diagnosis makes sense to you all. about two days before he started acting up i switched out his paper towels. The new paper towels i used are very soft and i noticed they have a slight vinegar like odor. These arent standard paper towels, unfortunately i dont remember the brand.
I didn't think about how this odor might bother him. A 57g male which i switched to the same paper towels became very restless. digging the paper towels up and moving his plastic hide around the tank. This is what knocked the sense into me that the paper towels were making them sick.
I immediately removed the offending paper towels and replaced them with standard cheapo paper towels. The adult is now peacefull and has stopped renovating his home. I think the odor from the paper towel was upsetting Beazley's stomach.
Beazley looks healthy and has gained 1.3g as of the 27th. He still wont eat but i hope he will feel better soon. I'm going to buy some crickets (and maybe some waxworms) tomorrow to see if he wants them.
What does everyone think? Thank you if you read this all the way through.
