About your leo:
- Male
- ~ 7 or 8 years old
- 5 years
- "Friend". Pretty much said if I didn't take him he was gonna end up starving because he always forgot about him for weeks at a time.
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle him? Once or twice a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? YES! I've noticed he is no longer spending any time in either his cool hide or warm hide, and is sensitive/irritable to being handled
- Has he/she had any problems in the past? No, not that I'm aware of.
B) Fecals
- Some are normal and white as usual but I think I've seen some black ones in there today. Part of why I'm posting.
- When was the last time he went? Yesterday or today.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on.
First, all of the things described above. Spending no time in hides suddenly, sensitive or irritable to being handled (which is new), and I think I see black poop in there. He just seems anxious, I swear it's like he's telling me something is wrong. This has all slowly started happening over the course of a few months, but the sensitivity to handling and not spending time in his hides just started about two weeks ago.
Second, I've been trying to get him to gain weight for a while (around two months) and he doesn't appear to be gaining any. He definitely eats everything given to him. But look at how skinny the poor guys tail is! I feed him crickets every other day and most of the time give him meal worms between those feedings. Sometimes there's a lapse in cricket availability here and so he only gets worms for a couple of days.
Third, he has dark discolorations on his back. Pictures will be attached to post.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: Not sure but definitely sufficient space for 1 adult leo!
- Type: Octagonal glass
- Substrate: Repticarpet
- Hides: 2 total. 1 cool and 1 warm on opposite sides of tank. He doesn't have a humid hide, which I need to alleviate, but I keep an eye on him and he doesn't ever have bad sheddings. I've take to pouring warm room temperature water over him every day too, just enough to get him a little wet.
B) Heating
- Under Tank Heater
- ~80-90 on hot side, ~65-75 cool side
- Method of regulating heat source //Does this mean what keeps the room temperature? Right now it's summer in Ohio so it's just ambient temperature. No AC in that room but the door is open and it stays pretty neutral in there (65 - 75).
- Basic outside thermometer but I haven't used it in a long time because the temps are consistent and I pay attention to the temperature especially for Gex's sake. I never let it get cold at all and I make sure it's not sweltering in there too.
- Lamps or Lights: No I just let the sun be the light source in that room, curtains pulled back.
C) Cage mates
- None
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- 5 Large Crickets every other day, meal worms often between crickets but not between every one.
- For crickets I just put them in there and let him hunt them down as he sees fit, for worms I drop them in front of him.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- I use a d3 powder in the meal worm container along with the shavings in there.
- Sometimess I buy vitabugs if the normal crickets aren't in stock, other than that nothing. I do coat the crickets in d3 occasionally.
Photo 1 is with flash, photo 2 is without, hence the color difference.
- Male
- ~ 7 or 8 years old
- 5 years
- "Friend". Pretty much said if I didn't take him he was gonna end up starving because he always forgot about him for weeks at a time.
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle him? Once or twice a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? YES! I've noticed he is no longer spending any time in either his cool hide or warm hide, and is sensitive/irritable to being handled
- Has he/she had any problems in the past? No, not that I'm aware of.
B) Fecals
- Some are normal and white as usual but I think I've seen some black ones in there today. Part of why I'm posting.
- When was the last time he went? Yesterday or today.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on.
First, all of the things described above. Spending no time in hides suddenly, sensitive or irritable to being handled (which is new), and I think I see black poop in there. He just seems anxious, I swear it's like he's telling me something is wrong. This has all slowly started happening over the course of a few months, but the sensitivity to handling and not spending time in his hides just started about two weeks ago.
Second, I've been trying to get him to gain weight for a while (around two months) and he doesn't appear to be gaining any. He definitely eats everything given to him. But look at how skinny the poor guys tail is! I feed him crickets every other day and most of the time give him meal worms between those feedings. Sometimes there's a lapse in cricket availability here and so he only gets worms for a couple of days.
Third, he has dark discolorations on his back. Pictures will be attached to post.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: Not sure but definitely sufficient space for 1 adult leo!
- Type: Octagonal glass
- Substrate: Repticarpet
- Hides: 2 total. 1 cool and 1 warm on opposite sides of tank. He doesn't have a humid hide, which I need to alleviate, but I keep an eye on him and he doesn't ever have bad sheddings. I've take to pouring warm room temperature water over him every day too, just enough to get him a little wet.
B) Heating
- Under Tank Heater
- ~80-90 on hot side, ~65-75 cool side
- Method of regulating heat source //Does this mean what keeps the room temperature? Right now it's summer in Ohio so it's just ambient temperature. No AC in that room but the door is open and it stays pretty neutral in there (65 - 75).
- Basic outside thermometer but I haven't used it in a long time because the temps are consistent and I pay attention to the temperature especially for Gex's sake. I never let it get cold at all and I make sure it's not sweltering in there too.
- Lamps or Lights: No I just let the sun be the light source in that room, curtains pulled back.
C) Cage mates
- None
- Describe health, or previous problems
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- 5 Large Crickets every other day, meal worms often between crickets but not between every one.
- For crickets I just put them in there and let him hunt them down as he sees fit, for worms I drop them in front of him.
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- I use a d3 powder in the meal worm container along with the shavings in there.
- Sometimess I buy vitabugs if the normal crickets aren't in stock, other than that nothing. I do coat the crickets in d3 occasionally.
Photo 1 is with flash, photo 2 is without, hence the color difference.
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