darlingtiffy
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My baby sulcata seems very sick. We're on day 3 of lethargy and barely eating. I tried a carrot baby food soak the day before yesterday. He hated it and it did nothing, so I started pedialyte (clear) soaks last night. He's had 2 so far. In his tote he barely moves. Where ever you put him is where he stays. Outside he'll perk up, walk around and eat, but his energy level still seems down. On top of all of that, he has something weird going on with the back of his shell. Its on the top shell right where it splits for his tail. The shell there is very...loose? Flexible? I can't describe it. It feels like you could snap it off like a too thin fingernail. The rest of his shell is fine. Bottom feels like a butter tub lid and the top is firmer. He is currently peeling around his head/face, neck, and legs too. I know that's supposed to be normal, but I'm listing everything just in case. I have not seen poop in a bit, but it's been hit or miss on finding it for quite a while. I'll see some every now and then and it looks fine. He stopped pooping in his soaks a long time ago.
We've been worried about him and hatchling failure sydrome since we got him. (See previous posts) It's been a roller coaster. He's barely grown and he's never been constantly stable. He'll do great for a while, which could be days or weeks, and then seem take a dive. We'll get him back to eating and good for a while and then he'll take another dive. It's never been this bad though. I'm honestly scared that he's dying. There are no exotic vets near us and I honestly don't have the money for a vet visit right now if there was.
He's in a 4.5ishx2.5ish tote filled with moist eco earth. The tote has a clip on CHE on a thermostat and a small led light bar. Hot side is around 88-91 and has a slate tile under the heat lamp. The cool side is 80-85. Humidity stays around 80-90. It will occasionally drop into the high 70's. He doesn't have a basking bulb because he goes out to eat twice a day in the yard for at least 30 mins each trip. (much longer on the weekends) Up until last night he had two hides and a plant he could go under, but I cleaned his substrate with boiling water yesterday and took out the big log. He has small terra cotta saucers for food and water, but we put food on the tile as well. We feed a mix of romaine, spring mix with no spinach, and his favorite grass and leaves in his tote. He has a Turtlebone, but won't touch it. I sprinkle repcal calcium without d3 on his food once or twice a week. He hates it though. (He's a big sniffer. Smells everything before he'll eat it. If it doesn't smell right he won't eat it.) He also gets soaked once a day. We've never seen him drink though. I feel like we're doing everything right(ish), but he's just not thriving and now we have this. What else can I do for him???
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We've been worried about him and hatchling failure sydrome since we got him. (See previous posts) It's been a roller coaster. He's barely grown and he's never been constantly stable. He'll do great for a while, which could be days or weeks, and then seem take a dive. We'll get him back to eating and good for a while and then he'll take another dive. It's never been this bad though. I'm honestly scared that he's dying. There are no exotic vets near us and I honestly don't have the money for a vet visit right now if there was.
He's in a 4.5ishx2.5ish tote filled with moist eco earth. The tote has a clip on CHE on a thermostat and a small led light bar. Hot side is around 88-91 and has a slate tile under the heat lamp. The cool side is 80-85. Humidity stays around 80-90. It will occasionally drop into the high 70's. He doesn't have a basking bulb because he goes out to eat twice a day in the yard for at least 30 mins each trip. (much longer on the weekends) Up until last night he had two hides and a plant he could go under, but I cleaned his substrate with boiling water yesterday and took out the big log. He has small terra cotta saucers for food and water, but we put food on the tile as well. We feed a mix of romaine, spring mix with no spinach, and his favorite grass and leaves in his tote. He has a Turtlebone, but won't touch it. I sprinkle repcal calcium without d3 on his food once or twice a week. He hates it though. (He's a big sniffer. Smells everything before he'll eat it. If it doesn't smell right he won't eat it.) He also gets soaked once a day. We've never seen him drink though. I feel like we're doing everything right(ish), but he's just not thriving and now we have this. What else can I do for him???
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