COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Good afternoon CDRers.
Hope Monday has been good for you.

good evenooning

Good evenooning to you both.

We must be mad. We have decided to have a barbecue

 

[JSWallace]

Good evenooning to you both.

We must be mad. We have decided to have a barbecue

Yep that's what mad Brits do! Although has been lovely day here..

 

[johnandjade]

another job lined up for tomorrow night

 

[Momof4]

Where is everyone?!?!

 

[johnandjade]

Where is everyone?!?!

it has been really quite

 

[johnandjade]

good mornooning and wibble

 

[JoesMum]

Where is everyone?!?!

The night shift seem to have been having early nights. Also, our clocks went forward last weekend so I think we're going to bed an hour earlier relative to the USA than we were.

Good morning all. It's a drizzly damp start to the day. That's better than 2013 when this happened


Our bluet-it is still a bachelor and frankly, unless he starts clearing up a bit, I can see why he can't persuade a girlfriend to move in. I swear there are empty lager cans and takeaway boxes under the mess. He's just using the box to crash out at night.

 

[johnandjade]

The night shift seem to have been having early nights. Also, our clocks went forward last weekend so I think we're going to bed an hour earlier relative to the USA than we were.

Good morning all. It's a drizzly damp start to the day. That's better than 2013 when this happened
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Our bluet-it is still a bachelor and frankly, unless he starts clearing up a bit, I can see why he can't persuade a girlfriend to move in. I swear there are empty lager cans and takeaway boxes under the mess. He's just using the box to crash out at night.
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good morning mum

 

[Laura1412]

Good morning all how r we

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all how r we

Good morning Laura. I'm busy thinking of things to do so I can avoid the ironing today

 

[JSWallace]

Good morning all, I am enjoying a week freed from work. Am going very lazy, such a luxury!

 

[Laura1412]

Good morning Laura. I'm busy thinking of things to do so I can avoid the ironing today

I'm just sorting Clyde is it normal that he's just made like a quacking noise I just picked him up he's very alert and been out since 7 basking but as nt eaten for 2 days but it sounded like a quacking noise

 

[JoesMum]

I'm just sorting Clyde is it normal that he's just made like a quacking noise I just picked him up he's very alert and been out since 7 basking but as nt eaten for 2 days but it sounded like a quacking noise

What are the temperatures like? Any sign of a runny nose?

If he's not eating then daily soaks of at least 30 minutes are essential

 

[Laura1412]

Good morning all, I am enjoying a week freed from work. Am going very lazy, such a luxury!

Good morning Jane

 

[Laura1412]

What are the temperatures like? Any sign of a runny nose?

If he's not eating then daily soaks of at least 30 minutes are essential

Iv got 25c cold end 27c middle 35c under basking and 23c in his hide box were he is spending a lot of the day he is comin out in a morning at 7 wen his light comes on and laying under his bulb he potters about his enclosure the he is bak in his hide some days in afternoon about 12 then for the 2 days he in it now and won't come bak out till the morning he ate really well Saturday he had the Komodo pellets coz that's all he seems interested in eating he ate some kale and escarole and frisie lettuce Sunday and that's it he's ate nothing yesterday and been to his slate this morning looked at it but not eaten he Wee yesterday and wee and poo Sunday I bathed him yesterday but was on,y in there 10 mins and he starts stressing and seem he's struggling to breath so I take him out he does drink out his water bowl tho as I c him I just can't understand y he is spending so much time in his hide box my humidity in the hide box is 76% the substrate is moist but if I squeeze it in my hand it just crumbles to pieces so it's not wet I'm just at a loss Linda I don't no what to do for the best he's alert and his eyes are clear no runny noes and breathing is normal

 

[JoesMum]

Iv got 25c cold end 27c middle 35c under basking and 23c in his hide box were he is spending a lot of the day he is comin out in a morning at 7 wen his light comes on and laying under his bulb he potters about his enclosure the he is bak in his hide some days in afternoon about 12 then for the 2 days he in it now and won't come bak out till the morning he ate really well Saturday he had the Komodo pellets coz that's all he seems interested in eating he ate some kale and escarole and frisie lettuce Sunday and that's it he's ate nothing yesterday and been to his slate this morning looked at it but not eaten he Wee yesterday and wee and poo Sunday I bathed him yesterday but was on,y in there 10 mins and he starts stressing and seem he's struggling to breath so I take him out he does drink out his water bowl tho as I c him I just can't understand y he is spending so much time in his hide box my humidity in the hide box is 76% the substrate is moist but if I squeeze it in my hand it just crumbles to pieces so it's not wet I'm just at a loss Linda I don't no what to do for the best he's alert and his eyes are clear no runny noes and breathing is normal

Laura you must increase the length of the soaks:

- Do it first thing in the morning before he's started to warm up and he will stomp less.
- Use a largish bowl like a washing up bowl which will give him room to stomp and the larger volume of water will stay warm longer.
- Make sure the water is warm enough and change it if necessary.

Stomping round the bowl is fine and helps with pooping. Some people even use their bath or kitchen sink (carefully rinsed to be soap free)

Try not to put human emotions on a tort having a strop about freedom to roam - it is hard, I know!

If this noise was a one off I wouldn't be too concerned. Respiratory infections are usually heard more than once.

"Struggling to breathe" bothers me and should be checked by a vet.

 

[Laura1412]

Laura you must increase the length of the soaks:

- Do it first thing in the morning before he's started to warm up and he will stomp less.
- Use a largish bowl like a washing up bowl which will give him room to stomp and the larger volume of water will stay warm longer.
- Make sure the water is warm enough and change it if necessary.

Stomping round the bowl is fine and helps with pooping. Some people even use their bath or kitchen sink (carefully rinsed to be soap free)

Try not to put human emotions on a tort having a strop about freedom to roam - it is hard, I know!

If this noise was a one off I wouldn't be too concerned. Respiratory infections are usually heard more than once.

"Struggling to breathe" bothers me and should be checked by a vet.

Linda av got a private email please that I can send u a video of Clyde breathing for u to look at coz u no what is normal and what isn't please

 

[JSWallace]

Good morning Jane

Good afternoon Laura, sorry to hear you are so worried about Clyde..

 

[Laura1412]

Linda av got a private email please that I can send u a video of Clyde breathing for u to look at coz u no what is normal and what isn't please

To me he is not struggling

Good afternoon Laura, sorry to hear you are so worried about Clyde..

i just can't understand it he seems ok in himself he comes out to bask and potters but he goes into his hide box and sleeps his eyes are bright his noes his clear his breathing look normal to me it's just wen he's first lifted out bath it's look as tho he's panicked himself and got worked up coz he could nt get out after a minute he's bak to normal wen there is something on the food slate ie Komodo pellets he will eat everything but he's just not eaten for 2 days :-(

 

[JSWallace]

To me he is not struggling

i just can't understand it he seems ok in himself he comes out to bask and potters but he goes into his hide box and sleeps his eyes are bright his noes his clear his breathing look normal to me it's just wen he's first lifted out bath it's look as tho he's panicked himself and got worked up coz he could nt get out after a minute he's bak to normal wen there is something on the food slate ie Komodo pellets he will eat everything but he's just not eaten for 2 days :-(

What do you soak him in Laura? I find that if I put Nelly in a shallow bowl that she can see out of then she just goes frantic to get out. If I put her in the sink that she can't see out of then she sits still for as long as I leave her be..