Mooshcat
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- Jan 7, 2017
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My Duma is an 8 year old sulcata. He is VERY small for his age at 1 lb 10 ounces and 8.5 inches. He's on a diet of grass (grazing in the yard when it's not too cold) bok choy, weeds, romaine, and he has had pumpkin puree (a few teaspoons) about 5 times throughout his life. He gets his Herptivite/repti-cal once weekly. His house is kept at 90-95 in his basking spot, and about 70 degrees on the opposing side of the habitat. He has a UVA/UVB light that's on for about 13 hours daily. He will drink from a water dish, and I refill and clean it every other day. He gets soaked once a month, and hates every minute of it.
We have been trying to fight off a RI for the last three months and, due to my recent move away from the highly-accessible Southern California, I have no good Herp vets around me. I was so desperate I walked into a dog and cat clinic to get his medical records sent up from his old doctor, and his old vet could tell the dog and cat clinic what to give me for him. The dog and cat clinic sent me home with a course of antibiotics which we finished about a month ago, but Duma is getting worse.
This is his third RI, and he is so small that I becoming increasingly concerned about his overall health. What could be causing this? Am I to blame? I would just like him to live a long, happy, and healthy life.
We have been trying to fight off a RI for the last three months and, due to my recent move away from the highly-accessible Southern California, I have no good Herp vets around me. I was so desperate I walked into a dog and cat clinic to get his medical records sent up from his old doctor, and his old vet could tell the dog and cat clinic what to give me for him. The dog and cat clinic sent me home with a course of antibiotics which we finished about a month ago, but Duma is getting worse.
This is his third RI, and he is so small that I becoming increasingly concerned about his overall health. What could be causing this? Am I to blame? I would just like him to live a long, happy, and healthy life.