Hi-
I've been reading around some other Sulcata squeak threads but I thought I would just bring up my situation to you all for some help:
Spumoni has been squeaking for a little while now. It is usually at randoms time at night (not every night but a night or so a week) and it is usually just one short squeak and then I don't hear it at all. He/she is usually under his/her hide asleep when the squeak occurs. I have been hearing him/her squeak during the day more recently...again, not every day but once in a while. It seems like the squeak occurs if he/she goes into his shell quickly but I never really catch Spumoni in the act during the day time squeaks. When I rush over to his/her enclosure, I just see him/her chilling by his/her basking spot.
I have not observed any nasal discharge (I've attached a picture I took right now...I tried to get up close so you could see the nostrils but I assure you you can see no obstructions, just two nasal holes) and he/she has been pooping, sleeping, walking around, and eating just fine.
I have a small 20 gallon enclosure currently because that is what the person I bought him/her from recommended , but I am in the process of moving Spumoni into a 4 foot enclosure sometime this week. Since his/her enclosure is so small, there is little difference in temperature between the hot spot and cool spot in his enclosure and the temp on both sides reads at about 80/83. At night the temp reads at 75/77. There's a water dish in the enclosure and he/she soaks his/herself in addition to me soaking him/her 2-3 times a week.
Do you think moving to a bigger enclosure with more room for hot and cool spot variation should do the trick? Do you think perhaps this is a bigger health issue? or do you think maybe some sulcatas just squeak and it's a quirk?
I use a 75w Zoomed Repti Basking Spot Lamp for heat and a Exoterra 13w UVB light (not infrared). I bought a Zoomed 60w ceramic heat emitter yesterday..but then when I saw temps were 80 and 75 I figured that using the CHE may cause more harm than good.
He/she also goes outside during the day for a couple hours when it is nice out. I live in IL so it has been around 75-80 degrees outside BUT it has rained. He/she has not been out in the rain but the ground has still been a bit moist- could this be causing the squeaking in some way?
ANYWAY sorry this post is so long...just wanted to try and be as clear as possible because the more posts I read on here, the more worried I get about what the problem could escalate to.
I've been reading around some other Sulcata squeak threads but I thought I would just bring up my situation to you all for some help:
Spumoni has been squeaking for a little while now. It is usually at randoms time at night (not every night but a night or so a week) and it is usually just one short squeak and then I don't hear it at all. He/she is usually under his/her hide asleep when the squeak occurs. I have been hearing him/her squeak during the day more recently...again, not every day but once in a while. It seems like the squeak occurs if he/she goes into his shell quickly but I never really catch Spumoni in the act during the day time squeaks. When I rush over to his/her enclosure, I just see him/her chilling by his/her basking spot.
I have not observed any nasal discharge (I've attached a picture I took right now...I tried to get up close so you could see the nostrils but I assure you you can see no obstructions, just two nasal holes) and he/she has been pooping, sleeping, walking around, and eating just fine.
I have a small 20 gallon enclosure currently because that is what the person I bought him/her from recommended , but I am in the process of moving Spumoni into a 4 foot enclosure sometime this week. Since his/her enclosure is so small, there is little difference in temperature between the hot spot and cool spot in his enclosure and the temp on both sides reads at about 80/83. At night the temp reads at 75/77. There's a water dish in the enclosure and he/she soaks his/herself in addition to me soaking him/her 2-3 times a week.
Do you think moving to a bigger enclosure with more room for hot and cool spot variation should do the trick? Do you think perhaps this is a bigger health issue? or do you think maybe some sulcatas just squeak and it's a quirk?
I use a 75w Zoomed Repti Basking Spot Lamp for heat and a Exoterra 13w UVB light (not infrared). I bought a Zoomed 60w ceramic heat emitter yesterday..but then when I saw temps were 80 and 75 I figured that using the CHE may cause more harm than good.
He/she also goes outside during the day for a couple hours when it is nice out. I live in IL so it has been around 75-80 degrees outside BUT it has rained. He/she has not been out in the rain but the ground has still been a bit moist- could this be causing the squeaking in some way?
ANYWAY sorry this post is so long...just wanted to try and be as clear as possible because the more posts I read on here, the more worried I get about what the problem could escalate to.