Recent content by Ecotect

There are a few ways to do this, the easiest IMO is with a water bath. Get a 5 gal bucket and another container to sit inside the bucket. I used a 2L glass erlenmeyer flask because when full it wouldn’t float and when empty it was tall enough where it couldn’t tip completely over. Use a small...

Like Janb said if you can’t cham proof the room then baby sitting is going to be a must, especially if they are intent on wandering. Here are a few suggestions that may help to minimize his undesirable exploratory nature. In my experience wandering has to do with the availability and quantity of...

I have the standard plastic misting nozzle form MistKing. I have been soaking the nozzle in vinegar for about a week now, I've resolved to the fact that whatever is in there is staying in at this point. Hence any extreme measures taken were knowingly a gamble for broke. While I'm sure you have...

So I tried all the methods you all so generously offered with varying degrees of failure, humor, and finally success! Just about every attempt made to get him to open his mouth without excessive force failed. Even when I did get him to open up and get some fluids in there he promptly spit it all...

Well I tried unclogging the nozzle with a very small hypodermic needle...unfortunately it didn't work. I just couldn't gain any headway no matter how hard I pushed. Interesting side note; as I picked up my spray bottle in defeat, looking at the misting line then back at the bottle it hits...

Sound reasoning in my opinion. I'll give the injections a try, and if he refuses I'll resort to force feeding him. I find it exceedingly difficult to get him to gape and I hate pulling down on his jaw skin as the vet showed me, the cheek method sounds much more agreeable. I didn't know about...

oops, I should of mentioned he's a panther cham. Regardless thanks for the response!

I wish I could, I'd have to be very sneaky about it, and I fear it would be too inconsistent. The only way my cham will fire up is to show him a syringe! He knows what they are and exactly what's coming next. I tried shooting it in there but unfortunately he would out wit me every time, turning...

It's funny I read somewhere some time ago that doing this could cause damage to the nozzle. So it just never registered in my head as an option until you brought it up, but at this point I have nothing to lose...can't believe I didn’t think of that lol. I'll give it shot when I get home later...

I'm looking for some advice on how to orally administer medication and fluids. The whole process seems very stressful and I hate doing it, but if I have to I would like to learn the proper way to do it whilst minimizing stress and without causing harm like aspiration. I have another 12 days of...

Thanks, I think that's pretty good advise. Regardless of how I clean them redundancy is a good idea...looks like I'll be buying two lol

Well I wanted to use something non-toxic...and it was cheaper/easier then squashing 45 lemons lol. The MSDS for CLR looks pretty rough; I'd be worried about any residual contamination. Or is my thinking unfounded? thanks!

With the slightly down turned rostral and the red speckling, I'd agree It looks like a Nosy Boraha.

Title says it...I can't unclog the mister nozzle. It was working fine when I decided to clean it by recirculation vinegar through the system. I took all the pieces apart and let them dry for 2 days. In retrospect I probably should have flushed the vinegar with water, but I didn't and here I...

Went to see the vet today, he agreed that it appears to be an infection caught in its infancy. Also that It's more than likely a sinus infection (good call Olimpia) but couldn’t say for sure as the methods for testing would not only be stressful but invasive and decided against it for now. He...