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Hello all, So, what I'd like to know is what is "healthy" death like in Veiled Chams? I mean, given that their life span is so short, especially females, is it that they are just that given to diseases or malnutrition, or do they just run out of steam one day and keel over? Do they always...

I must have offended... sorry Not sure why I got no responses to this question. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone. As an update, Buddy is now at 99 grams. I'm still having to feed him with a wedge-it-in technique. But I had a couple of nice sunny days, and took him outside. On the...

Does anyone know what happened to this group? There used to be an active community, forum site, and now I just get Page Cannot Display on most of the links. I used to post there when I had extra feeder insects I needed to give away. Anyone live near Monroe Washington and need bugs?

Wtf? Omg! OMG what is this about? Day before yesterday- in the afternoon, he was looking all perky, and kinda like maybe he was hungry. So I dropped a waxworm next to him, and with some effort, he ate it. Repeated. I thought, great, he might actually start feeding himself. But I haven't been...

Update Hi Crocky, Thanks for asking. He's still not eating on his own, but the 'wedge it into the lips" technique is working quite well for us. When he doesn't want it, it spits it out, when he does, he chews it right up and swallows. He's up to 170 grams (+24g). Typical morning meal...

Thanks for the continued support- TMI :eek: Okay, I know this is way TMI, but heck, that's what the nursing field is all about, right? So, I had him soaking in the water. I'm using a 6 quart steralite box now, because I have a nice counter/sink area in my laundry room, so I can have him up...

Reptaid ordered! Think I'll try it on my veiled cham too. He's such a picky eater, and so skinny. So he had a really good BM today in the bath, and the color indicated those feeding pellets are out of his system. But are they supposed to have gas? Collards hard on him?

Thanks! I can't express how grateful I am for the community of support!

Thanks Crocky! By "whitey's" I mean super worms that have just shed, so their chitenous shell hasn't hardened yet. Very soft, much better on the belly. :D I have enough supers that I rarely even feed the chams anything but whiteys. Yes, I ordered a repti 10, should be here Wednesday. And...

Thanks Carlton and ChuWuti! Yes, I have been getting good advice. But what you two just said made my day. Carlton, knowing you've seen a similar presentation of symptoms, and that it was overcome is very hopeful. And ChuWuti, giving me a target weight, and knowning my little fella is less...

Thanks squeekz1992 I've gotten a total of 4ml of "gruel" into him today and a fair amount of water. I just did the last feeding for the evening. Then I took him out and handled him for a little while. I put him down on the rug, and he actually can walk on it. I know this does against many...

Update The bad news: Not very interested in food this morning. Tried to get him to eat a dubia for 3 or 4 minutes, he licked at it once, not not enough to catch it. Dangled romain, zero interest in that. I did get him to take one whitey super worm. I had a second whitey, but he wouldn't eat...

Thanks for the reply, Crocky So when I first inquired on the ad on craigslist (there was a photo posted), I asked if it had been rehomed yet. The reply I got was 'not yet.' Then the story I got was that it was the roomate's, and he moved out and left it. She was alternating lights with her...

Hurray! A little poop about 10 seconds into the bath. Not enough, but a good start. And yes, sand. A fair amount of urate, and some stuff the exact color of those food pellets, but not very much of that. A layer of skin came off that "scar." To answer the question from earlier, it doesn't...

Thanks squeekz1992 Repositioning the lights to adjust temp upward. It'll take me a couple of days to get it perfect- this is a new tank and new location. It was up to 104 by about 9 this morning, so I moved the lights away a bit. Will stick to the dubias for a few days until we get a bowel...

Thanks, Laurie Oh I know, Laurie. When my eyes first tracked on the fact that his "scar" was the same size as the plastic burn, my body didn't know whether to cry of throw up. It's just awful. When I first put him in his bath last night, there was a great deal of scurrying. I took it for...

Updates and answers Hello! Thank you for responding. First answering your question, then will give an update: He's in 20gal long tank. Fine for him now, but starting to look for bigger. Given his mobility issues, if he is permanently damages, he won't need anything bigger. It takes his...

This Beardie is somehow disabled, and I don't quite get it yet. This is my first Beardie, so any advice is welcome. Just brought home today. On the pictures you'll see a scar on his back. Previous owner called it a battle scar from another Beardie. I believe it's actually a burn and that the...

You bet Yup, I figured a few days. I have only had her a few months, and she was showing non-receptive breeding colors within a couple of days of getting her. Not knowing her history, I went ahead and put the bucket in then, because I figured it would be less stressful for her to have her...

She's up Okay, she's out of the box- under 2 hours. I'm thinking that's a good sign, because she's still be struggling if she were in trouble. She looks pretty good- the apparent lump I saw before is not there. She's under her light, and starting to green up. She didn't want water. Eyes alert...