Arm Problem

[cjb001]

Hi everyone...

Have to go to work so forgive me if I leave something important out.

My panther is about a year old. He's been eating mostly dubia roaches for the past 9 months, with some crickets and superworms mixed in. All insects are dusted with calcium beforehand, calcium w/ d3 twice a month and a multivitamin twice a month. Reptisun UVB 5.0 bulb in the back of the cage and a basking spot of about 85 degrees on the front side.

I just noticed today that he was not using his front left arm. He was sitting in his basking spot and the arm was just hanging beside him. I threw some roaches in and when he went after them, he wouldn't use the arm at all, just awkwardly try and move it but never actually grabbed onto anything with it. He is eating fine and everything still so I didn't know what to think.

If anyone could shed some insight possibly, that would be cool. Here's a couple pictures of the arm.

Thanks

 

[juju]

with something like this u really dont have a option but to take him to the vet he could have fallen and broken something but thats a worst case scenario but when it comes down to it u can ether wait a day or two and see if it changes but i would take him to the vet and get him checked out.

 

[junglefries]

Don't wait until too late. My prize male blue bar stopped using his left rear leg. He would grasp his front leg with it and hang on. I kept having to unlock it myself. Short story: spider bite and he died. Good luck.

 

[cjb001]

Took him to a vet yesterday... He couldn't find anything wrong, and since there is no noticeable behavior changes (besides not using the arm) or eating changes, he didn't have anything to tell me.

Guess I'll give it a few days and see if anything changes before trying to find another vet.