Jess101
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I'm simply wanting to see if anyone else has experienced this, what their experience was like and if noone has Experienced this to provide documentation of my experience to help others identify a probable issue.. But please take your Cham to the vet.
Valoo Age about a year and a half.
Zoomed reptisun 5.0 linear 18" bulb purchased in January 2018
Reptibreeze tank 24x24x48"
He is in a spare room his tank is on a table that is about a foot and a half tall. The top of his tank stands at around 6 feet. The vent is closed in the spare room, there is never a fan on and there is no traffic in the room he is in except for me entering to care for him.
100 Watt zoomed basking lamp that provides UVA
Basking spot temp 90 degrees and the rest of the cage varies from 90 from the basking spot to 75 degrees.
All Foliage is plastic but he has never tried to eat them, yes real Plants are will be replacing his plastic ones this summer as I had already planned on it. I just hope he survives this
Humidifier that runs three times a day for an hour along with misting every other day sometimes every two days.
Humidity is normally at 70% and around 80% when misted . I allow the tank to dry out for a day when the humidifier runs out of treated water.
Fed mainly superworms and crickets as he refuses other foods. Calcium given on crickets when fed to him. I have offered him collard greens and banana but his super worms or crickets ate them instead since he didn't want anything to do with them. I remove all plant matter from His tank at the end of the day.
Crickets and super worms are fed flukers calcium diet. Sometimes superworms get fed oatmeal and sometimes both eat valoos refused veggies
Vitamins with D3 are dusted onto superworms or crickets every week and a half.
April 2nd 2018 (the problem began)
I had misted his cage and he drank like normal even came to me and drank from the sprayer nozzle.
Valoo is an adult so he normally doesn't eat as much. I offer him super worms and crickets three times a week.
valoo's back legs stiffened up later that day and he was unable to keep his grip on his branches. He fell once but seemed to be fine and nothing seemed broken, again a vet visit is in order For his fall and issues..
I moved him to his smaller cage so he cannot fall and also moved all his lights around him..
I put him in a warm soak along with a few drops of olive oil into his mouth to help him pass whatever he needs to pass since he seemed to be straining to pass a stool.
When he strains too hard his back legs stiffen up and fold into his body and his tail go limp.
He returns to normal after a while but is exhausted from straining so hard and cannot keep a grip on his branch in his smaller cage so he kinda just lays there while hanging onto the branch with his hands .
He also gets very mad and gets very stiff like he is straining and even gasps a couple of times.
His eyes are now sunken in but I know he isn't too dehydrated since he had a drink not too long ago.
All in all valoo is brightly colored still and is such a vicious monster, probably due to the pain he is experiencing which breaks my heart. But his colors haven't gone dark at all and he looks to be pretty healthy overall this stiff back legs and limp tail issue . (I hope )
I have searched everywhere for any similar experiences happening and Any that I have found with his symptoms mentioned impactation and pinched nerves. I will provide links to the past posts I have found if needed
I do not think it is MBD since he has been healthy and thriving before this. I do not think it is a respitory infection.. But the vet will tell Me What I need to know.
Vet visit planned tommorow. Wish me and valoo luck.. And please post any similar experiences below!!
All photos have been taken since the incident occured.
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) and I really, really hope that's not the case for your little guy. Good luck at the vet tomorrow and I hope everything turns out okay for you both.
