Excessive drinking

[tino442]

My 2 year old panther. This past saturday i had my dripper running faster than normal and my cham went up to the leave and let the water drip into his mouth. He did this for about 10 to 15 minutes. It was odd becuase i have an automatic mister that goes on every few hours so he gets lots of water. After he was done drinking he began to drewl and then went up to his basking spot. Soon after he opened his mouth and started throwing up. It seemed like alot of un-digested phoenix worms came with his throw up. He seems fine but has been sleeping alot more and dosnt come out of his sleeping spot until there is only a few hours of heat and light in his regular day. He is still eating. I have fed him steady diet of crix bud recently got some dubia roaches and phoenix worms to mix in his diet. Any thoughts on any of this. THANKS

 

[Deevo]

If he continues sit him down and hold an intervention. Tell him how his excessive drinking makes you feel.


But in all seriousness, what are crix bud? Also what are you using for supplements? Using the "how to ask for help" template might help people answer your questions better.

 

[KWALA]

It seems like you are doing a good job but it can be a sign of dehydration which they can drink themselves up until vomiting.

 

[Carlton]

My 2 year old panther. This past saturday i had my dripper running faster than normal and my cham went up to the leave and let the water drip into his mouth. He did this for about 10 to 15 minutes. It was odd becuase i have an automatic mister that goes on every few hours so he gets lots of water. After he was done drinking he began to drewl and then went up to his basking spot. Soon after he opened his mouth and started throwing up. It seemed like alot of un-digested phoenix worms came with his throw up. He seems fine but has been sleeping alot more and dosnt come out of his sleeping spot until there is only a few hours of heat and light in his regular day. He is still eating. I have fed him steady diet of crix bud recently got some dubia roaches and phoenix worms to mix in his diet. Any thoughts on any of this. THANKS

I'll take a stab at this, though it's just my initial reaction to what you described:

1. There's been a significant drop in the room humidity level because of the cold weather triggering your house heating a lot more often. Indoor heating dries out the air. Colder means more heating.

2. If the cage doesn't have a lot of foliage or other surfaces (such as lots of potting soil, waterproof covering on the cage sides) to catch and hold the misting droplets much of the water isn't actually available for him to drink. And if the room is dry the evaporation rate for misting droplets speeds up. Which may be why he's drinking at the dripper so much more than usual.

3. If he is in fact getting dehydrated faster than he can replace the lost moisture, he's going to get more and more thirsty during the day. Chams are not very efficient at conserving body moisture and they will lose more just through respiration if the room's air is very dry.

4. So, if he's really thirsty and drinks a lot at a time, he'll fill up his stomach. If there's also food in it, it will get overfull. Chams have pretty small stomachs for their body size. Chams have no spincter muscle between their stomach and esophagus. If they happen to climb around and their head gets lower than their body they can end up throwing up the contents fairly easily.

So, describe your cage, how it's planted and with what, if there is anything covering the cage sides, the humidity level in the ROOM, what the humidity level reaches after misting and when the cage is dry.

Maybe there's something else going on with him, so describe your other husbandry, nutrition, etc.

 

[tino442]

I am dusting the crickets with repashy calcium plus every day. It has been colder in the room. The room temp is 67 and humidity is 55.

 

[Daybed]

Crix bud is for stoner crickets haha!