Going out of town for one night

[niese4pigs]

that was directed more towards Seeco but all is good. No hard feelings towards anyone. I just get defensive about my hubby. I love the info I get form thr forum. Even though I have lots of reptile experience it is good to get other peoples opinions & their personal experiences

 

[seanUTD]

Im still curious about those previous health problems though... What were they?

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Quit blaming the husband for your prior chams health issues. A one time overfeeding episode DID NOT cause that cham to get gout. Gout is the result of an overabundance of protein in that chams diet. Which is a result of improper gutloading (dog food) or feeding to many pinky mice or other vertebrate prey. I'd start by accepting the responsiblity of the prior chams health problems and start researching proper gutloading items and quit blaming others for my own husbandry mistakes. If I were your husband I'd tell you to do all on your own, so when an issue arose you'd hav no one else to point fingerts at. Now stepping off soapbox....

 

[niese4pigs]

Started out with swollen joints thought cellulitis put on antibiotics orally (Enrofloxin) for about a week. Did not see any improvement and started spreading to other legs. Tried lots of different supplements like omega 3, DMG ( supplement to help boost immune system). He began to slow down on his eating and was not using his legs because they hurt. Had to force feed him silkworms & crickets for awhile. We battled this for about 3-4 months & finally decided to put him to sleep. Necropsy stated gout due to increase protein in diet.

I have talked to some other members on forum & discussed what I was gut loading with. Maybe my cricket gut load ovetime was not good & it just pushed my cham over the edge. So I have totally changed how I feed my crickets. I WAS using cmmercial dry gut load from pet store & nothing else. NOW I use cricket crack & fresh sweet potato, red peppers, oranges, parsnips, & collard or mustard greens.

P.S. my husband over fed for about a week he doubled & tripled the # of crickets my cham usually got

 

[Texas Panther Man]

You just made my point OP it was YOUR mistake not the husband. He just caught the blame because of he made a mistake and overfed out of ignorance.

I honestly hope you have better luck this time around....

 

[niese4pigs]

Thanks I really appreciate it. I also hope I have better luck

 

[seanUTD]

Commercial cricket feed would NOT cause gout... It contains purely crude protein and a decent, not perfect, amount of vitamin A.. Gout is the combination of the preformed vitamin A in animal proteins found in cat food, dog food, vertebrate prey, fish food, etc... Even if he quadrillioned the intake of crix, crix alone were NOT the problem... Chams will eat until they are full, if they don't want food, they don't want it... Just because you offer food doesn't mean he'll eat it... So purely putting excess crix in the cage wasn't an issue sorry