Hi my 8 month old panther seems to be inpacted ... He has not gone to the bathroom in over a week and not eating ... He spends most of his time low in the enclosure .... I Gave him a few super worms in the few days before there his fav I've done that since he was young no issues maybe 4 every month ....but in the same few days . He's is not active either and not acting himself . Is there anything I can try before a vet visit? I tried warm water misting I even soaked him in warm water .
Impacted panther help please
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Lazy Boy
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What makes you think he's impacted and not something else? Do you see him trying to go and pushing but not going or? I would fill this out https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
His cage is set up fine fine he was perfect until I feed him a few super worms and that's when he started hanging out at bottom of cage and not eating and not going to bathroom .... The room he is in is 72f so top of cage is about 90f and drops to 72f at bottom he usually eats 5-7 large crickets daily dusted in calcium no d and one day a week alternating he gets multi and calcium low d ... Has a mist king runs every 2 hrs . Now question is if he was into acted he would not go to bathroom or eat correct? And if so WHAT IS A REMIDY.
Lovereps
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Some people have had success clearing an impaction by feeding their cham pureed pear baby food, bits of prunes or grapes.
Hopefully that is actually the problem and the home remedy will unblock him.
If not, then a vet visit will be needed before he gets worse.
Please let us know how he does.
As Lazyboy suggested, it's awlays a good idea to cut and paste the questions from https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/, then add your answers , just to be sure everything is as it should be.
Soemtimes people are given wrong or incomplete care instructions and then the cham and their caretaker pay for it.
Hopefully that is actually the problem and the home remedy will unblock him.
If not, then a vet visit will be needed before he gets worse.
Please let us know how he does.
As Lazyboy suggested, it's awlays a good idea to cut and paste the questions from https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/, then add your answers , just to be sure everything is as it should be.
Soemtimes people are given wrong or incomplete care instructions and then the cham and their caretaker pay for it.
Your conclusion of impaction after feeding super worms is a guess, at best.
Pull the plants out and look for poop, you may have missed it.
If he has ANY of theses symptoms, a vet visit is needed: lethargic, on the floor, not eating, dehydrated.
Waiting, IMO is not an option.
Nick
Pull the plants out and look for poop, you may have missed it.
If he has ANY of theses symptoms, a vet visit is needed: lethargic, on the floor, not eating, dehydrated.
Waiting, IMO is not an option.
Nick
superworms
I had to give all of my superworms (450) to my daughter for her chams, because my large Nosy Be was getting compacted from them, and the others just wanted nothing to do with them. I now feed them dubias, and other worms. Btw, I would change his food to smaller bugs. Mine straighten out in about a week.
I had to give all of my superworms (450) to my daughter for her chams, because my large Nosy Be was getting compacted from them, and the others just wanted nothing to do with them. I now feed them dubias, and other worms. Btw, I would change his food to smaller bugs. Mine straighten out in about a week.
