No his tongue does not hang out, when he shows interest in his food (like once a week), he shoots it out to grab some crickets but his tongue only shoots out maybe 2 to 3 inches, and then he never catches the cricktes, i started pilling up the crickets so that when he goes for them he can at least scoop them up. It all started when i fed him bigger crickets (since my girl gets 3 week olds), he ate 2 and threw them all up again.
I did i dusted his food with calcium- but since ive had him he has eaten maybe 50 crickets. When i went to the reptile convention i made sure to ask if he drank and ate on his own (because i had a male Jackson that only drank from my spray bottle) then i took him home- he didn't eat the first 2 days- which i understood since it was a new home- he ate normal the first few days, but i noticed he couldn't shoot his tongue across the cage like my little girl could. I have had him since the end of August.
Would you recommend that i buy a strong heat bulb?
The vet did not quit tell me what they did- i dropped him off the morning i saw him vomiting- and she said he had a oral infection which could be why he doesn't want to eat.
I did have a fecal done- she said he had parasites- this was before he had even ate any of my crickets that i have. She said it was from his food so i knew it wasn't my food (a he never ate any, b my girl is clean). She said once his diet changes that he should be okay.
But to be honest he doesn't eat more than his omnivore blend and if he poops its the size of what liquid he ate, its still runny but he doesn't really poop.
I don't really handle him unless i take him out of his cage to climb on the wall but then i usually don't handle him for 24 hours after.
He sits between the leaves- so i see him getting some of the UVB light, or he sits on the side of his cage in the direct light.
I also take him outside for 20 minutes if its not cold.
We have to open his mouth with a Popsicle stick thing- and after he is done getting his food, and water, and calcium supplement, and his shot in his leg, he just looks completely exhausted, so i usually put him on the wall and he sleeps.
