systmdamage
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I want to give a little back story on our favorite pet...okay so all of them are our favorite, but she is the best. We did a lot of research before we got her back in June...following these forums and making sure that we had everything in order before we decided to get one. We started her out with a small 24"x24"x24" screened enclosure with a live rubber tree and fake vines. At that time we used her basking lamp and UVB 5.0. Of course she outgrew that enclosure very quickly and has been living in a 4 tall by 2.5' wide and 2.5' deep screened enclosure...which she has LOVED. We added several other live plants and vines to the mix (Cham safe of course). We have a dripper system as well as a misting system for the enclosures. We mist the cage often to keep the humidity up in the open enclosure. Humidity in the upper part of the cage runs between 80 and 90% with the temp in the upper being an average of about 88F. The bottom of the cage also run about 80-90% humidity but the temp stays around 70F. The funny part is she would RATHER drink from a baby bottle that has water instead of the dripper or misting system....long story short, my youngest daughter tried it and now it has become a routine for our cham.
She has been in this enclosure for about 2 or 3 months. Recently we noticed it was time for her to lay her eggs. We prepared clean play sand in a 12x12x12 box and put it in her old cage with some bamboo for her to climb on. She laid her eggs (67 of them) about 6-10 inches into the sand.
Upon taking her out of the cage we noticed she stopped using her back right foot. She bends her leg, though she keeps it straight most of the time, but she can bend it. However, she has only tried to move her foot a couple times...she can move it, but she doesn't seem to have any kind of grip with it. We also noticed that the back side of her right leg and the right side of her tail have all but stopped changing color. Now she does use her tail like normal, just no color changes.
She is still active, and doesn't act at all like it is bothering her, besides she just kind of carries her leg or drags it along.
She is eating and drinking like normal, 6-7 large crickets a day and they are dusted with repticalcium without D3 every other day. We also give her superworms as a treat once a week or so...sometimes more sometimes less.
We keep her cage clean, cleaning it about 1 a month (yes i know that sounds bad, but it really is kept clean). When we notice feces/urate we take it out. Now, since she has laid (1/28/2017) her eggs, we haven't seen anything, we could be missing it and will probably clean her cage tomorrow to look deeper to make sure.
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ny advice would be helpful, though i fear a vet visit is in our future. Please see the attached pictures for an example of the right and left side...the right side is the side that seems to be giving her a lot of issues.
She has been in this enclosure for about 2 or 3 months. Recently we noticed it was time for her to lay her eggs. We prepared clean play sand in a 12x12x12 box and put it in her old cage with some bamboo for her to climb on. She laid her eggs (67 of them) about 6-10 inches into the sand.
Upon taking her out of the cage we noticed she stopped using her back right foot. She bends her leg, though she keeps it straight most of the time, but she can bend it. However, she has only tried to move her foot a couple times...she can move it, but she doesn't seem to have any kind of grip with it. We also noticed that the back side of her right leg and the right side of her tail have all but stopped changing color. Now she does use her tail like normal, just no color changes.
She is still active, and doesn't act at all like it is bothering her, besides she just kind of carries her leg or drags it along.
She is eating and drinking like normal, 6-7 large crickets a day and they are dusted with repticalcium without D3 every other day. We also give her superworms as a treat once a week or so...sometimes more sometimes less.
We keep her cage clean, cleaning it about 1 a month (yes i know that sounds bad, but it really is kept clean). When we notice feces/urate we take it out. Now, since she has laid (1/28/2017) her eggs, we haven't seen anything, we could be missing it and will probably clean her cage tomorrow to look deeper to make sure.
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