To Be Worried Or Not To Be That Is The Question?

[ElliottsRen]

I rescued Ren, a female Jackson about a year ago and I am not even sure how old she was when I purchased her, she was in very poor housing and severely neglected by the uneducated owner for 7 months. Originally I was not going to take her due to her poor health, but after seeing all of the husbandry mistakes and holding her in my hands she was stone cold and barely moving and missing 3-4 toes, with my knowledge in husbandry I knew she was as good as dead if I didn't take her.
Long story short, she is doing really well now but I have a few questions, due to her lack of appetite lately.
lighting is one of my concern she has the zoo med duel light with a reptisun 5.0 and a Sylvania spot -gro bulb 65 watt in the fixture resting on top of her enclosure could be inadequate???
I am reading mixed information and wonder if I need to
go with raising the lighting or buying the hood that takes the long bulb vs the corkscrew shaped bulb?
Also is it ok to give a calcium with D3, and a multi vitamin with D3 every dusting, or can this cause a D3 overload?
I know she needs proper lighting to synthesize the D3?
I read it was ok to buy the cheaper plant growth bulbs instead of the expensive pet store bulbs.
The diet I offer is good consisting of crickets gut loaded with Repashy's Bug Burger, super worms, wax worms, and most recently teal hornworms from Mulberry Farms.
Bowel movements are not as frequent as they used to be but appearance is good, and a genuine lack of interest in food is becoming more obvious?

Any ideas why should I be concerned?
Do I need to change something?


confused: Sharyn

 

[laurie]

The biggest problem I see is your supplements. I would suggest she have no supplements for the next 3 weeks, then evaluate her, and plan as needed. Then i would give her plain calicum 3 times a week. After at least a month of NO d3, I would not give anything with d3 added over twice a month. I use a calicum with d3 once a month and a vitamin with d3 once. She is a montane and therefore needs less supplements than most chams.
The spiral bulb for UVB is ok, as long as it is a uvb, most of us use the long tube type but that is personal preference . As for the 65 watt light if it is a regular household type plant like I guess that is ok as long as it is getting the temps your Cham needs, the spiral type bulb will not provide heat, you need to check your temps. On UVBs, even when they are still providing light, they need to be changed after 6 months. The amount of UVB provided at that point is not enought to mee your chams needs.

If you can vet to a vet as soon as you can and have a blood chemistry done so you know where you are.
Could you post a picture of her also?