Vomiting

[ColdBlooded87]

Hi all, new to the site here... I have a young adult Melleri that seems to have a bit of a problem keeping meals down. His last few feedings he's been throwing everything up hours later. His temps/humidity is monitored and in good zones. I haven't had him too long, only a few months. I bought him from a show. Up until recently he's been eating just fine. Even with throwing up his food, he still tries to eat voraciously. He is in a kinda small enclosure for his size (temporary 30gTall), but he doesn't seem to be stressed, or nose rub at all.

Any ideas what may be causing this? Thanks all

Oh, I also do not handle him aside from tank cleaning/maintenance.

 

[Chase]

What are you feeding the cham? I used to have a Bearded Dragon that would vomit if I fed him more than 5 supers. Actually, I could feed him 3 or 4, and some crickets, and he might have vomited, it was really hit or miss.

LPR08

 

[ColdBlooded87]

I give him/her a variety of crickets, mealworms, supers, and dubia roaches. They are gutloaded with Fluker's cricket feed, water gel, and I throw in bits of greens (whatever I have for my beardies ie: collard, mustard, dandelion,etc), carrots, apples.

Just for extra info, I breed my own superworms, so when I give the Melleri any of those, I always pick out the white ones (freshly shedded), as I do with my younger beardie. Just because I don't really like the hard shells for them.

As for how many at a time, not more than 4-5 large crickets, or 2-3 supers. When I give meals, I usually put a nice pinch of them in a small bowl. Dubias, usually about 3-4 medium ones. (not all at once!)

 

[Chase]

I give him/her a variety of crickets, mealworms, supers, and dubia roaches. They are gutloaded with Fluker's cricket feed, water gel, and I throw in bits of greens (whatever I have for my beardies ie: collard, mustard, dandelion,etc), carrots, apples.

Just for extra info, I breed my own superworms, so when I give the Melleri any of those, I always pick out the white ones (freshly shedded), as I do with my younger beardie. Just because I don't really like the hard shells for them.

As for how many at a time, not more than 4-5 large crickets, or 2-3 supers. When I give meals, I usually put a nice pinch of them in a small bowl. Dubias, usually about 3-4 medium ones. (not all at once!)

How long after he eats does he vomit?

LPR08

 

[ColdBlooded87]

It's about 2-3 hours later. Food looks like it hasn't even started digesting or anything, it's just covered in slime from his stomach.

Other people have suggested temperature is a cause of something like that, but his temps are in his proper range. His basking area is variable between 80-90 degrees, and the temp of the rest of his tank is about 73-75 degrees. Humidity fluctuates (because they need alternating dry-humid conditions) between 50-80%. Every morning he gets a really long drink, there's running water in his tank (if he gets thirsty again), and I mist the enclosure throughout the day. I have dry air where I'm from, so I have to mist often, or it will fall under 20% humidity.

 

[ColdBlooded87]

So I have confirmed that it is in fact parasites that is causing this. He vomited up some liquid and a roundworm was wiggling around in it... gross!

He's now getting dewormed. Hopefully he starts keeping his food down soon.