Angler Shark
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Hi guys,
So I've got a Juvenile Melleri about a month and a half ago and everything seems perfectly fine. He's generally pretty green and would move around the vines to hunt.
But since about 2-3 days, I've noticed that his color turned very pale and he's also always at the same spot now on top right of the cage.
Humidity always balances between 50-90% and top temperature is about 32-35 degrees Celsius. 89-95 F. Tank is 48x48x30. I have an auto mister (Exo Terra Monsoon) that mists every hours for two minutes. Feces and urines are good from last time I checked.
He still eats and would move to eat the crickets I guess since when I'm back from work, there's no crickets anymore but he's back at the same spot, sleeping there too.
He's actually shedding and it's been about two days now. I gave him a superworm (also left other in a bowl for him) this morning before leaving and he ate it but had been pretty hesitant. Usually he would quickly shoot his tongue and then it took him at least 2-3 minutes to be ready.
I get to think... is this color and behavior related to the temperature? Is it too hot? I've read it could be because it's too hot but then he doesn't gap his mouth. I've seen pictures on a site where it means they're healthy too but I'm not that convinced? Is it only because he's shedding? Also this morning when the lamp switched on, he usually would open his eyes pretty quickly. Now it took a few minutes. I'm suspecting lethargy?
I'm sorta confused...
Here's two pictures of his usual colors:
(He's sleeping on my shoulder)
And there is his color from yesterday's night (currently shedding and at this usual spot):
I've already seen him shedding once and he wasn't this pale so this is bothering me and makes me feeling very anxious. I know that Mellers are known on being very hard to handle from stress and can die pretty easily and I don't want that to happen.
Please help and thank you.
So I've got a Juvenile Melleri about a month and a half ago and everything seems perfectly fine. He's generally pretty green and would move around the vines to hunt.
But since about 2-3 days, I've noticed that his color turned very pale and he's also always at the same spot now on top right of the cage.
Humidity always balances between 50-90% and top temperature is about 32-35 degrees Celsius. 89-95 F. Tank is 48x48x30. I have an auto mister (Exo Terra Monsoon) that mists every hours for two minutes. Feces and urines are good from last time I checked.
He still eats and would move to eat the crickets I guess since when I'm back from work, there's no crickets anymore but he's back at the same spot, sleeping there too.
He's actually shedding and it's been about two days now. I gave him a superworm (also left other in a bowl for him) this morning before leaving and he ate it but had been pretty hesitant. Usually he would quickly shoot his tongue and then it took him at least 2-3 minutes to be ready.
I get to think... is this color and behavior related to the temperature? Is it too hot? I've read it could be because it's too hot but then he doesn't gap his mouth. I've seen pictures on a site where it means they're healthy too but I'm not that convinced? Is it only because he's shedding? Also this morning when the lamp switched on, he usually would open his eyes pretty quickly. Now it took a few minutes. I'm suspecting lethargy?
I'm sorta confused...
Here's two pictures of his usual colors:
(He's sleeping on my shoulder)
And there is his color from yesterday's night (currently shedding and at this usual spot):
I've already seen him shedding once and he wasn't this pale so this is bothering me and makes me feeling very anxious. I know that Mellers are known on being very hard to handle from stress and can die pretty easily and I don't want that to happen.
Please help and thank you.
