Arlo

[danfree33]

My cham Arlo has been very lazy today just hiding in his plant, he has been to the vets last week and they put him on baytril for what they think was a urine infection so he has not eaten anything for a while now he is drinking i spray him and he laps the run off up but its the eating thats concerning me and the fact he has been so lazy today HELP .....

 

[clarkrw3]

My cham Arlo has been very lazy today just hiding in his plant, he has been to the vets last week and they put him on baytril for what they think was a urine infection so he has not eaten anything for a while now he is drinking i spray him and he laps the run off up but its the eating thats concerning me and the fact he has been so lazy today HELP .....

This isn't a lot of info to go off of but I will tell you that Baytril makes them not want to eat, and also causes them to get very dehydrated. So what you are describing sound normal to me for a cham on Baytril. You just need to make sure that he is drinking and you are providing enough opportunity to drink. (I have given twice as much water as Baytril by mouth once I had the mouth open, however, you have to be careful they don't inhale the water) And try to find something they can still get excited about eating. For me that something has always been superworms. I know they aren't the best nutrition but the can get the cham through a hunger strike during Baytril treatment. Monitor the chams fat pads and as long as they are still not sunken you should be fine. If they get really sunken in you might want to think about feeding ground up bugs or placing something in his mouth when you are giving him his treatment.

 

[danfree33]

This isn't a lot of info to go off of but I will tell you that Baytril makes them not want to eat, and also causes them to get very dehydrated. So what you are describing sound normal to me for a cham on Baytril. You just need to make sure that he is drinking and you are providing enough opportunity to drink. (I have given twice as much water as Baytril by mouth once I had the mouth open, however, you have to be careful they don't inhale the water) And try to find something they can still get excited about eating. For me that something has always been superworms. I know they aren't the best nutrition but the can get the cham through a hunger strike during Baytril treatment. Monitor the chams fat pads and as long as they are still not sunken you should be fine. If they get really sunken in you might want to think about feeding ground up bugs or placing something in his mouth when you are giving him his treatment.

Where are his fat pad located ? and i will have a look.

 

[clarkrw3]

Where are his fat pad located ? and i will have a look.

This is a Panther correct? Like I said not a lot of info to go on. If we are talking panther they are the two pads on the top of his head. The two pads on either side of the center spine on the top of his head.

 

[danfree33]

This is a Panther correct? Like I said not a lot of info to go on. If we are talking panther they are the two pads on the top of his head. The two pads on either side of the center spine on the top of his head.

yes he is a panther and his pads are fine and looking good, he is active if he comes out he loves his free time but like a say when he goes back into his cage he just hides in his plant but only started doing that today.