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Hello all! My 8 month old panther Cham named Van Gogh has been having some issues for the past month. This is all the information I’ve collected regarding it.
He keeps his eyes closed for a majority of the day, occasionally opening them to get a drink of water. If he feels any sort of vibration, such as tapping on his terrarium, he also opens his eyes.
He has not been eating independently. I’ve been feeding him 7-10 medium sized dubia roaches (smaller than his head) dusted with calcium for the past few months and he seemed to love them. Once a week I give him calcium with d3. I gave him a week after I noticed he wasn’t eating in case he was going into a shed and was just moody, but that isn’t the case. I’ve had to hand feed him reptaboost to keep his weight up and he seems to eat it well.
He has had some eye irritation due to stuck shed in his eye for the past month which is what I thought was causing the issues since he stopped eating when his eye started bothering him. I’ve been using flunkers repta rinse in both eyes which has gotten rid of the stuck shed but the symptoms remain.
He for sure does not have a respiratory infection, no runny nose or fluids dripping from the mouth and no crackling noises when he breathes.
He is 8 months old and weighs roughly 40 grams, he’s never been a great eater. I purchased him from FL Chams (regretfully before I read the complains). He has no parasites, no MBD, and no other symptoms.
His setup is a reptibreeze 24 x 24 x 48 mesh screen terrarium with a reptisun T5 24 inch terrarium hood and light. The average humidity of his enclosure is 65-80% and the average temperature is 75-86 Fahrenheit. He gets misted three times a day to keep up the humidity. He’s usually been handled 1-3 times a week but it’s been everyday now due to having to give him reptaboost.
Any advice is greatly appreciated as I’m having trouble pinning down what could be the cause or if it’s just that eye bothering him still.
He keeps his eyes closed for a majority of the day, occasionally opening them to get a drink of water. If he feels any sort of vibration, such as tapping on his terrarium, he also opens his eyes.
He has not been eating independently. I’ve been feeding him 7-10 medium sized dubia roaches (smaller than his head) dusted with calcium for the past few months and he seemed to love them. Once a week I give him calcium with d3. I gave him a week after I noticed he wasn’t eating in case he was going into a shed and was just moody, but that isn’t the case. I’ve had to hand feed him reptaboost to keep his weight up and he seems to eat it well.
He has had some eye irritation due to stuck shed in his eye for the past month which is what I thought was causing the issues since he stopped eating when his eye started bothering him. I’ve been using flunkers repta rinse in both eyes which has gotten rid of the stuck shed but the symptoms remain.
He for sure does not have a respiratory infection, no runny nose or fluids dripping from the mouth and no crackling noises when he breathes.
He is 8 months old and weighs roughly 40 grams, he’s never been a great eater. I purchased him from FL Chams (regretfully before I read the complains). He has no parasites, no MBD, and no other symptoms.
His setup is a reptibreeze 24 x 24 x 48 mesh screen terrarium with a reptisun T5 24 inch terrarium hood and light. The average humidity of his enclosure is 65-80% and the average temperature is 75-86 Fahrenheit. He gets misted three times a day to keep up the humidity. He’s usually been handled 1-3 times a week but it’s been everyday now due to having to give him reptaboost.
Any advice is greatly appreciated as I’m having trouble pinning down what could be the cause or if it’s just that eye bothering him still.
Are you using a multivitamin?
