Floyd's health problems

[lainezor]

about 1 month ago I took Floyd to the vet. He had insanely smelly fecals so I took him in. The vet gave me Flagyl and I gave him that once daily for 7 days. Fecal looked a bit better. The test came back positive for pinworms about 3 days later. I gave him Panacur once about a month ago and then 1 more 3 weeks later. I brought in a fecal to see if he needs another dose on Wednesday (still waiting anxiously for results). I have noticed now he is spending a lot of time near the bottom of the cage (even today he was on the bottom) and that his fecals are very bad. They don't smell bad but they are not fully digested (you can clearly see cricket pieces) and slimy like a clear/pale yellow mucus on it. He has stopped eating, he stares at the crickets and doesn't eat them.This past week he has only eaten around 3 crickets a day sometimes 0, he hasnt eaten all weekend. He is staying hydrated and I saw him take a nice big drink this morning. He is dark green/black and isnt eating. I took a video of him about 10 mins ago so you could see into his mouth and see if something was wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E8Q1NGlBQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[kinyonga]

Please answer the questions in the how to ask for help thread at the top of the health forum.

 

[lainezor]

Sorry, I figured I filled these out so often I wouldnt need to worry about his setup. He is in my bedroom on the 6th floor of an apartment in Canada. I have a temperature gun which I use to monitor his temps. Incandescent light bulb for basking and a linear 18" UVB bulb. Mist his cage daily by hand as well as have his water drip (cup with a pinhole) 3 or more times a day for 20 mins. 2x2x4 foot screen cage with live hibiscus and live pothos as well as jungle vine and fake plants for extra jungly enclosure. (I have a post somewhere on here thats a video of the whole setup). Feed him 15-20 crickets a day free roaming for him to hunt. Dusted with calcium without d3 monday-friday, saturday no dust and sunday is either multivitamin dust or calcium with d3(I alternate each sunday). Humidity has never been seen below 60% I keep it around 80% the plants really help keep it up.

Fecal description-Here's the issue. His fecal is not fully digested, you can see parts of the crickets in it. It also have a mucus looking coating thats a pale yellowy beige color. I am concerned because this has been going on for a couple weeks and he is no longer interested in the crickets. I am waiting to see if he needs more meds for pinworms (read first post) and want to know what I should do about him not eating.

 

[lainezor]

I bought him some silkworms and some superworms yesterday and he ate 6 silkworms as soon as he laid eyes on them (that's all I bought because local store is really expensive) and I only gave him 1
"medium" superworm. Going to buy more silkworms and hornworms today and order them online.He seems to be spending more time near the bottom of the cage, he had a sperm plug so I took him out for a "bath" and it came out. Still very concerned about the fecal. It is full of what I can only describe as mucus.

 

[junglefries]

previous post

There was a previous thread maybe a week or two ago about similar circumstances. i am not sure if it was yours or not, but a quick search of might lend you some additional info. It described smelly poop and panacur. good luck.

 

[lainezor]

That was unrelated to my cham. He did have pinworms but I gave him medication and he is now parasite free(vet called yesterday). I am just concerned because he is not eating even half as much as normal and now nothing. He hate 2 hornworms and wasnt interested in the silkworms at all so I put in 2 superworms (I know they arent healthy but he has to eat something) and he ate those. I thought silk worms would be a good idea because he ate 6 of them on monday and 3 yesterday.Now he doesnt want them either. I know hes hungry because when I took out the silks and put in supers he ran over to them. I now have a lot of silkworms and crickets which he doesnt want to eat I ran out of hornworms and I have 9 superworms.

 

[kinyonga]

What's the basking temperature?

 

[lainezor]

88 fahrenheit