Jigsaw and his head lump

[joejoe519]

Here's a few pictures of jigsaw. As I said before, I wasn't given an age when I bought him. If anybody has any Idea of an age I would appreciate it.
Male veiled.
6-7 inches head to end of tail
open air 50 gallon terrarium.(just untill he gets a little older)
Mercury vapour bulb
Habiscus plant and faux jungle vine
crickets only for now.8-10 per day(gut loaded with potatoe and mixed greens)
misted every few hours(30 seconds to 1 minute)

My original problem was the lump on his head. Slightly raised bump between his eyes and at the foot of his head casque.

 

[joejoe519]

If you can see the bump above and slightly to the right of his eye, thats the problem lump I speak of. Sorry about the crappy resolution. I need a new camera.

 

[Dylan Dutz]

I think you may need to go to the vet.

 

[dodolah]

it's PROBABLY an abscess from infected wound.
you need a vet to drain the puss, clean the wound, and administer antibiotics.

may i suggest not to use potato for gutloading.
IMHO, I think your cham will be better off if you gutload your crickets with dryfood (like the one www.cricketfood.com have) plus some greens (dandelion is the best and most nutritious. just avoid broccoli and spinach)

 

[joejoe519]

Can I make my own dry cricket food? I hate shelling out money when most of the time I have all the ingredients here.

 

[joejoe519]

Homemade cricket food

I found a recipe

Dry mix
1 large box dry milk (8 quart size)
1 box rice baby cereal
8 oz. raw unsalted sunflower seeds
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup of chaff from loose alfalfa or 3/4 cup alfalfa powder
1 1/2 cup fresh bee pollen
1/4 cup powdered spirulina or Klamath Lake algae http://www.algae-world.com
1/2 cup crushed fine quality monkey chow (not Purina)
1/4 cup dried sea kelp
*1/4 cup dried egg yolk (or add freshly cooked egg yolk to wet mix (see right)
1/2 cup mixed unsalted nuts
1/4 cup coconut
1/16 cup brewer's yeast
1/8 cup dried dandelion flowers (optional)
The above should be pulverized using a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder. The texture should resemble a "chunky" powder.


Wet mix
Prickly pear cactus (opuntia)

A mix of sweet potatoes, yams, organically grown carrots, orange/yellow squashes and carrot tops

Mixed dandelion, turnip, mustard, collard greens, kale, and watercress greens
Citrus fruit, melon, grape leaves

*If dried egg yolk is unavailable for the dry mix, add to the wet mix: 1 fresh egg yolk, cooked

Note: Measurements are approximate and may not reflect actual measurements used

 

[Brad Ramsey]

I'm familiar with that recipe
I found it cheaper to buy dry food pre-made from http://cricketfood.com/

-Brad

 

[dodolah]

that is a good recipee.
I found the premium advanced dry gutload from cricketfood.com is somewhat similar to this recipee.
If you have time and cheap resources available feel free to use that one.
I think it will make a great gutload.

I found a recipe

Dry mix
1 large box dry milk (8 quart size)
1 box rice baby cereal
8 oz. raw unsalted sunflower seeds
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup of chaff from loose alfalfa or 3/4 cup alfalfa powder
1 1/2 cup fresh bee pollen
1/4 cup powdered spirulina or Klamath Lake algae http://www.algae-world.com
1/2 cup crushed fine quality monkey chow (not Purina)
1/4 cup dried sea kelp
*1/4 cup dried egg yolk (or add freshly cooked egg yolk to wet mix (see right)
1/2 cup mixed unsalted nuts
1/4 cup coconut
1/16 cup brewer's yeast
1/8 cup dried dandelion flowers (optional)
The above should be pulverized using a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder. The texture should resemble a "chunky" powder.


Wet mix
Prickly pear cactus (opuntia)

A mix of sweet potatoes, yams, organically grown carrots, orange/yellow squashes and carrot tops

Mixed dandelion, turnip, mustard, collard greens, kale, and watercress greens
Citrus fruit, melon, grape leaves

*If dried egg yolk is unavailable for the dry mix, add to the wet mix: 1 fresh egg yolk, cooked

Note: Measurements are approximate and may not reflect actual measurements used

 

[AFH]

I agree that the lumps may be an infection, especially if they're asymetrical on his head. You'll want to get him to a vet ASAP.

I do have a veiled male that has a kind of bump right at the base of his casque, but it's actually just a part of the casque. Can't tell from the photo if it's the same type thing.

 

[MollyGreen]

About the gutloads, some easy and cheap things to do might be:
Baby food (squash, ect.) -smear it around the leaves
Also, just buy some kale, collard greens, ect. and blend them with some water and store them in the fridge. The crickets eat that up and u wont buy food for a long time.
(as a wet mixture)

 

[Chase]

About the gutloads, some easy and cheap things to do might be:
Baby food (squash, ect.) -smear it around the leaves
also, just buy some kale, collard greens, ect. and blend them with some water and store them in the fridge. The crickets eat that up and u wont buy food for a long time

That acually doesn't sound bad.