Hi everyone,
I have a veiled Cham, pictured as my icon. He's about two and a half years old. He was about 2 weeks old when I rescued him. He has been a very picky eater since he came into manhood, and lately he's looking too skinny for my taste, and his coloring is rather dull. He is still eating, I know this because there is droppings. His stool looks perfectly normal, is well formed, and the appropriate amount of white accompanying it. Nevertheless, I'm starting to wonder whether maybe he has some parasites or something.
Attaching images of him and his digs.
He eats super worms and crickets. I occassionally buy him a hornworm cup, but if I keep them on hand all the time he gets tired of them. I also put fruit flies in with him, because he seems to enjoy popcorn, and I have them on hand for my anoles. I have NEVER gotten him to eat a dubia, though I try every month or two. The only thing that really excites him are either hornworms or cabbage moth worms. I have tried phoenix worms- nope. But sometimes he would eat the flies after they hatch, but not worth the cost.
Temp and humidity are all good, and we have a nice watering system, and I augment with a plastic pipett which he is trained up to.
My challenge is that there is only one exotic vet that services my area, and he's a roaming vet, which makes it doubly challenging. Plus, I don't handle Josh, and it would be horribly distruptive for him being carted to timbucktoo.
So before I go that route, I thought I'd check with you pro's for some basic advise to begin with. Here are my questions:
1) are there obvious signs of intestinal parasites- such as bad looking stools- in other words does the fact that he has good stools make it less likely that he has parasites?
2) can a regular vet do a fecal- because I have a regular vet...
3) is there some product that you can get for general use- in otherwords, you can go to the grocery and get a de-wormer for dogs and cats, is there something like that for reptiles?
Hmmm trouble with the images, here's the direct links:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...089.1281007080&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...089.1281007080&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
I have a veiled Cham, pictured as my icon. He's about two and a half years old. He was about 2 weeks old when I rescued him. He has been a very picky eater since he came into manhood, and lately he's looking too skinny for my taste, and his coloring is rather dull. He is still eating, I know this because there is droppings. His stool looks perfectly normal, is well formed, and the appropriate amount of white accompanying it. Nevertheless, I'm starting to wonder whether maybe he has some parasites or something.
Attaching images of him and his digs.
He eats super worms and crickets. I occassionally buy him a hornworm cup, but if I keep them on hand all the time he gets tired of them. I also put fruit flies in with him, because he seems to enjoy popcorn, and I have them on hand for my anoles. I have NEVER gotten him to eat a dubia, though I try every month or two. The only thing that really excites him are either hornworms or cabbage moth worms. I have tried phoenix worms- nope. But sometimes he would eat the flies after they hatch, but not worth the cost.
Temp and humidity are all good, and we have a nice watering system, and I augment with a plastic pipett which he is trained up to.
My challenge is that there is only one exotic vet that services my area, and he's a roaming vet, which makes it doubly challenging. Plus, I don't handle Josh, and it would be horribly distruptive for him being carted to timbucktoo.
So before I go that route, I thought I'd check with you pro's for some basic advise to begin with. Here are my questions:
1) are there obvious signs of intestinal parasites- such as bad looking stools- in other words does the fact that he has good stools make it less likely that he has parasites?
2) can a regular vet do a fecal- because I have a regular vet...
3) is there some product that you can get for general use- in otherwords, you can go to the grocery and get a de-wormer for dogs and cats, is there something like that for reptiles?
Hmmm trouble with the images, here's the direct links:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...089.1281007080&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...089.1281007080&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
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