spike
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Hey all. I am a quite concerned with my pygmy cham. I have had her for a few months and want to ensure that I am giving her everything she needs.
She is in a 10 gallon aquarium, with lots of leafy fake plants and branches. I use a reptiglow 2.0 light, no heat source (as I was told room temp should be okay - ranging from 55 - 70). She is eating 2 week old cricks and I mist her a few times a day.
I noticed a couple of weeks ago that her one eye was always closed. Since she shed a few days later, it is open but it appears as though she has lost vision in it. I am thinking she fell. Through the help of some other threads, I tried to clean out her eye with warm water and a q-tip, but nothing has changed. The eye is not puffy or swollen, or have any discharge, so other than not seeing out of it, I think it is okay.
I have been watching her very closely and noticed in the last few days she is not as active as she normally is, she seems skinnier and she is hiding from her light.
My questions are, for a pygmy, what is the appropriate time to have a light on for? And even though blind in one eye, she should be able to eat okay, no? I can't tell how much she eats as the cricks are small and the cage has many plants.
I may just be paranoid, but wanna make sure my Punkin is okay!
Any advice you can give me would be much appreciated! I have a panther as well, but we have had him for almost 5 years without any problems.
Thanks.
She is in a 10 gallon aquarium, with lots of leafy fake plants and branches. I use a reptiglow 2.0 light, no heat source (as I was told room temp should be okay - ranging from 55 - 70). She is eating 2 week old cricks and I mist her a few times a day.
I noticed a couple of weeks ago that her one eye was always closed. Since she shed a few days later, it is open but it appears as though she has lost vision in it. I am thinking she fell. Through the help of some other threads, I tried to clean out her eye with warm water and a q-tip, but nothing has changed. The eye is not puffy or swollen, or have any discharge, so other than not seeing out of it, I think it is okay.
I have been watching her very closely and noticed in the last few days she is not as active as she normally is, she seems skinnier and she is hiding from her light.
My questions are, for a pygmy, what is the appropriate time to have a light on for? And even though blind in one eye, she should be able to eat okay, no? I can't tell how much she eats as the cricks are small and the cage has many plants.
I may just be paranoid, but wanna make sure my Punkin is okay!
Any advice you can give me would be much appreciated! I have a panther as well, but we have had him for almost 5 years without any problems.
Thanks.
