Rosie42892
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I just saw my five month old panther go from his basking spot, and quickly to a spot on one of his branches and knaw on it three or four times ( I heard the grinding). Any ideas why he may be doing this?
Why is he doing this?
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summoner12
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did you feed him today? at one of out meetings recently someone's young panther was doing this.... it isn't good for them so try and see if food helps?
Rosie42892
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He has already been fed but I will try offering some more.
Rosie42892
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Normally I feed five 1/2in crickets in the morning and three small silkworms in the afternoon. I ran out of silkies and could not get any until tomorrow so I have been giving him 8-10 crickets. He also gets one butterworm every other day.
My dusting schedule is
Monday- Herptivite
Tuesday-Rep-Cal w/ d3
Wednesday-Miner-all
Thursday-Herptivite
Friday-Rep-Cal w/ d3
Saturday-Miner-all
Sunday-Rep-Cal w/ d3
ChamOh
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whoa, that seems like a lot of D3. Most people dust with D3 once or twice a month.
You need a calcium that doesn't have D3 in it like reptical w/o d3 and use that at almost every feeding. vitamins and d3 a few times a month, and that's for a growing cham. an older cham needs even less.
You need a calcium that doesn't have D3 in it like reptical w/o d3 and use that at almost every feeding. vitamins and d3 a few times a month, and that's for a growing cham. an older cham needs even less.
Rosie42892
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I fed him a few more crickets and a butterworm. A few minutes later her went and knawed on the branch again...
Rosie42892
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Yeah, this is what was recommended by his breeder, but I am going out now and will pick up some w/o d3.What about the Herptivite and Miner-all quantities?
Rosie42892
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He continues to go to the same spot on the branch and knaw on it every few minutes. I'm starting to worry!
Rosie42892
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Yikes!! I just realized I have been spelling gnaw as knaw
. But thankyou, I feel a little more at ease now!
renzo0684
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I would think gnawing on branches and stuff could cause cuts in the mouth and infections... Im not trying to scare but only asking a question...
xanthoman
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d3-4x a week?
am i understanding things correctly? im certainly no panther person, but i just had to jump in here. you didnt specify if the minerall was with d3 or not, but if it is, then you are giving d3 5 times a week? and multivite twice a week? even if it isnt (minerall w d3), its still a clear case of extreme oversupplementation and is likely to crash that chams health in no time. it might be a good idea to just stick to plain calcium and not give any supplemental vitamins for a while (like at least 6weeks) that will give you time to work out a more sensible supplementation schedule. i would think that d3- 2x a month and multivite 1x every 6-8 weeks would be plenty, and thats if you dust sparingly, might not hurt to cut back a bit on the butterworms either jmo
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Rosie42892
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The Miner-all does not have D3. So I should be feeding calcium w/o D3 nearly daily, w/ D3 1-2 times per month, and Herptivite every month or so?
Rosie42892
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Yes, that was part of my worry, thats why I am wondering the cause of it so I can stop it all together.
Rosie42892
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Thankyou! Its nice to get an actual schedule to use!
summoner12
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If you are using repcal w/D3 this is a good schedule.
If you are using the minerall W/D3 I would throw in one more day of D3 usage. Maybe do it on a Wednesday and sunday
summoner12
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reptivite at least twice a month is good.
