Please go over the UVB your using--and where it is placed in the tank- surface basking temps are what and how are you getting them? I see light shed on the feet / toes but that would not cause crawling etc - are you giving any supplements and how often?
I like to feed her kale and dubai roaches and some bearded dragon juvenile dry food and i i spread calcium on his tray with the kale and the dried food and i got her a big cage since shes little im guessing shes not getting enough uvb since she cant walk properly i made sure shes closer to the ubv light my mom recently showed me pictures and shes eating and looks better since ive put her there i ma buy her more bulbs with ubv so it can reach her better and more stuff to climb
I ma look at her feet tmr once im out of workk and make sure there no shed stuck
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Ok I see the screen but its hard to tell if its a fine mesh or a wide hole type- and are you using any other kind of temp gauges in the tank besides the stick on? What are you using for a substrate? I would take some of that stuff out of the tank giving more floor space and change the loose stuff substrate to either paper towels for now or get some textured NON adhesive shelf liner cut to the size of the tank - babies tend to lick everything and you dont want him eating whats in there - risk for impaction - you want to get a digital probe thermometer placed on the spot where he basks to get accurate surface basking temps 100-110 for now - he looks so little to be having this issue - there is no stuck shed -- is he still having the mobility issues? Your UVB is a T 5? What brand please ? The writing on the bulb will tell you
I have two thermometers on the tank both reach from 110-100 degrees on each side so far i haven’t noticed stuck shed but today i ma give her a bath and try to scrub her toes gently to see if any shed comes out and her. Uvb lights are t5 10.0 its arcadia i was planning on putting her in a smaller tank for now with some paper towels and some climbing stuff and putting her ubv lights 6 inches of the floor and leaving her there for a week or two i ma take her outside for at least half a hr before work so she can get natural uvb and uva my moms is gonna help me feed her i also bought her a reptile light fixture to add more ubv to her enclosure i ma try to make it hang in the tank instead of above so she can get more uvb
I would leave the toes alone - its not ready to come off yet - they will dry and get crackly sometimes they swell which is normal - you only need one good UVB and the Arcadia is a good one - is it the 12% bulb? For distance in the tank it should be 12-15 inches directly above a piece of basking decor 6" is too close - the smaller tank how big? If you can leave the screen off that would be good but distance for a T 5 10.0 or 12% bulb is 12-15 inches ---
I think it is im not sure i can check later have the box and the enclosure is a 60 gallon ill do the measurements when i get home but i have a feeling shes not getting enough also her tail is a dark shade but it looks like its just shed ill attach a picture
Ok so you can half the tank make it 30 gallon which would be good but the UVB needs to be in the tank especially w/ the height of the tank if its 24" and the screen - it will block 30% of the UVB rays - dark tail its more than likely shed they will turn different colors etc
Okay i will work on that thank you so much i was planning on buying her a separate tank thats 30 gallons so she can recover and yes i ma start hanging the UVB lights in the tank
I have flagged Tracie the vet tech about her - so lets see what she says - shes on late at night
Thank you so much your making this so easy shes my first reptile and it hurts to see her on this condition specially since she started to trust me so much
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Yes im still waiting for this new equipment to get to my house and yes i fed her dubai roaches with calcium powder today as well as took her outside and left her to rest near her uvb light tmr i shoukd get the rest i ma make her a smaller enclosure so she can recover in
Ok make sure your UVB is the distance I posted and surface basking temps are being taken w/ the digital probe thermometer - it does not need to stay where she sits just long enough to get a temp you can use some two sided tape or velcro to stick the reader on the side of the tank and wrap the wire from the probe around it - I would get a check on the temps every 2 weeks or so - you can use the stick on for ambient temps - they should be around 100 or so on the hot side of the tank
Okay thank you i will keep you updated on her health
so great news i think shes doing better by the day she climbed a but and she looks a little bigger so im guessing she started to eat more rn shes resting i added more uvb light to her enclosure also i ma show you her uvb and uva set up i have a heater so her enclosure can get warm
If that's a coil uvb please get rid of it - they are a health issue- you only need a good clear solid bright white basking bulb and your long tube uvb- make sure distance is correct for it- she looks like she's growing
Why are they bad and also yes the distance is good ive checked the box i’ve checked the height of the enclosure and is 18 inches so pretty much its at a great distance
