MadameButterfly
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Hi
I just got a new Golden Tagu and I have a few questions
It is only about 4 months old and I don't know it's gender yet so I just refer to it as female, I fed her and she was chasing an insect and got herself stuck behind the tray I use for her water bowl/bath and eventually wriggled her way out but then she was licking underneath her and it looked like some type of sack sticking out of her belly that was pink and even had veins so I thought that maybe she had cut herself and it was her intestines hanging out so I was really panicing and she was frantic so I couldn't catch her because I was afraid I'd make it worse if she was bouncing around so I left her for a while to calm down and checked on her again an hour later and managed to catch her and I checked her belly and there is no cuts, the sack was gone so I have no idea what it was unless she is a he and it was his male parts making an appearance? any ideas?
Also lights, I have a 100 watt basking lamp and a UV light but do I need to have them on 24 hours a day or is it better to cycle them to be more like real sunlight? so far I have had the UV light on about 13 hours a day but the basking light on 24 hours a day so is it better to knock them both off for a period each day to emulate night time for it?
Thanks
MB
I just got a new Golden Tagu and I have a few questions
It is only about 4 months old and I don't know it's gender yet so I just refer to it as female, I fed her and she was chasing an insect and got herself stuck behind the tray I use for her water bowl/bath and eventually wriggled her way out but then she was licking underneath her and it looked like some type of sack sticking out of her belly that was pink and even had veins so I thought that maybe she had cut herself and it was her intestines hanging out so I was really panicing and she was frantic so I couldn't catch her because I was afraid I'd make it worse if she was bouncing around so I left her for a while to calm down and checked on her again an hour later and managed to catch her and I checked her belly and there is no cuts, the sack was gone so I have no idea what it was unless she is a he and it was his male parts making an appearance? any ideas?
Also lights, I have a 100 watt basking lamp and a UV light but do I need to have them on 24 hours a day or is it better to cycle them to be more like real sunlight? so far I have had the UV light on about 13 hours a day but the basking light on 24 hours a day so is it better to knock them both off for a period each day to emulate night time for it?
Thanks
MB