Kiryu
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So last week or so I made this thread... http://www.tegutalk.com/threads/vet-has-different-opinion-on-tegu-care.17065/#post-153932
MY CARE INFO IS IN THE ABOVE LINK, good background information..
My tegu is still on towels, and thank god because he recently prolapsed again? He did it the day before but it didn't last very long at all, also wasn't as much. Because of that the next day I cut up his food very small- like marble like sizes. He ate two 16g reptilinks- one rabbit/f/v and one c/v, then some pumpkin puree. Today I put him in the tub to relieve himself and he prolapsed after passing normal stool, just towards the end. I'm really upset because I live a good 2 hours away from vets that know reptiles- at least ones where most of the staff is.. Where I live the reptile guy literally works like twice a week or something. I've already spent over 900 dollars at the vet the first time i happened, it got really bad because I was gone and he had prolapsed in his cage. He got sutures and all that and I literally had the last of them removed only thursday..
He is currently in sugar water.. I have KY jelly, gloves and Vaseline on hand, just in case. To be honest I am on the verge of crying because I don't know why this is happening? I thought it was parasites but he has been wormed, they did all kinds of tests and even did a comp. Xray because I had already been through so much..
I got most of my care info from here and tegu rescues, his basking temp is measured with a heat gun and is around 115 because he isn't an adult. He almost weighs 3 pounds..
Before he prolapsed this was a basic summary of his care.
Soil/sand substrate 70/30
Huge water bowl
gets a bath before getting to explore my room, monitored supervision
VARIED DIET, I feed him reptilinks, smelt, other meats and supplement anything that does not have bone. Blackberries are his favorite. He gets other fruits but he loves blackberries, also dubias
Almost everyday he gets outside time in the sun, at the very least 30 min.
Ambient temps, cooler end is low 80s and again surface temp on hot side is around 115 or so..
He has a flood light and compact UVB *which will be upgraded to vapor* and a red light for night time temps but could turn it on during day to raise temps if need be.
I'd appreciate any help/advice/tips, on his care and especially about the prolaspe. Anything is appreciated, I love him so much and I'm always paranoid of not doing enough...
MY CARE INFO IS IN THE ABOVE LINK, good background information..
My tegu is still on towels, and thank god because he recently prolapsed again? He did it the day before but it didn't last very long at all, also wasn't as much. Because of that the next day I cut up his food very small- like marble like sizes. He ate two 16g reptilinks- one rabbit/f/v and one c/v, then some pumpkin puree. Today I put him in the tub to relieve himself and he prolapsed after passing normal stool, just towards the end. I'm really upset because I live a good 2 hours away from vets that know reptiles- at least ones where most of the staff is.. Where I live the reptile guy literally works like twice a week or something. I've already spent over 900 dollars at the vet the first time i happened, it got really bad because I was gone and he had prolapsed in his cage. He got sutures and all that and I literally had the last of them removed only thursday..
He is currently in sugar water.. I have KY jelly, gloves and Vaseline on hand, just in case. To be honest I am on the verge of crying because I don't know why this is happening? I thought it was parasites but he has been wormed, they did all kinds of tests and even did a comp. Xray because I had already been through so much..
I got most of my care info from here and tegu rescues, his basking temp is measured with a heat gun and is around 115 because he isn't an adult. He almost weighs 3 pounds..
Before he prolapsed this was a basic summary of his care.
Soil/sand substrate 70/30
Huge water bowl
gets a bath before getting to explore my room, monitored supervision
VARIED DIET, I feed him reptilinks, smelt, other meats and supplement anything that does not have bone. Blackberries are his favorite. He gets other fruits but he loves blackberries, also dubias
Almost everyday he gets outside time in the sun, at the very least 30 min.
Ambient temps, cooler end is low 80s and again surface temp on hot side is around 115 or so..
He has a flood light and compact UVB *which will be upgraded to vapor* and a red light for night time temps but could turn it on during day to raise temps if need be.
I'd appreciate any help/advice/tips, on his care and especially about the prolaspe. Anything is appreciated, I love him so much and I'm always paranoid of not doing enough...
