How all.
I live in Israel and I got a baby solcata about a week ago.
He's 7 months old, and I'm not really sure what to expect.
What worries me is that he is not very alert.
He's constantly sleeping, eyes shut, and even when I pick him up and put him in warm water, it takes long minutes until he bothers to opens them, and he doesn't move a lot.
I try to feed him hybiscus leaves, lettuce, and I also make very fine zukini and carrot salad, I've seen him eat some, but not a lot.
He currently has an exo-terra uvb CFL (in the past week), I read that's risky, but that's the only thing I could get.
Ambient temp is about 80 at night to 90 at day (no Basking light yet).
I've spent most of the day reading care sheets and various posts in the forum.
I'll try to improve with more food variety, and more humid enclosure (already replaced the cardboard bedding with wet fine coconut fiber).
But I'm worried that he might not survive long enough for me to get a closed chamber and a better heating. Something seems wrong with him, and I suppose I have to figure out what rather quickly before it's too late..
I'm attaching some photos of how he looks most of the time (sleeping out of his shell)
And also here's a video of him eating.
Thanks a lot.
Oran.
I live in Israel and I got a baby solcata about a week ago.
He's 7 months old, and I'm not really sure what to expect.
What worries me is that he is not very alert.
He's constantly sleeping, eyes shut, and even when I pick him up and put him in warm water, it takes long minutes until he bothers to opens them, and he doesn't move a lot.
I try to feed him hybiscus leaves, lettuce, and I also make very fine zukini and carrot salad, I've seen him eat some, but not a lot.
He currently has an exo-terra uvb CFL (in the past week), I read that's risky, but that's the only thing I could get.
Ambient temp is about 80 at night to 90 at day (no Basking light yet).
I've spent most of the day reading care sheets and various posts in the forum.
I'll try to improve with more food variety, and more humid enclosure (already replaced the cardboard bedding with wet fine coconut fiber).
But I'm worried that he might not survive long enough for me to get a closed chamber and a better heating. Something seems wrong with him, and I suppose I have to figure out what rather quickly before it's too late..
I'm attaching some photos of how he looks most of the time (sleeping out of his shell)
And also here's a video of him eating.
Thanks a lot.
Oran.