CaptainMorgan
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Hello,
Just some basic information about my Redfoot.
Name: Capri
Species: Redfoot
Age: 3+ years old
Enclosure: 4' x 20" x 18"
Substrate: Soil base layer with cypress mulch surface
Plants: 1x Dracaena W. 1x Snake Plant 1x Bella Palm
Water bowl: Yes
Hides: Half log on cool dry side (sleeps daily in here)
Tempature: Basking is low 90's, humid side is mid 80's, opposite cool end is high 75's
Humidity: min70% max95% with (new) Rainfall Monsoon RS400. Still experimenting with duration and frequency.
Food: Different each week, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, dandelion greens, collard greens, mustard greens, chicory, escarole, treats: dried mealworms with calcium (pyramiding was evident, cut back on large proteins)
Previous medical conditions: One visit for a 'quacking' noise at night time, vet thought it might be a possible respiratory infection, turns out she's just vocal!
Other animals in house: Rescue Russian tortoise (parasite free), Rescue Red Ear Slider
There appears to be a small dark ring around my redfoots mouth. I can't tell if she's eating her own feces (coprophagia), stained from the house plants, or worse - mouth rot.
Here's a picture of her on her 3rd birthday eating strawberry (late June)
https://postimg.org/image/d5qy5xy3d/
Here's a picture of her today (poor quality image).
https://postimg.org/image/px56buiqh/
https://postimg.org/image/bly610rpl/
I tried rubbing a moist q-tip on her beak this morning to wipe off any dirt or poop but the q-tip barely browned. She ate her own poop when she was several months old but it eventually stopped. I haven't seen her do it in years - but now she has this dark ring around her mouth like lip stick. The pictures of mouth rot I found online seem pretty aggressive but I can't tell if there's any deterioration around the beak on Capri, she's just so little. Any ideas or ways to confirm the cause?
Thanks,
Greg
Just some basic information about my Redfoot.
Name: Capri
Species: Redfoot
Age: 3+ years old
Enclosure: 4' x 20" x 18"
Substrate: Soil base layer with cypress mulch surface
Plants: 1x Dracaena W. 1x Snake Plant 1x Bella Palm
Water bowl: Yes
Hides: Half log on cool dry side (sleeps daily in here)
Tempature: Basking is low 90's, humid side is mid 80's, opposite cool end is high 75's
Humidity: min70% max95% with (new) Rainfall Monsoon RS400. Still experimenting with duration and frequency.
Food: Different each week, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, dandelion greens, collard greens, mustard greens, chicory, escarole, treats: dried mealworms with calcium (pyramiding was evident, cut back on large proteins)
Previous medical conditions: One visit for a 'quacking' noise at night time, vet thought it might be a possible respiratory infection, turns out she's just vocal!
Other animals in house: Rescue Russian tortoise (parasite free), Rescue Red Ear Slider
There appears to be a small dark ring around my redfoots mouth. I can't tell if she's eating her own feces (coprophagia), stained from the house plants, or worse - mouth rot.
Here's a picture of her on her 3rd birthday eating strawberry (late June)
https://postimg.org/image/d5qy5xy3d/
Here's a picture of her today (poor quality image).
https://postimg.org/image/px56buiqh/
https://postimg.org/image/bly610rpl/
I tried rubbing a moist q-tip on her beak this morning to wipe off any dirt or poop but the q-tip barely browned. She ate her own poop when she was several months old but it eventually stopped. I haven't seen her do it in years - but now she has this dark ring around her mouth like lip stick. The pictures of mouth rot I found online seem pretty aggressive but I can't tell if there's any deterioration around the beak on Capri, she's just so little. Any ideas or ways to confirm the cause?
Thanks,
Greg