Nicky Wilson
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We have had Henry for 12 months now. He got off to a rough start. I know I shouldn't have but I fell in love with him because I felt sorry for him. He was in a pet shop and so small and looked sad. He had dirty water and the food they were giving him wasn't right. I thought I could give him a nice home.
When we first got him he was so tiny and lethargic. After a while I also noticed that he had a bit of a sticky eye and we thought he could possibly be blind! His eye to mouth coordination was inches out!
We took him to the vets and finally got him better and healthy. He had a terrible case of worms (the worst the vet had ever seen), he went onto 3 very strong courses of antibiotics and eye drops.
For months now he has been happy and healthy and he is in a nice large table with heat lamp (on a dimmer stat) and uvb lighting. He is living on corn cob distracted (everything else seemed to irritate his eyes). The substrate is about 3 inches deep and he loves to have a good dig around.
However recently he has been way more hyperactive than usual! I now call him hyperactive Henry.
He will climb on anything he can, he messes up his enclosure, runs around, throws his food about, climbs up the walls, frantically digs and scrapes the sides. Mishima most recent thing is he likes to climb onto the top of his logs, rocks and house and then jumps off the top! This will go on for hours and hours.
I don't think he is too hot as he sits under his heat bulb, surely he wouldn't do that if he was.
Does anyone else experience anything similar? Any ideas what could be wrong?
He is only 1 and with his past ill health we have not hibernated him. We plan to build an outdoor enclosure but we haven't got around to doing it yet. I'm also worried that if I start getting him out, he might get used to it and get worse so that I get him out!
Below is a photo of him threatening to jump!
When we first got him he was so tiny and lethargic. After a while I also noticed that he had a bit of a sticky eye and we thought he could possibly be blind! His eye to mouth coordination was inches out!
We took him to the vets and finally got him better and healthy. He had a terrible case of worms (the worst the vet had ever seen), he went onto 3 very strong courses of antibiotics and eye drops.
For months now he has been happy and healthy and he is in a nice large table with heat lamp (on a dimmer stat) and uvb lighting. He is living on corn cob distracted (everything else seemed to irritate his eyes). The substrate is about 3 inches deep and he loves to have a good dig around.
However recently he has been way more hyperactive than usual! I now call him hyperactive Henry.
He will climb on anything he can, he messes up his enclosure, runs around, throws his food about, climbs up the walls, frantically digs and scrapes the sides. Mishima most recent thing is he likes to climb onto the top of his logs, rocks and house and then jumps off the top! This will go on for hours and hours.
I don't think he is too hot as he sits under his heat bulb, surely he wouldn't do that if he was.
Does anyone else experience anything similar? Any ideas what could be wrong?
He is only 1 and with his past ill health we have not hibernated him. We plan to build an outdoor enclosure but we haven't got around to doing it yet. I'm also worried that if I start getting him out, he might get used to it and get worse so that I get him out!
Below is a photo of him threatening to jump!