ZenHerper
Well-Known Member
Here are a couple of short video clips of what he’s been doing the last couple days. He does yawn occasionally but this lip smacking, for lack of a better term, is what he does.
The profile photo in your OP looks very dehydrated. Even if he is drinking: with no food mass in his digestive organs, that water will be evaporating and metabolizing away faster than he is replacing it by mouth.
The videos are concerning. Animals that cannot breath gasp. Pneumonia will take him out quickly (you won't see bubbles, since the lungs are sort of filled with gunky cottage cheese). A medical team that has VAST experience with reptiles is your best bet. Do what you can to find the best-qualified help in your area, soonest that you can arrange it.
Consider keeping his nighttime temps no lower than 80F, since herp immune function declines with decreasing temps.
You are correct in thinking an animal that *should* be active every day *should* eat every day. Animals with refined senses of smell can stop eating when they cannot detect odors they associate with food. You may need to be taught to tube feed while diagnosis and initial treatment are on-going.