Snapshotmartin
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So far we haven’t been doing so good. Not very active barely touches food I’ve seen a few bits once and just sits in a corner facing the wall. I’ve covered food in cucumber juice watermelon juice offered Mazuri a large variety of weeds and grasses just not interested. I don’t stick around it’s in its own room i bath him by bringing the tub into the enclosure to minimise stress and literally only touch to put in and take out. Everything else is completely hands off I’ve settled In torts before and bred tegus for some years and something just doesn’t seem right to me. Also hasn’t passed a stool. Just seems crazy that it felt comfortable enough to get some food down it then sleeps out in the open for 36 hours straight and hasn’t budged atall.
cool side 82
hot side 88
basking spot offers 95-105
humidity is 80-84% with a 100% hide
t5 12% 39w uv strip at 30cm
75w flood bulb on an evo stat
150watt ceramic set at 82 for night heat (colder house in UK)
fine grade orchid bark
water bowl
food bowl
black plastic tub flipped over with a hole cut out for hide on cooler end.
Closed chamber set up with minimal air flow but ensure a 30 min air exchange while soaking
i understand they need adjustment time but ordinarily within this time I’d expect to see some small degree of exploration and at least active during a warm soak
i kind of believe as the baby is captive bred transitions shouldn’t tend to result in long periods of lathergy and refusal to eat or move so I’m a little stumped. Maybe it’s a sulcata thing or maybe it just is yet another case of the dry start making the poor things life harder than it needs to be.
i was a silent studier of this forum while getting prepared to go from my leopards to get a new baby sulcata but given I was in the UK breeders of Sulcatas are like rocking horse doodoo and eventually went for this C.B. specimen but I don’t know if I’m getting worked up for no reason or I have genuine reason for concern.
its supposedly 5-6 weeks yet still arrived with its egg tooth which stumped me and weighs 40g
the soaking pics are on arrival and normally this is done in the enclosure.
im now soaking in reptoboost which is a vitamin and mineral supplement with electrolytes to ensure some degree of nutrition
any advice or conversation would be appreciated and will not fall on death ears
thanks martin
cool side 82
hot side 88
basking spot offers 95-105
humidity is 80-84% with a 100% hide
t5 12% 39w uv strip at 30cm
75w flood bulb on an evo stat
150watt ceramic set at 82 for night heat (colder house in UK)
fine grade orchid bark
water bowl
food bowl
black plastic tub flipped over with a hole cut out for hide on cooler end.
Closed chamber set up with minimal air flow but ensure a 30 min air exchange while soaking
i understand they need adjustment time but ordinarily within this time I’d expect to see some small degree of exploration and at least active during a warm soak
i kind of believe as the baby is captive bred transitions shouldn’t tend to result in long periods of lathergy and refusal to eat or move so I’m a little stumped. Maybe it’s a sulcata thing or maybe it just is yet another case of the dry start making the poor things life harder than it needs to be.
i was a silent studier of this forum while getting prepared to go from my leopards to get a new baby sulcata but given I was in the UK breeders of Sulcatas are like rocking horse doodoo and eventually went for this C.B. specimen but I don’t know if I’m getting worked up for no reason or I have genuine reason for concern.
its supposedly 5-6 weeks yet still arrived with its egg tooth which stumped me and weighs 40g
the soaking pics are on arrival and normally this is done in the enclosure.
im now soaking in reptoboost which is a vitamin and mineral supplement with electrolytes to ensure some degree of nutrition
any advice or conversation would be appreciated and will not fall on death ears
thanks martin