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07-May-08, 01:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | |
Ive had him since November, he's doubled in size since then.. he has a clean tank with deep substrate, a heat coil and a new uv light.. but he hasnt eaten in almost 2 weeks.
I know they are winding down for winter, but his tank is usually around 25 degrees without the heat coil (so I havent been using it)
He's even turned down live mealworms, snails and banana.
I cant force feed him because he doesnt move around during the day at all. In fact he hasnt moved for the last 3 days. When I picked him up, he was very cold 
I have tried putting him in the sun for a few hours and let him wander between sun and shade, but even after that he doesnt want to eat.
What can I do? Is he ok? Does anyone need a picture to see if he's in good condition or not?
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07-May-08, 01:13 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | Use the heat.
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07-May-08, 01:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Im not home during the day to monitor it and for some reason the thermostat attached to it wont work.
ps- nice to see another Discworld fan around
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07-May-08, 01:19 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | |
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07-May-08, 01:19 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27 | | | You need to get a thermo that works, and yeah, piccies would be nice, if only to look at 
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07-May-08, 01:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Well.. it was a $90 thermo. I suppose it works, but because his tank is upstairs and it doesnt take much to heat his tank to 30deg, it switches itself off pretty much a minute or two after it switches on.
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07-May-08, 01:31 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: northern vic Age/Gender: 41  | | | | Well if its switching of it is working! |
07-May-08, 01:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | well yes I suppose *lol* but he doesnt drink either, wont it get too hot in there?
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07-May-08, 01:39 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: northern vic Age/Gender: 41 | | | | They can deal with 30-32dg at the warm end very well as long as you have a cool end
24dg so it can self regulate |
07-May-08, 01:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Thank you, Ill try. He has lots of shade at the other end of his tank.
So its just heating?
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07-May-08, 01:47 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: northern vic Age/Gender: 41 | | | | Yes he has to have that amount of heat to maintain his system so he is able to digest
any food he may eat, They like strawberries peaches nectarines etc as well as fresh veg
finely chopped, bok choy, choy sum, carrot, cellery tops, pumkin, broccoli, cauliflower etc |
07-May-08, 01:56 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | He's pretty picky, Ive tried him on all those but always leave a regular food on his plate.
-.- he eats just the regular favorites and leaves the rest... still, thats finely chopped endive or bok choy, a piece of beef heart, some peas, a bit of banana and either a few mealies or a snail once a week. I'll have to give strawberries another go, rasberries too.. he just seems to be a picky lizard.
I'll try and work out his heating arrangement this weekend where I can monitor it.
But isnt it like.. too much of a shock to go from a 30degree day to a winter night?
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07-May-08, 02:00 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: northern vic Age/Gender: 41 | | | | If you have the tank set up right so as you have a constant heat at one end [heat running all the time
through a thermostat] and a cool end he will be fine |
07-May-08, 02:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Alrighty... Thanks.
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24-May-08, 01:25 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: victoria Gender: | | | | wat bedding does he live on and how old is he?
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