The two that I got from a wires ballot earlier this year were going great until shedding this past month.
Diet wise I try to feed them naturally what they might get in the wild.Beetles,worms,snails,caterpillars as well as the odd bit of chicken ,banana,grapes,egg(cooked and raw) as well as pellet food which they like.Cicadas are flavour of the month at the moment.I also offer fresh greens ,fesh garden peas as well as cooked ,corn and carrot which they ignore.
They eat well .
Their enclosures are are identical 50 L tubs with a metal open mesh lid to keep out the Kookas and brush Turkeys.Water dish is changed daily.
Located on the back deck they are out of the rain and still get moved around for sunshine.
They are regularly given free range in the veggie garden to sun and move about.
I also mist them with the hose occasionally.
Also when they were starting to shed I misted them frequently with reptimist.
The enclosures are dry with chipsi and the red reptibark stuff which they like to burrow under.They have hides made of sawn up fence palings which I change around regularly for a bit of variety.
What am I doing wrong that they should now Both have ongoing problems from incomplete shedding.One in particular pretty much lost the "palm" of his front foot and now its basically knackered and he drags it round although the leg still operates he isn't keen on using it. It looks painful and i'm sure it is.When I noticed him beginning to shed I let him out for a go in the garden and he was rubbing on everything -it seemed to happen quite quickly in the space of 15 mins his body and head were shed. I noticed his right front foot was kind of hanging loose with shed skin but also under that it was raw and bloody.The only thing I did was mist him with reptimist and put him away.
The other bluey began about a week later and the whole process went a lot slower. She seemed to be fine but now just drags her back legs around as if they don't work (but they do) There is unresolved shedding on the back feet. I don't want to try peeling it off. I let them both soak in some warm water for about 30mins yesterday in the sun.
This can't be normal for healthy blueys can it?/
Any thoughts?
Diet wise I try to feed them naturally what they might get in the wild.Beetles,worms,snails,caterpillars as well as the odd bit of chicken ,banana,grapes,egg(cooked and raw) as well as pellet food which they like.Cicadas are flavour of the month at the moment.I also offer fresh greens ,fesh garden peas as well as cooked ,corn and carrot which they ignore.
They eat well .
Their enclosures are are identical 50 L tubs with a metal open mesh lid to keep out the Kookas and brush Turkeys.Water dish is changed daily.
Located on the back deck they are out of the rain and still get moved around for sunshine.
They are regularly given free range in the veggie garden to sun and move about.
I also mist them with the hose occasionally.
Also when they were starting to shed I misted them frequently with reptimist.
The enclosures are dry with chipsi and the red reptibark stuff which they like to burrow under.They have hides made of sawn up fence palings which I change around regularly for a bit of variety.
What am I doing wrong that they should now Both have ongoing problems from incomplete shedding.One in particular pretty much lost the "palm" of his front foot and now its basically knackered and he drags it round although the leg still operates he isn't keen on using it. It looks painful and i'm sure it is.When I noticed him beginning to shed I let him out for a go in the garden and he was rubbing on everything -it seemed to happen quite quickly in the space of 15 mins his body and head were shed. I noticed his right front foot was kind of hanging loose with shed skin but also under that it was raw and bloody.The only thing I did was mist him with reptimist and put him away.
The other bluey began about a week later and the whole process went a lot slower. She seemed to be fine but now just drags her back legs around as if they don't work (but they do) There is unresolved shedding on the back feet. I don't want to try peeling it off. I let them both soak in some warm water for about 30mins yesterday in the sun.
This can't be normal for healthy blueys can it?/
Any thoughts?