Hey,

Kinda worried about my 2 Veileds right now. I went in to feed/water them tonight and neither of them can shoot their tongues out.

I've had them about 3 weeks now and they're about 2" SVL, 1 male and 1 female. They've been eating like champs on loaded crickets and the occasional grasshopper nymph or fly. I spray them with a water bottle 2 times a day and they get a shower 2 days a week. I keep them on a 3.5'X2' hanging Hoya Bella plant in a sunny window. They rarely run into each other as its quite a large plant and its only been rainy here 2 times since I got them, so they get sun every day.

I went in today to water them and they both drank as they usually do, but when I went to feed them, they couldn't shoot their tongues out...they tried several times, but it seemed to cause them pain when they tried. The females came out about half way so she just walked close enough to the cricket so her tongue would work, but then when she tried again later, it seemed to be painful and she started gaping her mouth and writhing around and almost fell off the plant. The male tried to shoot his tongue to eat, but couldn't even get it out without writhing around and gaping his mouth.

I also noticed that they seem to have a problem with their legs...when they go to climb, their legs get all shaky and their feet close, almost like they have minds of their own as they kinda shoot off in weird directions whenever they let go of the plant. They were fine this morning when I went in to open their curtains, but by tonight, all this has happened?

I looked up Gular Edema, but it said nothing about the leg/nerve problem. I also have only fed them dusted crickets one or two times since I've had them. Its just all happened so quick, and to both of them that I don't know whats going on? I put them in their cage under their heat lamp and they seem quite content, bright green, eyes darting all around. I'm just lost, what do you think has happened?

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