Posted by:
eric adrignola
at Tue Jun 3 15:52:20 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by eric adrignola ]
I had a female lose her tongue after surgery. She was calcuim deficent, and it just hng limp till she swallowed it. there was NOT TONGUE left, JUST the hyoid spike. She was able to survive for over a year. and died of other causes. If you can feed him, he should be ok. They will be able to swallow even without their tongue. the hard part is water, since he can't lick, he needs it sprayed/dripped, shot into his mouth. Being that he's a veild, he can go longer without water, so you wont have to stress s much(if that happened with a deremensis or melleri, It'd be like raising a baby bird, watering it 2-3 times a day.)Eventually, he may learn to go bearded dragon and eat from a bowl with his jaws-I have seen this, but my female needed to be hand fed.
good luck
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