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both my lizards dont seem to be gainin any weight, iv had them about 2 months, they eat 6/8 crickets a day with calcium dust and theres a bowl of meal worms in there each day so they can help them selves which i remove at night and replace in the mornin they eat about 5 each of them a day with dust on. i dont see why they arnt puttin on weight. any thoughts on this would be helpful
thanks

Welcome, nice to have you and your scaly friends...

Parasites, could be the problem, worms, should have a fecal done. Makes a big difference after they are wormed if that is the problem.

Are your temperatures up there 100 - 105 in the basking sight and high 80's to 90 in th erest of the tank?

I would have them wormed ,
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PHEve / Eve

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I second what Eve says.

Panacur and Flagyl have worked great for mine.

élan
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5.6.0 Collareds
1.2.0 Leopard Lizards
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
1.2.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
1.0.0 Treefrog (Alabama native)
Even More Felines
1.3.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

iv had them wormed two weeks ago. so hopin to see an improvment soon. temps are all fine. lizards are both very happy and activie just a little worried about there weight. thanks for the advice

You have to repeat the dosage (whatever you used ) again 2 weeks after first time, sometimes it can be done a third time , 2 weeks after second, if it's needed.

Let us know how they do,
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PHEve / Eve

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vet never told me that thanks i will do it agian tomorro then thank u

He didn't look all that thin to me.

Cecil
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1.1 Bearded Dragon (Drago,Medusa)
1.1 Desert Iguana(Dima, Dianne)
1.0 Green Iguana (Igor)-moved to my Sisters house
0.1.1 Chuckwalla (roxy,Little Chuckie)
1.3.5 Collared Lizard (Fred, Wilma, Betty, Pebbles #1,2,3,4,5, KND)
1.1 Desert Leopard Lizard (Simba, Kimba)
0.1 AZ. MTN. Kingsnake (Nimo)
1.0 Coatal Rosy Boa (Greer)
0.1 Hamster (Tofu)
1.1 Kids
0.1 Wife

Panacur doesn't actually kill the worms - it makes them detatch from the lizards innards and they come out with the feces (if I understand it right). Since they aren't dead, they can be re-ingested and re-infect your critters. That's why you have to keep the tank very clean during treatment and repeat a time or two - make sure they're all gone.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.1 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, Tank, and Lilly)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.1 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

just to let u know they have both put on weight so thanks for ur help