hi guys, im helping my friend to find out what happen to his dumeril. its dead now. it was doing great for almost 4 months now but died yesterday without warning. his description is as below:
"1) food intake, daily evening. diet: small live shrimps/crickets
2) 3 feet tank, mesh cover. 50W heat lamp. outside in balcony, get sufficient amount of sunlight(no UV lamp)
substrate: reptile carpet(cleaned biweekly), water bowl(cleaned once in 2 days), a hide, and a treated branch
3) Handled it almost everyday after feeding and drinking(usually deficates while drinking) so after that.
4) no extreme noticable symptoms. refused to eat the day before. otherwise fine. have refused food in the past too. didn't seem like a big deal.
5) no exposure to any wild specimen, in fact any of my other pets too.
6) no drop from from any elevation in the past month. have droped from the height of 18 inches in the past. more tha a month ago. but semmed fine when i checked.
7) i would say, was eating really good. but i'm kinda sceptical about the weight gain. wasn't really gaining as much weight as i thot it would. he was still growing though"
since i am still new at varanids, i kind of need more information on the matter because i too have dumerils. infact they are the same batch. they only difference is that my husbandry is much more different than his such as i dont feed everyday but on every other day, dirt as substrate, water change everyday, i dont play without them at all except to check their health, feeding or cleaning and etc. at the moment all of my dumerils are alive and pretty much healthy. but who knows right. therefore i sincerely thank you in advance for your kind effort in providing the details pertaining to the matter.
