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has anyone delt with this in shinisaurus. if anyone can help i would be very thankful. talk to ya chris

Check your husbandry;ie-caging, temps, lighting, cage-furniture, substrate, humidity, cleanliness, etc. Then check for parasites & diseases; ie-have a vet do a physical evaluation.

I read some more info on Shinisaurus. They tend to go into a type of "suspended animation" or "metabolic pause" & do not eat in this state. I found an excellent article ReptilesMagazine.com on this monotypic species & it should give some insight on how to keep them in captivity. Breeding knowledge may be important, as they are rare & endangered.

This site has a nice pdf file on taxonomic physiology of Shinisaurus as well as some biology on pgs.8-11.
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Sorry, forgot the pdf link:
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thank you for your reply that is a good artical. i do think i need to get somthing in his stomach. but she is tiny and i'm not sure how to do it with out hurting her. i have her set up in a 10gal with a basking rock cave a coupel of plant clipings and a small branch. water depth is 1in. distilled water. i change every other day. if you have anything else that could help. thanks chris

I would suggest that distilled water is not necessary & may be harmful. Bottled drinking water or tap water treated with "de-chlor" to rid it of chlorine &/or chloramines should work well. The diet in the article recommended tadpoles, fish, earthworms, insects & pinkies. You may want to try- wingless/flightless fruitflies, small: mealworms, crickets or tropical roaches. The articles have recommended set-ups for this species that seemed to work for the author.