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Hi Gang: Sorry I've been away for a while, I've had some very bad personal problems to deal with, but Lele encouraged me to come back to be amongt the friends I have here. I have a question tonight. Wilson, (thats what I finally decided to name my panther, after Tom Hanks Volleyball in "Cast Away", has some lingering issues that I thought I'd get you folks to brain storm about. Well, he is no longer looking dehydrated, though he still gets dehydrated quickly. I must shower him at least every other day or those dehydration symptoms return. He is still not too hungry eating only 2 Supers ever few days. I found another partially undigested Super on the floor a couple of days ago! The new symptom is this: I have found him sitting with a most peculiar position of at least 2 hands simultaneously. They look as if they are open completely as if he were standing on a flat surface. He is not hugging the branch but two feet will grip the branch and the other 2 will have wide open hands. IT doesn't look to be a normal way for a Cham to hold the hands while relaxed and not about to walk. What could be the reason for this? It comes and goes. Thanks my friends, MAGGIE and Wilson

If there are no obvious sores or scabs on the feet he is holding out I'd say he's just resting them. It's not all that uncommon. Sorry I can't recall the problems he was having earlier, with dehydration etc., but how are you supplying humidity in his cage? If a cham has gotten seriously dehydrated in the past it might have done some damage to his kidneys and he will probably always be a bit less efficient at processing water and will need more attention. As for the left over superworms, nutritious as they are they are quite a big meal and might be a bit harder to digest if that's all he eats. If you buy them locally you could try to pick out the smaller worms and the ones that just molted. They will be easier for him. Softer bodied foods are usually best. Moths and houseflies might interest him too.