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when he was healthy spike used to be able to lick a cricket and get it stuck...then he could easily get it. now he kinda chases them around and can't really get them very easily.i dunno

also i can't get him to eat his salad still and he won't eat his pellets either. he'll eargerly chase the crix and he is still basking and everything normal but i can't really get him to eat.he used to be so good i don't know whats goin on....plz help

thanks glenn
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1.0 Beardies (Spike)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Chineese Rat Snake (Chino)
2.3 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0 Eastern Chain King (Spot)
1.0 King Rat Snake
1.0 Tarantula

RIP Rusty(BD)....u were my favorite little girl

Okay, first things first. Did you ever get that fecal? If not you should do that RIGHT FRICKIN' NOW!!!! If so what were the results?

Did you get your temps straightened out?

Did you get the salad ingredients taken care of? Did you try switching out the romaine gradually?

If you have gotten these three things fixed it brings us that much closer to figuring out the problem that causing your BD to lose weight, etc.

If you haven't gotten both the temp corrected and a fecal it's really pointless to continue on with this conversation. It's obvious you care a lot about your beardie and chances are he can become just as healthy, if not even healthier than he was, if we can get the problems figured out.

Oh yeah, make sure he's well hydrated. That may be your non sticky tongue issue (just a thought).

Let me know of anything else you can think of that you might consider a problem.

Good luck with him!!!!
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Rob Talkington

he had a fecal 4 months ago and it was clean.....i did get his temps back to normal wit 107 high 83 low....i have been mixin romane wit escarole but he won't touch either (not even the romane).....and he won't eat pellets (just a few crixs).....he dosen't like water very much....hes never been one to be misted everyday and he puffs up when he takes baths....he dosen't seem to like water very much at all......any ideas????????

should i get another fecal....not that he has eatin enough to be poopin...he hasn't gone in a few days......

anyideas let me know

glenn
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1.0 Beardies (Spike)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes
1.0 Chineese Rat Snake (Chino)
2.3 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0 Eastern Chain King (Spot)
1.0 King Rat Snake
1.0 Tarantula

RIP Rusty(BD)....u were my favorite little girl

If all of your husbandry issues have been fixed and there's still no improvement I definitely think it's time for the vet(both him and the fecal). I hope it all turns out okay and I wish there were more I could do to help.
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Rob Talkington