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Tanimbar BTS is laying w/ tongue out side of his mouth. He seems like hes low on energy and hes not even hissing which he husually does. Hes just lays and stairs up like theres nothing to be done. and yeah. I dunno what else to say. he seems to be brething. I injected water w/ suringe into his mouth and he takes that but i don twnna over do it.

Its almost like, when he looks up at me, that he knows hes going and theres nothign to be done.

Lemme know thanks

Brandon

Hi Brandon...

I have two Tanimbars. What are your temperatures, caging, diet, etc, like? How long have you had the animal? Where did he come from? Any background info, and current conditions would be helpful.

Hope he's ok. You will probably get faster answers on the forum at www.bluetongueskinks.net

Good luck!!

Thank yuo very much!

np

OH NO!!!! NOT A TANNY!!!! GET TO THE VET< MAKE SURE ITS NOT TOO HOT.

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you said dont keep him too hot, i was told by people to hike the temps and leave out any misting/water

This is too confusing. We have no deecent herpetologists round here in Brampton ontario!..

Also Ive been giving him pedialyte (i think thats what its called) and some baby food!

What? Why?

http://www.herpvetconnection.com/ontario.shtml
http://www.arav.org/Members/Canada.htm
http://www.anapsid.org/vets/canontario.html

Can't find one there? Call around to local vets and see if any of them see herps in their practice. They may do so and not advertise, or they may be able to direct you to someone who does.

As for treatment in the meantime -
Check your husbandry. Again. Temps, humidity, lighting, diet, etc. Check everything.
Has the animal been excreting? Has it been vomiting? Not doing the first and/or doing the second can indicate a gastric obstruction.
Is it possible you have a gravid female who is having difficulty giving birth?
Is it possible some toxin was ingested?
Could she have a respiratory infection?

The traditional treatment for unknown ailments is to increase temperatures to the high end of the recommended range to facilitate metabolism and to increase humidity to limit the dehydrating effects of the higher temperatures.

Pedialyte is a good choice for keeping your animal hydrated. However, giving the fluid with a syringe is tricky business. Make sure all of the fluid is actually being swallowed and you're not getting any into the lungs. Aspirated fuilds can lead to pneumonia.

You might also want to try a nutritional supplement like Nutrical -- but don't force-feed it! Try letting her lick some off your fingers or off the end of her nose.

AND GO TO THE VET!

You don’t need a decent herpetologist you need a half ass vet. The vet that sees my herps is not even a herp vet but has a knowledge of them. If there are no vets local “Highly unlikely” then get in the car and drive to the next large town. I have to drive through 3 cities to get to my vet since I live in the boonies. If you don’t drive tell your parents, grandparents, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, neighbor, anyone to drive you to the vet to get help for that thing. One thing is for sure. The internet is for sure a herp killer. Every minute you wait for a reply to your post is one minute longer that something worse is going to happen to your lizard. Trust me I have been there before. Do what ever it takes to get it to a qualified person.
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