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My friend Justin called me up and asked me if this was bad. He just bought a 2 month old CB ambilobe form a local breeder(JELOUS!!!) today and it was in those little plastic deli cups for about 4 hours. When he took it out he was happy to get out, and he even snatched a cricket from his hand! But then bum bum bum!!! After putting him back in the deli cup to drive home he tried to climb his way out but obviously it was a hopeless cause. Around 5:00 PM he closed his eyes and fell alseep, even though it was bright outside, and bright in the car. He took him out and he opened both eyes and was active again, trying to climb on top of his head. When he put him back he fell asleep again. When he got home he took the cham out of the deli cup, put him in his cage with the lights on and he fell alseep again, in the bright light!

Questions:
1. He must have been exhausted from struggling to get out and moving out of his original home. So sleeping in this case isn't BAD is it
2. When he snatched the cricket his tongue looked yellow, kind of like mucus yellow. Is that bad?

He wants to know right away, because the breeder only offers a 24 hour exchange for "any reason" policy.

I would suggest calling the breeder to describe what the baby is doing and to sort of put him on "notice" that there might be a problem. Put the baby in his home cage and watch him carefully. He will be stressed and dehydrated at least, so if the baby does not react to spray, warmth, and being left alone, it may be sick. It is really too early to tell much. Frankly, if the breeder cared much about his babies he would not sell them so young and he would offer more than a 24 hour return policy. You can't really tell anything about a cham in 24 hours.

He said he turned off all the lights on the cage when he closed his eyes so didnt spray him yet. Going to give it a good nights rest and see what happens tomorrow. Again, when he first got it, it was as active and healthy as ever. I think he just had a very LOONGG day. Thats what I told him anyways.