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Is somthing wrong with my Frill

Stylez4men Apr 01, 2005 07:58 AM

I just purchased a Austrila/ NG frill CP bred (lil over 2 weeks) he/she has been nothing short of great very active, drinks water, eats well. Until this week I notice she/he has not eaten the daily amount of crickets it normally eats (5-7) now its down to 1 a day & also just this morning I seen it throw up some liquid with a white substance mixed in any idea what that can be. its diet has been the crickets & maybe 1 meal worm every other day, the crickets have been sprinkled with L/M Tropical Magic Calcium Phos-free. Water is changed Daily or if i see anything that doesn't belong. I lined the bottom of the cage with Newspapers so there is nothing it could have eaten there (sand, mulch etc). Temp & lighting has been 90-100 during the day 80's during the night. Stool is removed as soon as its seen (daily), there has been no handling as to give it time to adjust. I mist it daily at 1st was doing it 2X a day until i seen it drinks & goes into the water on its own trying to cover ALL questions you might ask. also he/she is 4 months old

Replies (2)

rgol77 Apr 08, 2005 03:28 PM

5-7 crickets isn't very many crickets... unless they're way too large for the frilled dragon. How large is your frilled & how large are the crickets you're feeding?

Stylez4men Apr 08, 2005 04:00 PM

well its about 3 months old, I have a appt on Mon to take him to the Vet. the crickets are maybe 3 weeks old tops. He still drinks water but hasn't eaten I force fed him 3 crickets which he ate. At 1st it was believed to the be the UVB light 5.0 by repti glow which i asked LLL reptile was the set up I brought good for a frill, i then switched to a 8.0 3 weeks later upon noticing the 8.0 was for Desert animals. I tried covering the cage since i have 3 kids i was told by various other owners it could be the noise, seeing us etc. This all started last fri, which concides with a LOUD house guest we had for the weekend (12yr old girl) before that he was perfect.

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