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Could use a little help please.

josephschmidt Apr 08, 2011 06:10 AM

Hello all,
I am an experienced snake keeper new to lizards and am having a bit of difficulty. 
I recently bought a group of dragons from a breeder here on ks. 
In the group is 1.0 silk male and 5 misc het and pos het females ranging from 10-50 grams. Now my problem is this. A couple of the dragons are not looking so hot. thin,sluggish, eyes closed a lot, uninterested in eating and drinking little.
I aquired them last week on Tuesday. Since then I have been feeding and offering appropriately sized bugs and greens multiple times a day. while some of the dragons are doing great and growing like crazy,, A couple are defiantly not that interested in eating(maybe a bug or two daily).I offer dusted roaches, crickets and, wealworns through out the day and there is always fresh greens available. They are housed individually. With temps that are 75-80 on the cool with a hot spot of a little over 100 surface temp provided by using 38 watt house bulbs. My temps are measured with a probed thermometer and my air temps with a pe2 from tempguns.  I am using 10.0 uvb for the scaled dragons at the recomended distance of 20 inches and a 5.0 for the silk at the same distance which is a little farther away then recommended he is a trans and want to be careful of his eyes. he seems to be doing fine minus a little experience needed on my end helping him shed.
There night time temps drop down to the low 70's. they are kept on paper towels with a single brick in the hotspot. I have been giving baths every couple days to avoid dehydration. i also offer water from a baby bird syringe a couple times daily. 
I asked the breeders what to do a few days ago they told me about some stuff called acidophiliz . ??
they said it is a stomach conditioner and to give a drop a day for a week and that should help get them eating and feeling better as it adds biological organisms to the digestive track. 
I ordered it Tuesday so should be arriving today. 
I am getting a bit concerned about 2 of the 6.
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Replies (1)

Venom999 May 28, 2011 01:47 AM

Your doing things right as far as temps etc.

I think you were taken on the two non eaters. At that age they should be eating like crazy every day and devouring at least one bug every day. Sizing up quickly.

The aciddophiliz is used for treatment after biotics.

You should not have to cater to babies at that age.
2 are limp NO GOs

do not accept... send them back for refund
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