I noticed that you responded to a thread that I started in the chuck forum, and was a bit concerned. You seem to be having problems with your desert igs in general, so that makes me really wonder about how you are keeping them. Can you answer a few questions? It will help us advise you.

Husbandry:
What do you have them housed in? Tank? Cage? What are the dimensions?

What kind of lighting are you using? Do you use UVB? If so, what does your UVB bulb look like?

How do you measure your basking and ambient(overall) temps? Do you use a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a probe or a temp gun?

What are your basking SURFACE temps? What are your overall enclosure temps?


Diet.
You mention that you feed mealworms and lettuce, NEITHER of which is nutritious in general and certainly not a good diet for desert igs that should be 90% VEGETARIAN. Do you feed other types of greens? Which greens do you use a a staple diet?

Please let us know the answers to these questions so that we can help you help all of your igs, especially this one and the one with the eye infection.

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