Help with African Fat-Tail health

crestedpmonay · #1 10-10-2011, 02:02 PM

My roommate just got a young african fat-tail and we were concerned about her poop. So far her poop has been somewhat of a greenish color and is somewhat liquidy. Her tail seems to be looking good as well as herself, but I am just curious as to what this could mean.... anything we could be doing wrong?

Thanks everyone for your help!

Yoshi'smom · #2 10-10-2011, 03:40 PM

What is she being fed and how often? Are the feeder's dusted and gutloaded prior to feeding? What are her living conditions? Describe her tank and everything in it and temperatures. This info will help us give you a better idea of what we think could be the problem.

crestedpmonay · #3 10-10-2011, 04:38 PM

She is being fed small crickets that are dusted and gutloaded. She's usually given about 4-5 every other day. She is in a 20 gallon long tank. Substrate is some sort of small bark chip that we were told was suitable for her but half of the tank we floored with moss so that she could burrow. Her tank is around 80's in temperature and above 70 percent humidity. Other then that she has 2 logs to hide under and a huge back corner of bushes (fake) as well as a water dish.

Yoshi'smom · #4 10-10-2011, 06:24 PM

What are you using to provide heat? You need an Under the Tank Heat mat to provide the accurate temperatures on the floor of the tank so that she can digest her food. She needs the belly heat to aid her in digestion.
I also would just take the bark stuff out. Leo's and AFT's have a high impaction risk with these kinds of substrates. I would recommend replacing it with paper towels. They are really easy to clean, no risk of impaction, and very cheap. You can still use the moss inside the humid hide to help keep in moisture.
A reason why her poo may be greenish is that she may be eating the moss. Do you also leave calcium without D3 in the tank at all times?

crestedpmonay · #5 10-10-2011, 06:44 PM

There is a heat pad under the tank as well as a lamp on top. And no calcium without D3 is not left in the tank, what does this provide?

Yoshi'smom · #6 10-10-2011, 08:07 PM

It provides extra calcium available at all times for the little ones. They'll lick it up when they need to. Is it 80F on the heat pad? If so, it needs to be much higher.