[Viridovipera]

The U. sikorae male i treated for the bad shed, has not recovered at all after i removed the shed. He was behaving normaly before i did anything, ate well, and didnt seem affected by the remaining shed at all. As i described in the other post, when i took him out, he posed as dead, lick a stickinsect almost, just beeing totaly stiff, all limbs close to the body. I thought this might be normal in a rather stressfull situation so i removed the shed as i would on any reptile. And put him back in the viv. Now that he was back in the viv, he seemed only to barely be able to hang onto the vertical branch (i did not remove any shed on the feet, they were shed perfectly), arching backwards, with only the back feet hangig on. He kept hanging out the bottom of the branches in the cage for some days, and now he seems to get even worse. I thought he might be stressed by the other male, and put him back in his old smaller viv for supervision. When i picked him up, he did the same death-pose, but with small cramps/spasms, though i think this still might just be acting, since he doesnt have any spasms etc when moving around (wich he does fairly slowly atm, when atall). I cant see any bone beeing disformed, jaws, spine etc, and the food has been dusted at every feeding since i got them. I read that the bad shed could come from a lack of vitamine A, but i dont think that is very likley, as the crickets get fed vitamine-rich dry foods, aswell as fresh vegetables (mostly apples and carrots). I dust the crickets with "Korvimin +Reptile", and the cage as 2x 20W reptglo 5.0, so there shouldnt realy be a problem with the D3 production either.

I just dont see how he could go from perfectly fine, to realy sick because i moved 5ish pieces of shed, he even had the shed stuck on him for a few days, since i wanted to see if he would remove some of it himself. He didnt act up this strange when i moved him together with my other male in the big viv earlyer. They have been together for maybe 2 months now, without any fights or such that i have vitnessed. The other male is kept under EXACT same conditions, and is doing perfectly fine, eating like crazy.

I realy cant find any leads on what it could be in any of my books, what do you think? I will try feeding him tonight, with small crickets or mealworms, in addition i will try giving him kalcium mixed in water with a pipette.

If it doesnt get better tomorrow i will have to go to the vet i think.

Hoping for some positive answeres,
Jan Philip :s

[RFB2]

Uroplatus are known to do this. I do not think you should take it too personally.

You should search through some of the old threads to see if anything stands out that you may have missed as a symptom.

In the past I had a similar situation with a female sikorae. In my case I increased the humidity and heat slightly. I then tried to rehydrate the gecko with frequent light sprays in the cages. It was almost setup like a rain chamber. I also once a day gave a few drops of diluted pedialyte (this is an electrolyte drink use for infants) to rehydrate her. This method worked out very well for me and her. It took about a week and she started looking and acting better. Hydration was the big issue. My case was a little different I recognized the issue early and worked on it. I did not have vet capable in my area to work on exotics and still have a positive out come.

I recommend a similar tactic in your situation, but only if you are not capable of finding a vet.

Good Luck,
Rob

[Viridovipera]

I might have to find a vet, but i realy think its odd that he can get so sick just because i removed some shed. I realy cant imagine de-hydration to be the issue either, since the viv is sprayed for 30sec three times a day with an automated mistingsystem this time of the year. But it cant be wrong to try i guess.

Anyone else who has an idea of what it could be? All leads and thoughts are very welcome!

Cheers,
Jan Philip