Stellarreality
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When I autopsied the crestie I noticed it was impacted with food, and it had little white worms in with black heads. The worms were probably 2mm long, and the head was barely noticeably black; as in the only reason I could probably see it with the naked eye is because I have extremely good eyesight.
Now this is where it becomes a toss up as to whether or not that was the actual problem.
The crestie that had died choked on some water and I think inhaled some, I head gagging in the cage and when I turned around I saw it shaking it's head and spitting up water. I thought nothing of it. Not to mention I put some multivit powder in the cage a little before the water incident and noticed the crestie had ate an unreasonable amount of dry powder, and this is what I believe caused the impaction...I won't be doing that again.
Fast forward a week or so, I noticed it became lethargic and dropped a lot of weight; and was constantly acting like it was trying to spit stuff up, and when breathing it was shallow and it would occasionally take a huge gulp of air through the mouth, breath shallow for a few minutes and then another huge gulp.
About a day before he died I noticed he had clicking when he breathing....
I'm guessing the inhaled water, eating the multivit, and my accidental drop of the temps to about 65~ish degrees for a couple days all culminated. First causing a minor RI from the water and temp drop, then the impaction caused the worms to breed out of control in the impacted area.
The crestie that was in the cage with him is extremely healthy still, and steadily gaining weight+size.
What I really want to know is if the worms he had are symbiotic and only caused a problem because of impaction, because before all this he was perfectly fine; eating normally, solid poops and plenty of energy.
The one that was in the cage with him is now what I'm worried about. I have all the cage decorations soaking in a light bleach solution in very hot water in my bathtub, and I am wiping the cage itself down now.
Any thoughts?
Now this is where it becomes a toss up as to whether or not that was the actual problem.
The crestie that had died choked on some water and I think inhaled some, I head gagging in the cage and when I turned around I saw it shaking it's head and spitting up water. I thought nothing of it. Not to mention I put some multivit powder in the cage a little before the water incident and noticed the crestie had ate an unreasonable amount of dry powder, and this is what I believe caused the impaction...I won't be doing that again.
Fast forward a week or so, I noticed it became lethargic and dropped a lot of weight; and was constantly acting like it was trying to spit stuff up, and when breathing it was shallow and it would occasionally take a huge gulp of air through the mouth, breath shallow for a few minutes and then another huge gulp.
About a day before he died I noticed he had clicking when he breathing....
I'm guessing the inhaled water, eating the multivit, and my accidental drop of the temps to about 65~ish degrees for a couple days all culminated. First causing a minor RI from the water and temp drop, then the impaction caused the worms to breed out of control in the impacted area.
The crestie that was in the cage with him is extremely healthy still, and steadily gaining weight+size.
What I really want to know is if the worms he had are symbiotic and only caused a problem because of impaction, because before all this he was perfectly fine; eating normally, solid poops and plenty of energy.
The one that was in the cage with him is now what I'm worried about. I have all the cage decorations soaking in a light bleach solution in very hot water in my bathtub, and I am wiping the cage itself down now.
Any thoughts?
