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Reptile Issues...

PandalovePandalove
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
Well, I have a lizard,<br>and I have had her for about a year,<br>she is a collard lizard,<br>she's usually hyper and wants to be held,<br>she jumps right on my shoulder after I take her out of her cage,<br>if she sees me she will jump off her log,<br>go to the edge of the cage and wait to be held.<br>but lately she hasn't been herself,<br>if I go into her room towards her cage,<br>she puffs up and opens her mouth as defense,<br>and -<span style="font-style:italic">if</span> she lets me hold her and isn't defensive-,<br>she has been trying to escape,<br>she jumps out of my hand,<br>which she never does,<br>she also just sits in her log all day,<br>when normally after I turn on her heat lamp,<br>she jumps out and baths in the light,<br>I'm not sure if she's sick,<br>if it is because it is breeding season,<br>or if she just has an attitude problem. <br>And I have been trying to look up things that might be the issue,<br>but I have come up blank. :(
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  • AshleeBrookeAshleeBrooke
    216.252.1.45
    Couple questions<br>Do you need to replace the UVB lighting? Since they can't produce there own vitamin d3 they need a good UVB bulb.<br>What is the lizard housed in? <br>What is it fed? <br>Is the feed dusted with anything?<br>Is it a male or female?<br><br>My male has became a big grumpy boy since he has started to mature. He use to tolerate being held and messed with. Now he is always wanting to back into his cage.
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  • PandalovePandalove
    174.157.50.138
    I actually just replaced the UVB light not to long ago,<br>I use an aquarium,<br>I usually keep her in a huge 55 gallon tank,<br>but I moved her to her smaller one,<br>because I am visting my grandparents for the summer <br>and have no where to put the larger tank.<br>It never seems to bother her when I travel,<br>and she knows the smaller tank means travel,<br>and it has been about a month,<br>and she started acting like this two weeks ago or so.<br>I feed her crickets, <br>but I do switch up her diet every once in a while.<br>The crickets I purchase are usually dusted with calcium if I request it.<br>And she is a female.<br>I think her age is between 2-4,<br>I wasn't told when I purchased her,<br>but she had eggs about a week after I had her,<br>and she never seemed aggresive.
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  • PandalovePandalove
    174.157.214.214
    :arrow: :roll:
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