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Maverick.
it’s been quite a trip with my collared lizard, Maverick. some time last year (probably early october) Maverick decided it would be a good idea to crawl between the sand in his tank and the background in his tank (made out of styrofoam covered in.. i don’t even remember what.. painted and sealed). well apparently he got stuck there overnight, by his legs, and i found him the next day and i thought he was dead. i freaked out and ripped his tank apart to get him out and he was still alive, just really groggy and in shock. his legs were twisted and swollen and i thought they were both broken. i rushed him to the vet where they did xrays and bloodwork and gave me the option of euthenizing him or keeping him there overnight, where they were so sure he wouldn’t make it. so despite the fact that i’m a broke college student, i paid the $600 vet bill to keep him overnight. got him back the next day and found out that his legs were in fact NOT broken. just really swollen. he was also impacted. so for 2 weeks i had to syringe feed him soft dog food and soak him in water. the toes on his right back foot eventually died and fell off (except one). i removed every little speck of sand from his tank and put down terrarium carpet. his tank got really boring because i’m afraid he’s going to get stuck under something again. it’s pretty sad. he can’t really run anymore. he walks really awkwardly.. it’s more like a waddle. he prefers to spend his days sleeping in his log after basking for only 2 or 3 hours and eating. and at some point he decided he hates me. he hisses at me and lunges at my hand. but it’s been almost 2 years since i’ve been able to pick him up. he decided to latch onto one of my fingers and not let go for 10 minutes and i haven’t been able to handle him since. poor guy. old pictures (when he liked me and had all of his toes):
all the way to the right is where he got stuck.
new (he’s pissed that i woke him up to take a picture of his lame foot.):
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| 04/07/09 09:20pm |
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Chippychop View Profile |
Message To: Zucc In reference to Message Id: 1982039 Maverick.
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| 04/07/09 09:34pm |
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JackAsp View Profile |
Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1982054 Maverick.
Was it one of those Exo Terra things? I bought a couple of them at a reptile show for my collareds and had held off on using them because I thought all the crickets and roaches might end up behind them. Lizards getting wedged is even worse. I don’t think the females would be bad. Chica was very aggressive about learning every inch and crevice at first, then, then stopped worryijg about it, and Lupe was pretty much just "Rock’s here, food’s there? OK, I’m good," but Pancho still patrols EVERYWHERE; I can easily see him doing the same thing as Maverick. |
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| 04/07/09 10:05pm |
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Chippychop View Profile |
Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1982089 Maverick.
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| 04/08/09 12:36pm |
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Mcdean View Profile |
Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1982334 Maverick.
1-be easy to clean 2-be safe from possible injuries 3-and not have hiding places for the live food that they can’t get at. I had a bridge that the crickets simply hung upside down out of reach on and when the lizards were sleeping (they are very deep sleepers!!)they prowled, I had a piece of cork in which the crickets tunneled into and I had to throw it away, I had a piece of bark they liked to cling to it got soiled and started to stink, so I got a 30 dollar aquarium piece I plugged up the holes and they like it and I know I can clean it. Sand it better than mulch because crickets can’t hide in it, superworms either. And they love to dig...
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| 04/08/09 07:07pm |
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Zucc View Profile |
Message To: Mcdean In reference to Message Id: 1982526 Maverick.
mcdean, that’s a nice tank ya got there. |
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| 04/08/09 07:17pm |
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