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 #1528225


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 Weird Death ?don’t know?

I have had my fence lizard for about 5-6 months and I have had them before. Anyways, what this is about is it died unexpectedly two days ago. The weird thing is(along with being totally fine right before the event) I think the crickets killed him??????? In the morning as I went to change his water bowl and mist the cage I found him on the ground with the crickets eating him!!! I just don’t get it. Have any of you encountered this problem.


R.I.P ZIGGY!!!!???!!!!???



11/27/07  08:36pm

 #1528379


LeVi7
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   Message To: Bally lover   In reference to Message Id: 1528225


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

how many crix were in there?

what kind was he?

did u catch him?

what was the humidity? cuz i dont think u suposed to mist him



11/27/07  10:38pm

 #1529141


Bally lover
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   Message To: LeVi7   In reference to Message Id: 1528379


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

probably 20 or so crickets

He was an eastern.

I did catch him.

And I didnt have a meter in there at the time so im not sure,but I didnt mist him much at all.

I hope that helped kind of generall i know.
11/28/07  06:37pm

 #1529160


Craigh
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   Message To: Bally lover   In reference to Message Id: 1529141


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

Sorry for your loss...... But your not suppose to leave crickets in the tank. Should feed and take them out after a certain period of time. Cause they will bite and stress/ maybe kill your lizard. If say you need to feed over night it always good to leave cricket food in the tank like piece of fruit or veggie. Sorry to be harsh but reading through archive on this site and seeing all the people who caught there pet in the wild and them dieing an early death do to poor husbandry (sp). Plus with caring for most reptiles you should always have a temp gage going and should never try to guess the temp. Did you ever get a fecal done ? Most wild reptile Carrie some kind of parasite.

Again sorry for your loss and didn’t mean to be harsh. Just reading about them all got to me a little


Craig
11/28/07  06:54pm

 #1529255


Bally lover
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   Message To: Craigh   In reference to Message Id: 1529160


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

I understand totally and I do not take it as harsh at all. I bought these orange cubes that say it is cricket food. Idk if that stuff is good. Also about the gauges I was in the process of getting one because i could not find the digital kind. I will definetly take your advice to heart when dealing with wild caught animals.......thank you for all of your hellp.
11/28/07  08:26pm

 #1529299


AmBzy
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   Message To: Bally lover   In reference to Message Id: 1529255


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

well sry about your loss but i am gulity of bad things honestly....i did catch a baby fence (western) and i brought it home with some of his orginal dirt and did not know one thing about him...i did not have the food for him i didnt not have a big tank i didnt not have a light, i didnt have anything!!!!!!!!! wwell i put in lots of crix at a time once and my digger hid for 2-3 days until i got suspious and took out the crix and cleaned his cage.....this was after i got everything i needed( in his world im sure he thinks hes livin da good life)...anyways and on his broken arm...DON DON DOOOOOOON... they ate a FINGER!!! well i cried for a long time!!! i felt SO INTIRLY BAD you have no idea but everything is better now and i learned everything from this site!!his arm is SO MUCH BETTER id type more but i have 2g

-AmBzy
ps dont be mad at me i know i did wrong but now im making it right
11/28/07  09:00pm

 #1531062


Chorro
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   Message To: Bally lover   In reference to Message Id: 1528225


 Weird Death ?don’t know?

I am so sorry to hear your loss, though I would not have left any other living bugs together in the cage.

I do not own my pets lizard, though I have a back yard where several S.Occidentalis live. Last August,
I experienced to raise a baby lizard for 28 days in the cage. Since many of birds tried to eat babies, we had to protect and save babies. We learned that he liked tender moths to eat the most. Basically he ate, ants, spiders, flies, but little moths were treat for them. We bought crickets, mill worms, phoenix worms from pet store, though our baby lizard nor adult lizard never ate, they ate only fresh caught bugs. We gave bugs like our human being meal time. Also we took the baby out for few hours per day in back yard, let him running around, of course watching birds. September 15th, we let him go free in our back yard, as of yesterday, he has been still healthy surviving around our walnuts tree stump in hill side. Any ways, treat them like real baby, they are delicate......



11/30/07  02:57pm

 #1626549


Lolinthesnow
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   Message To: Chorro   In reference to Message Id: 1531062


 Weird Death ?don�t know?

dude, crickets are just weird. they have no morals. i caught some crickets for my lizard, and apparently they were really hungry, so they started eating each other.
02/16/08  08:56pm

 #1732131


Lizardboy411
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   Message To: Lolinthesnow   In reference to Message Id: 1626549


 Weird Death ?don�t know?

hi i need a ton of help. can anyone tell me why my Western Fence Lizard is beginning to become lathargic and is slow to move??? please help soon. she also appears to be starving herself. her stomach looks caved in also. we are really worried. Her spine is extremely protruded.
05/11/08  05:08pm

 #1732334


Reptileruler1
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   Message To: Lizardboy411   In reference to Message Id: 1732131


 Weird Death ?don�t know?

Well first do you have a UV light if you don’t it could be mbd it could have internal parasites or mites too
05/11/08  08:16pm

 #1736898


Lizardboy411
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   Message To: Reptileruler1   In reference to Message Id: 1732334


 Weird Death ?don�t know?

ya. i have a uv light. she still is acting wierd. she wont eat and she is like hiding from me whenever i go in my room. the crix were just bombarding her. i don’t think i need help though. she died last night . i buried her. any advice or suggestions on why she died is welcomed
05/16/08  12:30am


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