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 #2090721


Mangrove420
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im glad to say my mangrove monitor is showing signs of improvment! its been about 48 hours since i had bumped the temps up even more to about 91 to 92 and the basking spot to about 118 120 and kept the humidity up at about 85%. i covered the top more to hold the humidity. there is less mucus coming out when i press on his throut and is becoming more active. he is not spending the whole day with his eyes closed and head elavated. im suprised how fast the little champ is turning around! hopfuly in a few more days he will be more like his active and trobble making self lol thanks for all your help and i will keep you posted. im still trying to get that camera but soon i will have pics to post and thank you one more time!
11/01/09  06:34pm

 #2090901


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Good luck with him now and pleased your taking the advice that was offered by the members on here as all to often people ask advice then either kick up a fuss when it’s not to there liking or ignore it when ultimatly it’s given to help the animal in question , keep us posted on his progress.

steve
11/02/09  02:24am

 #2091116


Varanus_odom
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i covered the top more to hold the humidity. there is less mucus coming out when i press on his throut



What did you use to "cover the top more"? The mucus is from too low temps.

Is it coming out from his nostrils? I’ve observed this before and to no surprise it never happened again when the monitor was taken out of the screen top cage and kept in an enclosure that can hold proper temps and humidity levels (even at night time). The reason he keeps his head elevated is to try and keep the mucus down and not puke it up.

As your said yourself, "there is less mucus coming out". ANY mucus coming out is a bad sign. There might be less now that you bumped up the temps a bit but there is no fix to this problem with that screen top.

If you want him ’back to his normal self’ then you should quickly find an enclosure that better suits a monitor rather than accept ’less mucus’ in a fish tank.



11/02/09  03:34pm

 #2091163


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   Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2091116


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for the time being i covered it with another towl but i am going to homedepot today to get some plywood to make a more proper hood untill i can make a proper enclosure and yes it comes out his nostrils thanks for the info and i hope the new hood will help i will be back on when i get the hood setup and fill in any details
11/02/09  05:02pm

 #2091852


Mangrove420
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   Message To: Mangrove420   In reference to Message Id: 2091163


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after getting the plywood fot the hood im glad to say that he has almost no mucus coming out his nose/mouth its been about 4 days of nothing but improvment and with a few more days i hope he will fully recover. he is acting like the day i brought him home running and climbing on EVERYTHING and is eating like a pig. only time will tell but i think he will be just fine thanks for all the help and info!
11/04/09  11:05am

 #2091870


Varanus_odom
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   Message To: Mangrove420   In reference to Message Id: 2091852


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Glad to hear he’s doing better! Not too many indicus owners here so keep us posted on his progress and maybe snap a few pictures of him and his home if you want.
11/04/09  11:41am

 #2091881


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   Message To: Varanus_odom   In reference to Message Id: 2091870


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i just need to get a camera im going to try to get one when i get my paycheck hopfully on friday or saterday i will have some pics to post
11/04/09  12:05pm


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