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#173667
PuffAdder
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Uro feeding problem. I`m disperate` 
Hi every one. Please help me. I have a moroccan uromastyx since this june. It has been eating fine up untill a month or so ago. It has a good cage temp, about 110%. I reduce his temp for about 2 weeks hoping that it thinks it hibernated and that when I raise it`s temp back up it will eat. It`s wild caught(from Tunisia), and I think it`s a male. Please, any one who has ever had this problem befor, help me. I`ll truely apreciate it.
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11/02/04 8:31am
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#173669
Uro_fan
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Message To: PuffAdder In reference to Message Id: 173667
Uro feeding problem. I`m disperate`
Puffadder, When you say that your cage temp was 110, was the entire cage that temperature? You said that you lowered this temperature, what did you drop the temperature to?
If you dropped the temperature to get it to brumate, why are you now concerned that it is not eating?
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11/02/04 8:37am
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#173834
PuffAdder
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Message To: Uro_fan In reference to Message Id: 173669
Uro feeding problem. I`m disperate`
The basking spot is about 110 degrees, the rest of the cage is a little lower. I didn`t drop it`s temp to get it to brumate. I don`t do this. When I noticed it wasen`t eating I decided to drop the cage temp to normal room temp(22-25 degrees Celsius) because I thought it was going in it`s natural hibernation perioud. I just didn`t turn the light bulb on. Is there anyway I can force it out of brumation? How long does it usualy last in captivity? The lizard is fairly thin now and I`m realy worried. I allready lost a couple of snakes and a gecko this year, the last thing I want to go threw now is loosing my Uro(Babi).
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11/02/04 2:13pm
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#173896
Uro_fan
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Message To: PuffAdder In reference to Message Id: 173834
Uro feeding problem. I`m disperate`
It is difficult to guess what might be going on. Viruses, parasites, impaction, brumation- it is hard to say. I would suggest consulting with an animal doctor. How long had it stopped eating before you decided to drop the temps? Did you have any type of fecal tests done after you got the animal in June? What kind of diet are you feeding the animal and how large of an enclosure are you keeping it in? Is it housed with any other animal? Is is kept in the same room as those animals that have died recently?
With such limited information, I could ask a hundred questions going in ten different directions. Did you have necropsies done on the deceased animals to find out why they died? It is very easy to spread harmful organisms such as cryptosporidium and coccidian between animals. I would suggest elevating your basking spot temp to 120F and making sure that you have an optimal gradient temperature thorough the rest of the enclosure. Take a look at some of the old post out here on the forum that talk about gradients.
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11/02/04 4:39pm
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