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 Question About Rango?

What is this that Im seeing on her/his tail?



06/08/11  06:55pm

 #2223596


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   Message To: Sport2772   In reference to Message Id: 2223584


 Question About Rango?

Update Ive had her/him 3 weeks from last Sunday. She/He has had the missing spikes sence Ive got her/him. (they seem to be getting worse) The inclouser that she/he is in is 4 feet long 4 feet high and 6 feet long. Her/his basking temp is 124f to 127f using a digital themo. and an ir temp gun. warm areas are 90f to 93f and the cool area is 80f to 82f. The UV bulb is an exo terr. got it the same day I got Rango and is 18 inches above her in the warm area. Shes eatting dandylion leaves, collard greens, mustard greeens, green peas and carrots. And because they are free and in season dandloyn flowers.
She/he comes out of her/his hiddy around 0730(am) and kinda crawls her/his way to the basking spot for about 20-25min then window dances and moves around the cadge for about 2 hours then eats and has a nap for about 40-50min beside her/his food then back to the basking area then moves all over the cadge window dancing, climbing the walls anoying the cats and making a mess of her/his cadge stoping here and there to bask or sleep where ever she/he happens to be. Around 7-8pm she/he’s in there hiddy for the night. (videotaped 5 days to see what she/he was doing while I was at work, sleeping) She/he doesnt really seem to eat alot except the dandylion leaves and flowers. On Sunday she/he was moved in to her/his new enclosure prior to this she was in a 20gallon one. I handel her once aday to check her/his tail and see how its doing. less than a min every day. The earlest vet date I could make was for the 18 of this month. Theres only 2 vets in the city that seem to know anything about lizards. The first one said that a basking temp of 95f was more than enough while I was laughing at him I kinda hung up and never called him back.
06/08/11  07:23pm

 #2223673


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   Message To: Sport2772   In reference to Message Id: 2223596


 Question About Rango?

Your husbandry seems good. To be honest, I don’t really see anything in the pic. It’s probley just me but it looks fine. Maybe explain what it is I should be seeing.
Thanks.
06/09/11  12:44am

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   Message To: Wild_life10   In reference to Message Id: 2223673


 Question About Rango?

This may be a possible shed. They do lose skin on the tail, and occasionally the segments don’t fall off for awhile. I think your uro looks really good from the shot you have. Maybe a close- up will help.
06/09/11  06:14am

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   Message To: Sport2772   In reference to Message Id: 2223584


 Question About Rango?

any chance you have more pics?
06/10/11  10:22am

 #2223953


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   Message To: Sport2772   In reference to Message Id: 2223596


 Question About Rango?

Sounds like he’s shedding. But I don’t see anything in the picture. Also remember that uros take a long time to shed their tails because of the spikes.



06/10/11  01:11pm


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