saszoo
03-06-2009, 03:24 PM
Hi again!
I've got a few questions, and i'll try to articulate myself correctly:
1 - I noticed on 3/4 that my amel - Kushy was in blue. his eyes were purple, he last shed on 2/10 - he's 7 months old, and eating double pinks about once a week. His room is at 75 F, with an UTH and a cool side. he's been found lately underneath his water dish on the cool side. Today noticed he's out of blue and i'm expecting a shed. but i notice that he's making that clicking, 'tsk' noise, like every five minutes or so, but several times when he does. i'm not noticing any mucous or weezing, I read a post saying those noises are common before a shed....... am i in the clear? He is acting normal, ate one pink today, and refused the second, which i would assume would be normal as he's getting ready for a shed, but it's been nine days since i fed him before that, he refused a pink the day before he was in blue. Before i fed him, I stuck him in a pillow case with warm wet towels, and could hear him clicking from in the pillow case.
2 - I am wondering if aspen is all that great of bedding. I've got Zoo Med's bedding which claims it is 99.9% dust free, but if i stick my head in his viv, i would think it would irriate my nose to breath that all day. I'm thinking about just going back to basics and lining his viv with paper towels, although he loves the aspen in the aspect he always burrows, like corns do.
For Q no. 1 i'd like some advice, but for Q no. 2 I guess i'm just indecisive and would like some opinions.
Thanks all!
I've got a few questions, and i'll try to articulate myself correctly:
1 - I noticed on 3/4 that my amel - Kushy was in blue. his eyes were purple, he last shed on 2/10 - he's 7 months old, and eating double pinks about once a week. His room is at 75 F, with an UTH and a cool side. he's been found lately underneath his water dish on the cool side. Today noticed he's out of blue and i'm expecting a shed. but i notice that he's making that clicking, 'tsk' noise, like every five minutes or so, but several times when he does. i'm not noticing any mucous or weezing, I read a post saying those noises are common before a shed....... am i in the clear? He is acting normal, ate one pink today, and refused the second, which i would assume would be normal as he's getting ready for a shed, but it's been nine days since i fed him before that, he refused a pink the day before he was in blue. Before i fed him, I stuck him in a pillow case with warm wet towels, and could hear him clicking from in the pillow case.
2 - I am wondering if aspen is all that great of bedding. I've got Zoo Med's bedding which claims it is 99.9% dust free, but if i stick my head in his viv, i would think it would irriate my nose to breath that all day. I'm thinking about just going back to basics and lining his viv with paper towels, although he loves the aspen in the aspect he always burrows, like corns do.
For Q no. 1 i'd like some advice, but for Q no. 2 I guess i'm just indecisive and would like some opinions.
Thanks all!