Do I have a boy on my hands?

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sounds like you got a good handle on it. i did feed mine meat twice a year, thanks giving and Christmas, have a scar on my index finger from not getting my hand out of the way in time,lol
 
Being able to spot a dehydrated reptile doesn't really have much to do with it.....by then some damage may have already have taken place.
The idea is to prevent dehydration by keeping the animal hydrated, but having to mist 2 or 3 times a day and soak every other is totally unnecessary in a correctly set up cage.
 
never hydrated moe, bath once a week was strictly because he liked it. lizard's do not hydrate from there skin, quite the opposite. Do leave a water bowl in but if feeding good veggies he will be hydrated enough.
 
I'm sure that with all your assumptions you know exactly what I'm doing. The room he is in is set at 80 degrees. There is no need for a high wattage basking bulb as it's not hard to raise one area in his enclosure to a proper basking temp. He is not dehydrated and never has been. Just because you don't keep a reptile in an enclosure with any sort of mesh to allow air flow doesn't mean that it doesn't work for others in different climates. I'm not sure why you keep mentioning he's dehydrated when there is no evidence he is and when snakeguy, whose opinion I trust more than any one else's I this forum with all his experience stated he appears perfectly healthy.


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pops: he loves his baths which is why I do it a few times a week.


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And I mist him because he seems to prefer to drink water drops off the glass. I have to mist my chams a couple times a day to give them an opportunity to drink so I give him a quick spray at the same time.


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I agree he is a healthy happy looking guy to me. dehydrated lizards do not do anything, they just sit with sunken eyes and wait to die. I am curious if you had him checked for salmonella, very common in the reptile trade.
 
pops said:
I agree he is a healthy happy looking guy to me. dehydrated lizards do not do anything, they just sit with sunken eyes and wait to die. I am curious if you had him checked for salmonella, very common in the reptile trade.
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Would checking for salmonella do anything? From what I've read, we get salmonella from them if we don't clean up their poo right away, handle them and then touch our mouths without washing our hands first. That's why water turtles are the main carriers of it. Most people keep them in undersized, underfiltrated tanks so they're pretty much swimming in their own poo. Then some child wants to hold it and then they start doing other stuff without washing their hands right after and eventually eating or touching their mouths in some way.


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its not something that they have to have. my first iguana was swabbed and came up positive. this explanes the day with cramps and diarrhea I had after he peed on me, not a big deal for adults, but can be very bad for young children and the elderly. either way can be treated for and never be an issue again. Just an FYI, especially if you have young children.
 
He is adorable........ always wondered what they looked like as wee babies..
 
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