RE: Hypsilirus Spinipes SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE,Show us ya...
Well Thelma is the very first herp i bought. I made the mistake of not changing her UV lighting after 6 months. Not long after she got a slight kink in her tail- the vet told me she wasn't getting UV and so therefore the calcium powdered crickets were pratically useless. She use to sulk quite alot also, and even in the coldest days of winter i would see her in her water bowl asleep. So cold once i thought she was dead. I have small rocks in there at the moment-that peat moss tends to get into their eyes and causes all sorts of problems. The kitty litter isnt bad or just plain paper or fake grass. I use three fake vines in the enclosure and its a Reptarium from the Herp Shop. Thelma has really become alert in this cage and loves it. She runs up and down the sides all day. She has two water bowls- one for crapping and soaking in the other to drink from.......she tends to crap in the big bowl and drink from the smaller.
Food wise when she would all of a sudden stop eating the waxworms worked miracles. Silkworms is another favourite and all those zoo med tinned sauteed bugs she loves as well. She gets meat, lettuce, banana also. AND she loves small snails.
Ummmmmmmm i'm sure i'll think of more once i have submitted this post.
Simone.
Congrats Zoe on your two new beasts- they are awesome lizards BUT OH don't feed em crickets that are too big for em. Hatchling spinipes only give em small crickets and no mealworms..
just from personal experience.
I just bought my first southern forest dragon yesterday its so cute he/she is only 3 months old any tips or advice you can give me would be most appreciated cheers
