Quote Originally Posted by Heatheranne View Post
Are you using regular bottled water? Spring water? Are you using any dechlorinating/heavy metal detoxifier?

So far I am wondering 3 things...

If your water has chlorine, chloramines, and/or heavy metals he could be toxing out. The way to treat this is to purchase a dechlorinating solution which also detoxifies heavy metals. this can be found in the reptile section of a pet store. if you cannot find it there, plain aquarium dechlorinator / heavy metal detoxifier can be used, such as the API brand.

This is very important. Give him a gentle soak. Only use dechlorinated tap water or dechlorinated spring water for soaking and for preparing substrate. Distilled water is okay for misting, but also should not be used for soaking water or in water bowl.

I am wondering also is you use any calcium with vitamin D3 supplement on his food?

Another though is are the gloves powder free?

Be careful not to stress him too much.

I work tomorrow, but will look for your answers after work. To be safe, get some dechlorinator/detoxifier and give him a gentle lukewarm 15 minute water soak. Be careful of his skin, they are very fragile.

Good luck! I'll check back soon.

Thank you for the reply. I don't know if its a boy or a girl so unfortunately i have to refer to it as "IT".

After my first post that evening i cleaned his enclosure used only paper towels for substrate so I could look for poop. Went out and bought a mister using distilled water. Set it to mist every 4 hours with 1 minute misting period.

Humidity i smuch better now I will get you the number later today.

His soaking dish is always with delivered bottled water. I have a water cooler/heater i fill it with cold water and since its obviously to cold i use the hot to make it temped.

The gloves have no powder and again he it is not handled at all unless i'm moving it to the temp enclosure while cleaning his every day home.

We do use a calcium poweder i'll have to get the brand I normally buy 50 to 100 crickets and let them roam in the enclosure so it can hunt them. Can't tell you exactly how many or how often its eating i just know the crickets last about 2 weeks before i have to replenish.

Today i'm converting his vivarium to a live plant set up.

Using Pothos some bromelaids coupe other plants. I'm hopeing this will be healthier for it.

Last most importantly it looks normal again I will post a pic when I get home.

Thank you again for you insight I'm still relatively new at this and your knowledge and experience is always very appreciated.