i have a question

[garylee91]

i got a male lemon pastel and he is underweight and maybe dehydrated but my question is his tounge isnt forked is it because hes underweight and dehydrated he ate a mouse today just fine he was only getting fed once every 3 weeks from the guy i got her from and he was eating one pinky rat but im thinking if i feed him once a week and get his weight up good he should be ok right ?

[JLC]

If he's dehydrated, your first priority should be a nice soak and lots of fresh water. THEN feed him. Not sure about the forked tongue. I suppose it's possible that the two sides are just stuck together and will loosen up when he's fully hydrated again.

[stratus_020202]

Hi! I can't really help you with the forked tongue either, but seems he's underfed. I agree with Judy though. Give him a good soak with warm water about half way up his side. Lots of fresh water, and then try to feed him. Remember to give him a week of r & r in his new home before giving him some dinner. Do you know how old he is? I would probably try every 5 days if he's just a little guy, and then every week when he has fattened up a bit. Even full grown I wouldn't feed less then every two weeks.

I would probably do a small rat every week when he's full grown. Although, my males tend to go on more binges when they eat every week. So probably every two weeks.

[garylee91]

hes doing pretty good hes active and moves around alot

[Stewart_Reptiles]

hes doing pretty good hes active and moves around alot

Being active and moving around a lot is not what you want. BP spend 80% of their time hiding so moving around a lot is not a normal behavior obviously in this specific case it could be related to the fact that he is underfed (which can be solve by feeding a nice prey, same size as the widest part of your BP's body every 5 days) however just in case, what is your husbandry like?

Animal size, enclosure size, temps, humidity, devices used to get your reading (digital or analog?), etc?

[garylee91]

hes setup in one of my baby racks 6 qt tub warm side is 92 at the hot spot cool side is 81 humidty is 64 and he weighs 60 grams and i et my temps from a temp gun

[garylee91]

wel he shed today iv soaked him a 3 times a week and hes putting weight on and he looks so much better since he shed his yellow is getting brighter already and the blacks are getting darker

[dragonboy4578]

That is great... Glad to hear that it is doing so well...

[garylee91]

i cant wait till he sheds again im gonna get some pictures of him tomorrow