Originally Posted by boclcown
I got my baby ball this saturday. I went to pull it out of its cage to change its water and his eyes are milky white. His skin also seems faded a bit. I assume he is going into shed, but I didn't notice it until suddenly, and was handling him yesterday.He is going into shed
I wouldn't be worried at all, but there are two BIG problems. One... I definitely saw a mite. Little black speck that moved around in the substrate. I googled some photos... so there is a mite problem. Order a can of PAM
or treat enclosure with a lice bedding spray.
TWO... he is breathing very heavily and quickly, almost like a pant, and he is barely moving. They do that when they are scared. I haven't installed a thermostat and the cage might have fallen to like 70 degrees, but the heating lamp was only off for a couple of hours, and it is definitely warm enough during the day.
Is he sick? I'm worried the milky eyes are a symptom of something different than a shed...
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