My roommate is taking Seymour (the poss het pied male) to the vet this afternoon because I told her last night he had to go. He had caught an RI, which wasn't too bad, and we had dropped humidity and upped temps slightly and provided props to help him keep his head up.

The RI seemed to be clearing up, but I was concerned because his vent started to swell a little. I figured it was just time for #2, but then remembered he just went when he shed. Last night I pulled him out to check on him and it feels like he has an air pocket anterior to his vent for a disance of nearly two inches, and anterior to that it is solid, possibly swollen, and he is tender, not wanting to be touched caudally.

I am guessing either impaction or torsion is the problem, though impaction makes no sense as #1 he just had a bowel movement that I posted about a week or so ago, and #2 since we got him 1/17 he has only ever been kept on newspaper and the only things smaller than himself that he's had in either his enclosure or the feeding tank are mice (dead and live), water (can't cause an impaction), and the probe for the digital therm/hygrometer, which is still intact and on the surface.

At any rate, she's taking him to see a vet listed as an ARAV member and who comes highly recommended by our vet tech friend, so hopefully he'll be okay. Send good thoughts Seymour's way, please!~