Hey guys, I have had my ball since the end of August and he is now going through his second round of having a respiritory infection and I can't figure out why. As far as I know all my temps and husbandry have been right on, but if not hopefully somebody can shed some light on to why he keeps getting sick. He is right around 2 feet long, not sure about weight. He is in a 10 gallon aquarium with both a small UTH and heat lamp, 2 hides 1 hot side 1 cold side, and a water dish. I have him on a couple of layers of paper towels that get changed about every 3 days whether the are soiled or not. His temps are 91-95 hot, and 81-85 cold, with humidity staying right around 55% all over. I clean everything once a week with antibacterial soap and water, and about once a month I clean everything with clorox disenfecting wipes with a very thorough rinse and scrub after with water. The first time he was sick the vet said he might have been harboring the infection since I got him and it just didn't come out till then. He gave me the shots and after about 4 shots the infection went away. This first episode happened about the end of September. Then a couple of weeks ago he got it again. I still had some antibiotics left over from the first one that I have been giving him and he seems to be recovering.
I just can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Its very frustrating to see the little guy sick like this. Please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.