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Hey Folks,
Long story ( and this is second time typing as first time didn't post) so please bare with me.
Last week Lucifer, my 3 year old Green Iggie, managed to get to his UV tube, drag it down and smash it.
I got home and saw the mess, cleaned it all up and thought nothing else of it. Took a couple of days to get a replacement and then it was only a compact UV right at his basking area as waiting on 42 inch tubes arriving. During this time I noticed a HUGE appetite drop that didn't improve once the UV was replaced like i thought it would be.
Had Lucifer out tonight and he seemed really weird. He was still active ( but nit quite AS active) but seemed to have trouble keeping eyes opened. He then lay on the back of the chair and closed his eyes again. I went over to check on him and petted him.... normally he would be VERY alert and eyes would open once you got close to him. This time however the eyes remained closed and he barely knew i was there.
My worries now is that there was something in the tube that was toxic? Is the power inside the tube highly toxic? ( It was cleaned up but it might have been in there for a little while. Just a bit stressed now that he might have managed to poison himself somehow.
So basically I need to know if the inside of the UV tube be it the powder or a gas is toxic to reptiles?
Thanks for any input
Andy
Long story ( and this is second time typing as first time didn't post) so please bare with me.
Last week Lucifer, my 3 year old Green Iggie, managed to get to his UV tube, drag it down and smash it.
I got home and saw the mess, cleaned it all up and thought nothing else of it. Took a couple of days to get a replacement and then it was only a compact UV right at his basking area as waiting on 42 inch tubes arriving. During this time I noticed a HUGE appetite drop that didn't improve once the UV was replaced like i thought it would be.
Had Lucifer out tonight and he seemed really weird. He was still active ( but nit quite AS active) but seemed to have trouble keeping eyes opened. He then lay on the back of the chair and closed his eyes again. I went over to check on him and petted him.... normally he would be VERY alert and eyes would open once you got close to him. This time however the eyes remained closed and he barely knew i was there.
My worries now is that there was something in the tube that was toxic? Is the power inside the tube highly toxic? ( It was cleaned up but it might have been in there for a little while. Just a bit stressed now that he might have managed to poison himself somehow.
So basically I need to know if the inside of the UV tube be it the powder or a gas is toxic to reptiles?
Thanks for any input
Andy