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watts501 Key Member
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 409 Location: nottingham
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: chewie?? |
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i came home from work yesturday and when i was checking on chewies i found that one of them had droped all of it tail!! can they just do this on a whim?? i found two crickets in with it and that was it?? also can they grow back?? _________________ just a couple of reptiles! to keep me out of trouble! |
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uroplatus Contributing Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 108 Location: middlesbrough
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have them in together? Sometimes they can mistakenly bite each other tails which can cause the bitten one to panic and drop it. Similarly if a cricket bites the tail the chewie can panic. Their tails only regenerate slightly, I have one with about an inch long tail from where the male bit hers off when breeding. They look a bit strange with a short tail but it doesnt affect them climbing or anything so it should be fine, just keep an eye on the stump so it doesnt get infected, its unusual fr that to happen but better safe than sorry. _________________ 20 years experience in reptile keeping.
R. ciliatus 6:16:3, R. chahoua 3:3, R. auriculatus 1:5, R. Sarasinorum 2.2 R. leachianus leachianus 1:1,
U. henkeli 1:0, and other reptiles...
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watts501 Key Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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no keep all of them in singles! just a shock to be honest. _________________ just a couple of reptiles! to keep me out of trouble! |
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Lynne ___________
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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was it wriggling???? _________________
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watts501 Key Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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no when i got in, it was quite dry? _________________ just a couple of reptiles! to keep me out of trouble! |
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Jackie Site Moderator
Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 1382 Location: North East England
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Could anything have spooked it? ie. other animals on the room, cat, dog, birds, snakes etc. From what I have read it is very unusual for a chahoua to drop it's tail. _________________ Best wishes, Jackie
3:4 Eublepharis macularius
1:0 Gekko gecko
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watts501 Key Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Jackie wrote: | Could anything have spooked it? ie. other animals on the room, cat, dog, birds, snakes etc. From what I have read it is very unusual for a chahoua to drop it's tail. |
there is nothink like that just rhacs in my room! i just dont understand it !! _________________ just a couple of reptiles! to keep me out of trouble! |
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Jackie Site Moderator
Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 1382 Location: North East England
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmmm? Does the chahoua seem ok now? feeding, defecating etc normally? _________________ Best wishes, Jackie
3:4 Eublepharis macularius
1:0 Gekko gecko
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1:3 R. ciliatus
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