a few questions???

[drewlowe]

I have a few questions about veiled chams again. LOL

i'll try to give a little background info on neo for those that don't remember my previous post on him. He came to me from a friend that got him from a guy he worked with. He was kept in a 260 gallon reptrium with only a small ficus tree with perelite and miricle gro in it. That's all that was in the cage and he was feed only crix. his whole life ( i think he's a little over a year old.) He didn't have a uvb bulb either.

All of those mistakes have been corrected though. I spent close to 100 dollars to get his cage up to where it should be. I repoted the plant in top soil with no additives. added a bunch of bendable branches a few bird perch branches some fake plants and 3 small plants and i'm waiting for a wandering jew (hanging plant) from my mom. I've also got him his uv bulb. Oh and he's getting a better variety of food now. Neo has also been to the vet for a check up and a nasty sperm plug that looked like it had been in there for months, And a fecal which came back negative.

I've had neo for a little over a month now. He came to me pretty shabby. But in the time i've had him he's getting bigger and nastier as time goes on. Could this be because he's actully getting the proper nutriention and proper housing he should have had.

It also seems like every 2 weeks he's getting sperm plugs. I try to leave him alone for a few days after i notice it but he can never get them out and i have to remove them for him. Which after i tackle the task of getting him out of his cage he doesn't seem to mind me trying to remove it. I'm very gentle when doing this. The vet showed me how to remove them. Is there a reason he keeps getting them or is it just normal and i'm worring for nothing.

When he first came to me his urates where mostly yellow. I figured that came from not enough water so i've been making sure he's been drinking and now the urates are mostly white with just a little bit of yellow in there. Was i correct in that or could their be another reason for this.

Last question for now lol. How long should it take them to shed. Neo has been sheding for almost 2 weeks now(2 more days and it will be 2 weeks). This is his first time shedding with me. He seemed to be sheding in patches. One day it was his legs then the next his back then his head and so on. Is that the way they shed or are they supposed to shed whole. He currently has a few small spots stuck but i'm going to try to wrap him in a warm towel to remove them.

Thanks everyone!!!