mouth question...

[mykee]

Yup, it IS the lamp. Lamps dry out air. It's been said a trillion times on every reptile forum known to man.
Get rid of the overhead lamp and get some underbelly heat going. That will solve one of your many issues.
Good luck.

[LLinz]

Apparently my house is 17%! I live in southern manitoba. I turned the lamps when it got warm and then misted, but the humidity stayed at 17-20%

[LLinz]

I'll try to do that, I got a ****** exo-terra one which I'm going to try to return and get a big zoo med UTH. I knew the lamps would be a problem but didn't know it would be this bad.

[LLinz]

And by *** I meant sub par

[stephanbakir]

17%? that's insane for summer time, even during winter it shouldn't fall that low.

[LLinz]

Yeah, I live in a trailer, I wonder if that has something to do with it. Just so I'm prepared, is the meds for a RI expensive? I've had so many crazy vet bills lately..

[stephanbakir]

If you catch it early you shouldn't have a problem, but didn't you know it was an RI a while ago?

[LLinz]

I'm thinking that the early symptoms started a while ago, when I posted the gaping mouth thread

[stephanbakir]

If it went on for this long its possible that its gotten worse and will be harder to treat, get him to a vet asap and hope for the best?

[LLinz]

Its hard to tell when it first started. He is going to the vet on tuesday, I'm going to try to get him in earlier though

[mykee]

The meds are cheap, it's the culture and trans-tracheal swab and wash that will be expensive.

[LLinz]

Well the exam is $50 so that's gonna be expensive

[stephanbakir]

If it ends up only costing you 50$ you should be happy, could be WAY worse, even for an RI

[LLinz]

$50 is just the exam, so everything else, and the meds is going to be so expensive gonna be going without groceries for a few weeks I guess!

[stephanbakir]

Groceries are weird, when i joined a gym a while back they gave me some tips regarding nutrition, and with 3$ a day you can eat REALLY well, and not miss out on anything you need