This was like during the summer, But I have always wondered why. This is the details -
2 weeks prior to his death, He seemed a little tipsy or clumsy like he couldn't see very well, as time went by he would bump into stuff, I assumed he was going blind and I felt really sad. Then one day I picked him up and he started opening his mouth as if he was gasping for air. Then he died in my hands, I went to lay him back in his home while I went to go get a box to burry him. Well when I went to lay him down he landed on his back and I noticed a purple from the inside of his tummy, it looked as if he ruptured something. Hopefully these details will help cuz thats all I know about his death. thanks!
-Taylor
2007-02-19 14:15:57 · 8 answers · asked by Taylor N 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
My very first thought would be salmonella. Lizards and birds can get salmonella, and in birds it causes a condition in which they stagger, have trouble holding their heads upright, and they lose coordination. I'm not entirely sure about lizards, but, the same could well hold true, as I do know they can contract salmonella.
Salmonella is caused when their living conditions aren't kept sanitary, especially their water, or leaving feces in with them.
My Second thought, due to the purple belly, would be a compaction. Sometimes reptiles end up eating rocks, bark, or other things they can't digest. This blocks the intestinal tract and eventually causes a rupture which is fatal.
So, depending on the conditions in which the animal died, it could be either of those two.
2007-02-19 19:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by Theresa A 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's hard to say from the info provided, but it almost sounds like too little vitamin A. Some of the symproms would be puffy eyes, troble with balance, loss of appetite, stunted growth, and eventually death.
This is an article that discusses the conditions of too much/too little vitamin A in reptile diets (chameleons are the subject, but this would apply to all reptiles) http://animal.discovery.com/guides/reptiles/iguanas/vitamina.html
2007-02-19 16:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pal of mine had an similar issue a at the same time as again with their leopard geckos, that they had 2 in a unmarried cage and one in each and every of all of them started growing to be critically skinny and ill and they later found out that the single lizard had grow to be dominant over the different one and does no longer enable the different one eat so what they ended up doing grow to be splitting them up into seperate tanks in order that that they each and each and every had their personal food and there grow to be no probability of one gecko scuffling with the different from ingesting. it is only a wager, im no longer particular if its whats occurring including your lizards yet i imagine its properly worth a attempt to make certain if it is the case.
2016-12-04 09:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could of sold you a sick lizard from the pet store. My cousin found out that his lizard was blind and had problems.
2007-02-19 14:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
most likely somebody dropped him and he died of internai injuries never let guests handle your pet
2007-02-19 15:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know what you mean, I had one and (poof)he died,I believe that it may have been a parasite nearby(like on him
2007-02-19 14:21:42 · answer #6 · answered by austin f 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You switch from GEICO!
2007-02-19 16:14:22 · answer #7 · answered by maks1806 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
he got his insurance bill back
2007-02-19 14:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by pandabear45620002000 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋