my tiliqua gigas RIP

[realis88]

bluetongue I die a tail
females and never have children
and pregnant
the beginning of his mouth was swollen and mucus out like a cold such as runny nose on a snake
a week later his right yesterday even udh lemes and lifeless...
estimate of what causes it? virus or because of his cage cold temperatures?
because I replace the paper substrate, before using aspen beding



This is the last photo when she is sick

[ExtremeJustin]

I'm so sorry for your loss Realis.

Was he being kept outside or inside? Do you have air conditioning? If he was being kept outside I wouldn't think he could get too cold since you are in Indonesia.

[realis88]

I store them in wooden cages on the front porch, so it is not exposed to sunlight and rain are directly
in its cage I did not give him any conditioning or heating

[ExtremeJustin]

I store them in wooden cages on the front porch, so it is not exposed to sunlight and rain are directly
in its cage I did not give him any conditioning or heating

I don't think your temps in Java are much different from the natural temps in the eastern parts of Indonesia where this one is from. If I lived there I would keep mine outside as well. If the BTS wasn't in sunlight was it being given Calcium/D3? Maybe the BTS got sick from something else. How are your other skinks doing?

[realis88]

treatment for bluetongue else equal, and until now they are in good condition

[Coomassie]

I'm really sorry for your loss. It looks like maybe an infection or something in her mouth.

[realis88]

as it is so because before that I gave the cactus tree as a decoration in his cage

[Linnea]

as it is so because before that I gave the cactus tree as a decoration in his cage

most cactuses are okay as long as the animal does not eat it - i wonder if a BTS would actually try to eat one? and if it was a tree it was a bit higher up?

but a swollen mouth and throat and mucus coming out/vomit could point to certain cactus meat poisoning....

im sorry for your loss T__T

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

Sorry for your loss.
Looks similar to mouth rot.

[realis88]

as it is so because before that I gave the cactus tree as a decoration in his cage

most cactuses are okay as long as the animal does not eat it - i wonder if a BTS would actually try to eat one? and if it was a tree it was a bit higher up?

but a swollen mouth and throat and mucus coming out/vomit could point to certain cactus meat poisoning....

im sorry for your loss T__T

I think he did not try to eat it but I never saw him accidentally bite the cactus tree when he fights
cactus tree height was not so easy to hit her mouth

[realis88]

Sorry for your loss.
Looks similar to mouth rot.

maybe it's true

[Linnea]

I think he did not try to eat it but I never saw him accidentally bite the cactus tree when he fights
cactus tree height was not so easy to hit her mouth

then i can say, it was not the cactus unless a big piece of it is missing. so dont worry about that.

the cactus spikes are mostly not poisonous (only annoying) and animals know not to bite them. however, if it had been a cactus without spikes, and the skink ate a big piece if the cactus meat it couldve been bad.

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

Or maybe a piece of the cactus fell off. She then bit it getting needles in her mouth. Which caused an infection which she died from?

[Katrina]

Let's not speculate too much.

I'm really sorry that she died, Realis.

[Susann]

Realis--do I understand you correctly, that she was pregnant/gravid?

Her whole bottom jaw looks swollen. I don't know what mouth-rot looks like so I can't speak to that. Thank you for posting the last pictures of her. I hope someone with more experience will look at the pictures and hopefully have an idea what might have happened.

I am very, very sorry that you lost her.

[realis88]

I think he did not try to eat it but I never saw him accidentally bite the cactus tree when he fights
cactus tree height was not so easy to hit her mouth

then i can say, it was not the cactus unless a big piece of it is missing. so dont worry about that.

the cactus spikes are mostly not poisonous (only annoying) and animals know not to bite them. however, if it had been a cactus without spikes, and the skink ate a big piece if the cactus meat it couldve been bad.

I gave a cactus with a very fine spines rather sharp thorns like a cactus with spikes
I also feel that there is no problem
his death may indeed already arrived

[realis88]

Or maybe a piece of the cactus fell off. She then bit it getting needles in her mouth. Which caused an infection which she died from?

probably also like it
now I do not give a cactus in his cage as a decoration

[realis88]

Let's not speculate too much.

I'm really sorry that she died, Realis.

thanks katrina
I just want to know the cause of my death bluetingue
because only this time I experienced it

[realis88]

Realis--do I understand you correctly, that she was pregnant/gravid?

Her whole bottom jaw looks swollen. I don't know what mouth-rot looks like so I can't speak to that. Thank you for posting the last pictures of her. I hope someone with more experience will look at the pictures and hopefully have an idea what might have happened.

I am very, very sorry that you lost her.

thanks susann
I also hope that such
I hope events like this do not happen to others