Water Dragon Update August
Thursday, 13 August 2009 02:27
There have been no major changes in nessie's condition. Although active he still twitches and trembles and I even found him on his back the other night. He must have fallen off his log and couldn't turn over. I have been treating him with calcium and the correct UVB spectrum for 3 months now and he is still not a normal reptile. Reptiles in general take a long time to get sick and a longer time to get better again. Their metabolism is slow and this affects their whole life process. If a reptile breaks a bone, it is at least 12 weeks before it heals, whereas a mammal will be 3-4 weeks. I'm hopeful that Nessie will eventually get well and with the warmer weather coming, I'm planning on getting him out into the sunlight during the day time for some natural light.