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12-Aug-06, 08:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
Hello to all,
Ive been having a daily squiz of the forum for a few weeks now, finally got around to registering, yay!
Love seeing all the different opinions, so thought id debute with a rather ick question.
Do Bearded Dragons eat their own poo? Im usually right onto cleaning out their enclosures, but missed yesterday, and think that there seemed to be some missing from what i had noticed the day before.
Oh and if this is the case, its not because of underfeeding. No way my little gutz needs any more, but he could be finding the extra food by his own means. ew!
Great, thanks, cheers
Lene
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12-Aug-06, 08:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: melbourne, vic Age/Gender: 32  | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
had a similar experience with my beardie Loki, i thiught that maybe it was a cricket or 3 that where loose in her enclosure. Not sure, glad it was you asking and not me. 
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12-Aug-06, 08:55 PM
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my breadies never tryed to et there poo i think or i never sat there for that long to watch them try it
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12-Aug-06, 08:56 PM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender:  | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
Any loose woodies in the enclosure would have a go at it especially at night.
Sometimes mine will try and eat anything when there being fed and are in the mood but usually spit anything unedible out such as poo or bark.
Also if you have sand as a substrate it will abosrb the moisture, and greatly reduce the size of the poo making it easily buried or broken up by the lizards running buy.
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12-Aug-06, 08:59 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: melbourne, vic Age/Gender: 32 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
What type of sand is safe to use with beardies?
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12-Aug-06, 09:15 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
ah yes i do have sand substrate, but dont think it soaked it up. the reason i noticed what was missing was because it was a nice sloppy green poo (from the juvi pellets) and it was all gone!
and no stray crickets or woodies about either.
ahh well, some mysteries are never solved, cos i cant be bothered watching all day either to see if hes a greedy boy who recycles food!
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12-Aug-06, 09:19 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
what temps have you got?
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12-Aug-06, 09:33 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
an average daytime temp of 27, 30 at hot end. at night it drops to mid 20s
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12-Aug-06, 09:39 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
There is the problem beardies like their body temp at about 37-8 just like us, you need to give them a basking temperature above 38 degrees. I doubt any harm has been done but increase the basking temperature the easiest way is by letting them get closer to the light by using a suitable branch or rock.
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12-Aug-06, 09:40 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: melbourne, vic Age/Gender: 32 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
Any pics of your beardie, Lene?
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12-Aug-06, 09:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
leave the poo eating to hares, ring tails and other stupid mamals |
12-Aug-06, 09:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age: 29 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
My little beardie had a go at his poo the first week I had him, but since settling in he doesn't anymore, he is always too busy basking because his gut is so full. He gets fed twice a day usually.
I use kids playing sand for the substrate. I washed it through gause to remove any crap then baked it at 250 degrees until it dried out.
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12-Aug-06, 09:55 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
are you serious about that temp cris? my little book , the lizard bible, says 30-32 for the hot spot. thats what ive always had, and my adult of 4 years seems fine.
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12-Aug-06, 09:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
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are you serious about that temp cris? my little book , the lizard bible, says 30-32 for the hot spot. thats what ive always had, and my adult of 4 years seems fine.
|  i would get a new book mate
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12-Aug-06, 10:02 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 22 | | | | RE: Newbie with a qestion regarding Beardies and poo
this is why i always feel like a novice, no matter how long ive had my lizards and snakes.
people always say something different to what your originally told.
just checked out 3 random care sheets on the net, and they have all said the same. 32C hot spot.
i dont know
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