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19-Jul-07, 01:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 21  | | |
my bearded dragon has lately been having very irregular poo. he went almost 3 days without pooing them left a pile of poo on the end of day three. that was 2 days ago and no poo since. he's been eating his woodies as normal acting normally and isn't slugish at all, but being a juvenile i'm just a tad concerned. he's not bedded on sand so it can't be an impaction from that, but can the exoskelaton from the roaches impact? temps are 40 at the hot end and betwene 20 and 25 on the cool end he's been spending most of his day in the middle in a potted plant.
any ideas?
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19-Jul-07, 01:47 PM
|  | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | I had the same concerns with Diego when we first got him - he didn't poop for about a week. We gave him daily warm baths to help him along. We also tried to keep his hydration levels up by offering fruit juice (watered down) with an eye dropper. Eventually he pooped and since then, he's been going around once every week and a half. So it may just be completely normal.
I was told to give daily warm baths, and to gently massage along the right side of his belly from under the arm down to just before the vent. If you feel a lump, then he may be impacted. But seeing as he is not on sand, that probably won't be the case. As far as I am aware roaches cannot cause impaction. He doesn't eat mealworms does he?
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19-Jul-07, 02:52 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: sydney Age/Gender: 21 | | | | no mealies, heard too many sotories plus they're so hard to digest and fatty
thanks for the info i think i'll give the baths a go
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19-Jul-07, 03:02 PM
|  | =^.^= Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Northern NSW Gender: | | | | a bit off topic but what does beardie poop look like?? |
19-Jul-07, 03:09 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | A black pellet with a white line down one side. The black bit is poop and the white bit is wee. It's normally quite firm - although one of Diego's poops was a bit runny and quite smelly!
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19-Jul-07, 03:11 PM
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19-Jul-07, 08:54 PM
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19-Jul-07, 08:56 PM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender:  | | | | miss b, your berdie has only been pooping every 10 days? thats not right, I'd get that looked into. With regular feeding they should poop daily or ever 2-3 at the least
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19-Jul-07, 10:45 PM
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19-Jul-07, 10:49 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Usually every second day, although at the moment Diego has decided he is brumating - I haven't seen him in days, lol. I was told that pooping once or twice a week was normal for some adult beardies, while others poop daily. He seems happy and healthy in every other way, so I can't say I've really been too concerned by his infrequent bowel movements. Should I be?
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19-Jul-07, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Miss B  Eventually he pooped and since then, he's been going around once every week and a half. | so how often is he pooping, a week and a half is about 10 days. If hes pooping 2-3 times a week thats fine
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19-Jul-07, 10:52 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | I wish mine would only poop once a week LOL!! |
19-Jul-07, 10:55 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | I dunno, it's not like a keep a calendar of his bowel movements lol. It's definately not 2-3 times per week, more like 2-3 times per fortnight. Keeping in mind though, that we only got him a month ago so we haven't quite figured out his routine yet. And as I said, he's just decided recently that he's going into brumation - all I can see of him is an inch or two of tail sticking out from under his drift wood 
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