Hi my bearded dragon Charles has not pooped in about 15 days and I feel like I have tried everything. He usually only poops outside or in water. I have been giving him prunes, pumpkin, and olive oil to try to make him poop and he still hasn't. His energy levels seem the same and he still eats live prey but he hasn't been eating his greens. I've been giving him baths and massaging him but still nothing. It's currently winter here so I can't take him outside. Any suggestions would be helpful
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Bearded dragon not pooped in 15 days still won't
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Eavlynn
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Does Charles have any lumps you can feel in his belly?
Some beardies have gone quite a while without pooping, it's not common, but not unheard of. The olive oil, prune and pumpkin usually do the trick. How old is your boy, and what and how much do you feed him?
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Some beardies have gone quite a while without pooping, it's not common, but not unheard of. The olive oil, prune and pumpkin usually do the trick. How old is your boy, and what and how much do you feed him?
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I haven't felt any lumps. I am not sure how old he his but he is 17 inches long so probably an adult. I usually feed him once a day
Eavlynn
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If you don't feel a hard lump, he probably isn't impacted. He may not have enough waste built up to excrete, for whatever reason. One member's beardie didn't poop for about a month, if I remember correctly. I say give him whatever he'll eat, and eventually what goes in, must come out.
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Hef goes that long sometimes. He just came out of brumation a few wks ago and has eaten a little bit of salad and 1 worm at a time every 3 days . He's so all over the place I try not to worry about it so much anymore. I drip water on Hefs nose in the bath and then he'll start to drink. Then he poops. I let Hef run around the bedroom before his bath it gets his muscles all going .
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Mine went a month without pooping several months ago. Started to panic went to vet. All checked out ok. I gave her baby food prunes and in two days she pooped. Was a bit dehydrated but she was ok. She recently started the no pooping again for a few weeks now. Hasn't eaten much either. She's still active and alert. I give her warm bathes and just did the prunes this morning. I think it's just a thing with them sometimes. Just make sure they don't dehydrate.
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They eat so much the first year that when all of the sudden they change so much we freak out . Or at least I did. I'm a great panicer.
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Oh I know! That first time they don't poop 2x a day you wonder whats wrong. Then they miss a day and you think they are dying! They love to stress us out. Dolly hasn't gone in a month but she also hasn't eaten anything. She's been in and out of brumation.
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Hefs out of brumation now he was awake at 730 this morning. That's really early for him
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Dolly's been in and out since September and hasn't eaten anything but the occasional slurry. Currently she's under her half log.
