While Athena was laying infertile eggs, we supplemented her diet with extra protein and calcium, so she was getting dubias and waxworms and sometimes supers every day. She is very good about eating her greens and is used to a normal adult beardie diet of mostly veg. We continued to give her extra protein and calcium a few days after she finished because she acted drained, and slept almost a whole day (though she did eat that day, but had laid 10+ eggs the day before). Then, she had a bit of soft stool for a day, and pooped twice (she normally only poops once or once every 2 days). It wasn't water, but it wasn't well formed, either. The next day she had a semi-normal poop, more solid than the day before. She now seems fine, eating, feisty as ever.
I made an appointment with the vet the day she had the two soft stools (they had nothing available until tomorrow, which is when her appointment is), but now I'm wondering if I even need to bring her in. Since she would be a new patient, I can't just bring in a sample and have them run a fecal because she's never been seen before, so it will cost me an extra $70 on top of the $30 for the fecal. I'm just wondering if she really needs to be seen or not... I did order some Reptaid from Chameleons NW, so I thought about just watching her the next few days and seeing if there are any more soft stools. She is not acting any differently than normal now, and I'm wondering if all the extra fat (from the waxworms) and extra protein that her system isn't used to may have thrown things off for a day or two. She has not had roaches since Friday because I wanted to give her system a break. She's eating her greens, though, as always. In fact, since we gave her extra greens while she was laying, she now expects 2 salads a day!
So, what do you guys think? Should I take her in, or wait and see?
I made an appointment with the vet the day she had the two soft stools (they had nothing available until tomorrow, which is when her appointment is), but now I'm wondering if I even need to bring her in. Since she would be a new patient, I can't just bring in a sample and have them run a fecal because she's never been seen before, so it will cost me an extra $70 on top of the $30 for the fecal. I'm just wondering if she really needs to be seen or not... I did order some Reptaid from Chameleons NW, so I thought about just watching her the next few days and seeing if there are any more soft stools. She is not acting any differently than normal now, and I'm wondering if all the extra fat (from the waxworms) and extra protein that her system isn't used to may have thrown things off for a day or two. She has not had roaches since Friday because I wanted to give her system a break. She's eating her greens, though, as always. In fact, since we gave her extra greens while she was laying, she now expects 2 salads a day!
So, what do you guys think? Should I take her in, or wait and see?
