Charlie'sKeeper
Bearded Dragon Egg
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First time owner...my bearded dragon isn't pooping!!! Here is a little history on Charlie. I adopted him from craigslist the week before Christmas just passed. He's been great and I think we have done everything we can to make him happy. He came to us full grown, crammed in a 20 gallon tank with no hide and the owners said he had never been fed fresh fruit/vegetables or live bugs! They always fed him packaged food. Anyway,I have never had a bearded dragon before but from the research I had done before deciding to adopt, I thought this was pretty weird but he was huge and looked very healthy! Since we have had him, my husband built him a HUGE custom home, we feed him fresh fruits and vegetables, a nice variety of live bugs and interact with him daily. The problem is...Charlie has ONLY POOPED 3 TIMES SINCE WE GOT HIM! I have read about brumation and we have only had him since late in December so I thought this might be what is wrong with him but since I have only known him in winter months I have nothing to compare his behavior to. He does spend a lot of time on the cooler side of his home and doesn't have the appetite that I was expecting from what I had read about Beardies. He does eat daily though and doesn't poop daily like our leopard gecko does. Can anyone ease my mind? I've been doing the warm bathes but I think I am just annoying him now with it. It hasn't helped so far. Is this normal?! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!