ok so I rescued a 3 year old Beardie 2 weeks ago. Female, was used for breeding.
She was very thin ( sunken in fat pads on back of head, loose, wrinkly, dehydrated skin, stress marks, etc). Even missing a toe from a too dry shed
. She’s been eating like a champ, and now has present fat pads and has put on weight.
She didn’t poop up until today. The first week I attributed this to stress, but then became concerned. I dropped some olive oil on her snout, and fed her some baby food throughout the week. Today she had a massive bowel movement. We will call this the mother of all bowel movements. It was bigger then what my full grown main coon cat is capable of producing. Most of it was very solid, but it was def in a large puddle of very runny stool. One “chunk” of feces looked very abnormal so I pulled it apart with tweezers and it appeared to be compacted sand substrate. After her bowel movement, she is 100x more active and generally happier.
My concern is, should I take her to be seen by a herp vet since there was so much diarrhea? I know I gave her stuff to help her have a bowel movement, but the amount of diarrhea present seems.... excessive. And with the chunk that appeared to be impaction, should she be seen now that it’s passed? Should I wait to see if she has any more problems? Should I be concerned about parasites? I didn’t see any visual pinworms or anything - but a lot of reptile parasites are too small to be seen. She is now VERY active and is seeking out attention instead of just tolerating it.
Anyways, I am not a new Beardie owner. I currently have a 2 y/o boy, and had a Beardie that passed away at the age of 11 last year.
Ceramic tile as substrate. Highest basking temp is 107 degrees with several levels to bask on ranging from 90-107 degrees. Cool side of the tank is 77 degrees. her warm hide is 84 degrees and her cooler hide is 75 degrees. Humidity is 30 (normal humidity for where I live). She gets a warm bath every other day. I use a reptisun hood for UVB.
Diet is primarily (75/25) greens ( mustard greens, turnip greens, squash, carrots) and for protein I alternate superworms, crickets, and Dubia roaches. She gets multivitamin and calcium supplements as well.
She was very thin ( sunken in fat pads on back of head, loose, wrinkly, dehydrated skin, stress marks, etc). Even missing a toe from a too dry shed
. She’s been eating like a champ, and now has present fat pads and has put on weight.She didn’t poop up until today. The first week I attributed this to stress, but then became concerned. I dropped some olive oil on her snout, and fed her some baby food throughout the week. Today she had a massive bowel movement. We will call this the mother of all bowel movements. It was bigger then what my full grown main coon cat is capable of producing. Most of it was very solid, but it was def in a large puddle of very runny stool. One “chunk” of feces looked very abnormal so I pulled it apart with tweezers and it appeared to be compacted sand substrate. After her bowel movement, she is 100x more active and generally happier.
My concern is, should I take her to be seen by a herp vet since there was so much diarrhea? I know I gave her stuff to help her have a bowel movement, but the amount of diarrhea present seems.... excessive. And with the chunk that appeared to be impaction, should she be seen now that it’s passed? Should I wait to see if she has any more problems? Should I be concerned about parasites? I didn’t see any visual pinworms or anything - but a lot of reptile parasites are too small to be seen. She is now VERY active and is seeking out attention instead of just tolerating it.
Anyways, I am not a new Beardie owner. I currently have a 2 y/o boy, and had a Beardie that passed away at the age of 11 last year.
Ceramic tile as substrate. Highest basking temp is 107 degrees with several levels to bask on ranging from 90-107 degrees. Cool side of the tank is 77 degrees. her warm hide is 84 degrees and her cooler hide is 75 degrees. Humidity is 30 (normal humidity for where I live). She gets a warm bath every other day. I use a reptisun hood for UVB.
Diet is primarily (75/25) greens ( mustard greens, turnip greens, squash, carrots) and for protein I alternate superworms, crickets, and Dubia roaches. She gets multivitamin and calcium supplements as well.
