Hello,
My 5-6 year old bearded dragon unfortunately experienced a prolapsed about two weeks ago. It retracted on its own on the same day after a sugar water bath and applying sugar/water paste onto the prolapse.
Unfortunately, he has not been seen by the vet due to me being broke and while I will take him there if necessary, I'm hoping I'm able to get through this by myself.
Since his prolapse I have fed him mainly butternut squash baby food and given him water from a dripper to avoid having large/any bowel movements that may cause the prolapse to reoccur. I'm hoping to get him back on insects and was considering giving him small crickets and waxworms in small portions as well as soft vegetables like shredded butternut squash. I'm wondering if there are any other insects that I should feed him that may encourage softer bowel movements, and perhaps a hornworm to give him more fluids as he has been a bit iffy about drinking all the water that I've tried to give him.
Thanks for reading.
My 5-6 year old bearded dragon unfortunately experienced a prolapsed about two weeks ago. It retracted on its own on the same day after a sugar water bath and applying sugar/water paste onto the prolapse.
Unfortunately, he has not been seen by the vet due to me being broke and while I will take him there if necessary, I'm hoping I'm able to get through this by myself.
Since his prolapse I have fed him mainly butternut squash baby food and given him water from a dripper to avoid having large/any bowel movements that may cause the prolapse to reoccur. I'm hoping to get him back on insects and was considering giving him small crickets and waxworms in small portions as well as soft vegetables like shredded butternut squash. I'm wondering if there are any other insects that I should feed him that may encourage softer bowel movements, and perhaps a hornworm to give him more fluids as he has been a bit iffy about drinking all the water that I've tried to give him.
Thanks for reading.