Strange feces?

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aurucis

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My baby kachu finally went potty after having him at home for 3 days, but it doesn't look too good.. Its very runny and looks like diarrhea. Is this normal or what? Maybe he has some bad parasites? I have a picture.. please tell me what you think.
I guess I should put this in here as well, at the end of his tail he has a little crook in it, and about 3/4 of his tail seem kinda dark. Not overly dark just not as bright as the rest of him.. Is this normal? I'll try and get a picture of it up in a little. Thanks for the help!

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And the little man himself
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Drache613

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Hello,

Well, the stool doesn't really look all that bad, hon. You have only had him for a few days, & he is most likely a little bit stressed & yes, his parasite level could be up a little bit. Was the stool really smelly? Were the urates (white portion) hard or soft?
I would give him a little bit of time to settle in before getting a fecal done on him, to see if it comes down on its own.
The petstore may not have been providing adequate UVB lighting or calcium, & that could cause a crook in his tail. Or, some dragons have small little deviations or crooks on their tails that are absolutely normal. :D
So nothing to get too worried about quite yet. Are you providing good quality UVB lighting & calcium supplementation now?


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aurucis

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Well that makes me feel alot better. The urate was solid. It also smelled pretty bad. But i just went to check up on him and all his color was coming back etc, maybe he is just stressed out. Atm I dont have any UVB because hes in a temporary enclosure. The permanent one will be here on thursday, and as soon as it is I will have a reptisun 10.0 installed in it. But I have been dusting his crickets with repcal supps. He is eating very well, this morning he demolished 12 crickets.. but thanks for the reassurance I'll keep an eye on everything.
 
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