savannahlou
Member
Hello. I am having some problems with one of my Dragons. He is about 3 months old. I feel I've exhausted a ton of options. Colt has had pooping issues since the beginning. I have 2 other Dragons that do very well and have grown into nice healthy adults. Here is his care:
20 gallon tank for now. He's still small.
Reptisun 10.0 T8 mounted inside.
90 ambient on the warm side, 80 on the cool side.
Basking spot at 100
Humidity 32%
Non adhesive shelf liner
Fed small Dubia roaches
Collard Greens & Butternut squash
Here is the problem. He seems to always be impacted. Ever since I've had him I've had to give tummy massages and warm baths. It started with me noticing no poop for a day. So I shrugged it off. It went to 2 days. I got him some squash baby food and some warn baths. Eventually he went. Next time it ended up being 4 days without a bowel movement. Repeated this. He eventually went. It ended up becoming a week apart. I got him into the vet and the fecal came back clean because he decided to poop on the car ride there. He ended up getting a shot of fluids and the vet said our care was perfect and the little guy looked healthy. The scenario repeated of another week with no poop. He went back to the vet. This time he was given another shot. Also an enema was given but all we got was a urate out of that. The vet prescribed Lactulose and Metoclopramide for 3 days. After the first dose of metoclopramide we got a bowel movement with a decent amount of poop. We got a bowel movement eveyday he took the metoclopramide. After the treatment his bowel movements got smaller and smaller until they just stopped again. I have tried raising the Basking temp. Lowering it. Pumpkin. Honey. Mineral Oil. No solids, only Reptaboost. He stays super hydrated. The only thing he is passing is urates. Warm baths and tummy massages result in urates. I can feel the stuff in there. It goes from soft, like there is nothing there, to a hard ball. Constantly. I'm not sure what is going on. I'm lost on what to do. I have tried so many things that I probably am missing some things I've tried. I have even replaced a brand new UVB bulb for another brand new one. He's not growing like he should because he's missing out on eating all of the good protien he can. He's gets calcium, always has. I'm not sure anyone can help. I don't know if it's weak digestive muscles or if he possibly has a narrow digestive tract?
20 gallon tank for now. He's still small.
Reptisun 10.0 T8 mounted inside.
90 ambient on the warm side, 80 on the cool side.
Basking spot at 100
Humidity 32%
Non adhesive shelf liner
Fed small Dubia roaches
Collard Greens & Butternut squash
Here is the problem. He seems to always be impacted. Ever since I've had him I've had to give tummy massages and warm baths. It started with me noticing no poop for a day. So I shrugged it off. It went to 2 days. I got him some squash baby food and some warn baths. Eventually he went. Next time it ended up being 4 days without a bowel movement. Repeated this. He eventually went. It ended up becoming a week apart. I got him into the vet and the fecal came back clean because he decided to poop on the car ride there. He ended up getting a shot of fluids and the vet said our care was perfect and the little guy looked healthy. The scenario repeated of another week with no poop. He went back to the vet. This time he was given another shot. Also an enema was given but all we got was a urate out of that. The vet prescribed Lactulose and Metoclopramide for 3 days. After the first dose of metoclopramide we got a bowel movement with a decent amount of poop. We got a bowel movement eveyday he took the metoclopramide. After the treatment his bowel movements got smaller and smaller until they just stopped again. I have tried raising the Basking temp. Lowering it. Pumpkin. Honey. Mineral Oil. No solids, only Reptaboost. He stays super hydrated. The only thing he is passing is urates. Warm baths and tummy massages result in urates. I can feel the stuff in there. It goes from soft, like there is nothing there, to a hard ball. Constantly. I'm not sure what is going on. I'm lost on what to do. I have tried so many things that I probably am missing some things I've tried. I have even replaced a brand new UVB bulb for another brand new one. He's not growing like he should because he's missing out on eating all of the good protien he can. He's gets calcium, always has. I'm not sure anyone can help. I don't know if it's weak digestive muscles or if he possibly has a narrow digestive tract?