dragoncheetah
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I have a dragon about 7 months old. He was fine and healthy before I left for a month. When I came back, he became lethargic and quit eating. He is sleeping all day on his cool side, but not digging. I am concerned since I am a new owner, I don't know what to do. It has been over a week now and he has yet to eat anything, crickets or greens. I tried to hand feed him crickets, broccoli, even bananas, since he loves them, but he wouldn't even look at them. At about day 4-5 he did poop finally, but it was red and looked like it contained mucus. I was concerned so I set an appointment with my vet the following day. Since I live far from a Exotic Pet specialist, I set it with the closest vet I have. She said that there was nothing in the poop other than the red coloring and he was physically healthy. She sent me home with some amoxicillin to see if that would help. I have given him 2 days worth of the antibiotic and he continues to excrete red mucus poop and still refuses to eat. However, I have been able to dropper feed him a very small amount of commercial food. Do you know what may be causing this?