Blood in poop, decrease in appetite...

Hey,

A week or so ago my 1 year old bearded dragon started pooping bits of blood. At the same time, he was also pooping 1-3 times a day and i noticed sometimes he would be straining. It is unusual for him to poop more than once a day. Eventually the bleeding went away and right now his pooping is back to normal, but for some reason he has stopped eating his greens entirely.

Important info: I have not done anything differently since this started except put another heat bulb in his cage as I noticed that it was not hot enough. Now that I have installed the bulb, his basking spot is around 90 degrees. He also has a Reptisun 10.0 UVB that is right above his basking spot, and has exhibited no signs of MBD.

Nothing has changed in regards to his behavior; he is very energetic and loves to run around, he has not blackbearded or shown any signs of sickness aside from what i mentioned above. If he doesn't eat soon and there isn't any changes I will be taking him to the vet, but what do you guys think?

My 4 years old beardie had something similar not too long ago. She stopped eating her greens, then her insects. I took her to the vet after I noticed the blood and turns out she had pinworm. I suggest you take yours to the vet as well, it can be deadly if not treated. Blood in the cells is never a good thing...

DuchesseTheBeardie":309cs4gv said:

My 4 years old beardie had something similar not too long ago. She stopped eating her greens, then her insects. I took her to the vet after I noticed the blood and turns out she had pinworm. I suggest you take yours to the vet as well, it can be deadly if not treated. Blood in the cells is never a good thing...

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Thank you for sharing. There has not been any improvement these past few days so he is scheduled to go to the vet tomorrow.

Let me know how it goes for your little one one