To my knowledge, the vet said she removed the stuck shed and tried to get stool sample and a lot came out, like days worth, she even showed me the poop.
My dragon almost completed shedding except for the cloaca area, which i thought to just leave it alone and let it shed by itself. So it was not impaction, just stuck shed.
I have to check what was prescribed, i only read the 'anti-parasitic' label. The parasites count is not particularly high (she showed the microscopic picture), but it's more of a precautionary measure to prevent escalation in adulthood. As she mentioned, this might not affect the dragon now, but in future it might as she has seen it happen.
P.S.:She specialises in wildlife and worked as a zoo vet before as well.
My dragon almost completed shedding except for the cloaca area, which i thought to just leave it alone and let it shed by itself. So it was not impaction, just stuck shed.
I highly doubt the pooing at the vet is from stress, if there's any stress, it will be from a week earlier, and that much poop, definitely is somehow stuck poop. You could not possibly hold that much poop for that long. I know how much poop my dragon usually poops a day. that's almost 3 days worth, considering he hasnt eaten for 1 week and a half. Plus I have been dipping him in warm bath and massaging his stomach for the past week. So definitely not stress poop, it is stuck one way or another. Just glad it was not impaction. And after the poop, he really starts eating more of the puree, as opposed to just licking.AHBD":3iq0ai5b said:Good to hear that he's still hanging in there ! The pooing at the vet's would have just been from stress, that's very common. There is no such thing as shed preventing a poo.
I have to check what was prescribed, i only read the 'anti-parasitic' label. The parasites count is not particularly high (she showed the microscopic picture), but it's more of a precautionary measure to prevent escalation in adulthood. As she mentioned, this might not affect the dragon now, but in future it might as she has seen it happen.
P.S.:She specialises in wildlife and worked as a zoo vet before as well.