10 Days without pooping

[kevinspacey1]

I moved to my parents house for the holydays and I brought my 8 months beardie with me. To facilitate the transport, I decided to put him in his little 20 gallon tank that I had when I bought him. Since I've change his environment, he hasn't poop and I'm starting to get worried. Any suggestion about how can I get him to poop. I already tried giving him a bath each day and it doesn't seem to help at this point. I'm out of ideas. Thanks.

 

[Fogles]

Is he eating?

What is your setup like?

 

[kevinspacey1]

Thanks for your quick response!

Yes, he is eating the same amount of crickets and salad he was eating back home in his 60 gallon tank.
Basically what I did was transfering his sand, a rock and a plant that he had into the 60 gallon into my 20 gallon. I use Repti Glo 10.0 UVB 26W and Heat Glo Infrared 100W.
I don't believe that would be the problem because I nerver changed my setup.

I also noticed that he has some stress lines on his belly, which I never saw before. :?

 

[jarett_harrison]

What kind of sand is it? What kind of UVB light are you using?How old is your beardie?

 

[kevinspacey1]

I use Exo Terra Natural Desert Sand. I also use a Exo Terra Repti Glo 10.0 UVB 26W. And my bearded dragon is 8 months old.

Thanks

 

[Julie77]

Our girl sonic went for that long without going too.. Here is what I did..

I got some PRUNE baby food, mixed a couple drops of Olive Oil into it and fed her. Had to put it on my finger and she licked it off. managed to get about a 1/4 tsp into her. I put her in the bath about 10 minutes later and massaged her belly. After about 15 minutes of that, she FINALLY went! There is a post on here somewhere about it.. LOL..

I also added a little bit of the Olive Oil to the water to be sure to keep her going.. Now her and Shadow get baths nearly every day to go potty.. And they have been going regularly since!

 

[kevinspacey1]

Wow! Thanks a lot! It did work!

 

[Pleaides]

hey glad your little one went to the loo however i would just like to give you some advice if i may.

i personally would not have him on sand, as that could have been the reason he didnt go for 10 days, sand is a high impaction risk, if you really must house a beardie on sand id say a complete adult only, over 2 years, i would highly recommend tile, paper, newspaper, carpet, pretty much anything thats NOT loose substrate you could use, i have mine on textured tile and thats what they will be on for their whole lives.
also the reptiGLO 10.0 is a big no no, if you search these forums you will find loads of people will agree that the reptiglo is not good for them, i always recommend the reptiSUN 10.0 or 5.0.
i hope your beardie enjoyed his trip!

 

[ashleym]

I agree about the ReptiGlo. I had one at first (before I found this site!) and my beardie started getting eye problems. As soon as I switched to the ReptiSun things got better and haven't had a problem since.

Glad your beardie is "regular" again!!

 

[kevinspacey1]

Thanks guys! I'll change it right away.
And by the way, what is regular for a beardie? When I got him he was going to the bathroom once a day. But for the last 3-4 months he only goes each 2 to 3 days. Is that normal?

 

[Pleaides]

well my guys sometimes go daily, every other day or a week, i think as long as he is going i wouldnt worry too much, now when my guy didnt go for a fortnight then i worried, gave him a nice bath and massage and hey presto!...2 weeks worth just for me! lol