SydneyGaia
Hatchling Member
Quick background: My 11 y/o beardie passed two weeks ago (had since under a 1 y/o) and I adopted a 7 m/o beardie at a show on Saturday. He is stunning - bright orange with purple-blue tiger stripes on his back. He's also hypo and one of his parents was a leatherback, but it seemes to be a recessive gene for him (not showing). His name is Sydney (previous beardie was Gaia)
Anyway, I bought 120 dubias at the reptile expo and they are bigger than advertised. I wanted 3/4" inch dubias, these are much bigger (a few have had their final malt and are now breeding).
When I first brought Sydney home, he ate over a dozen of these roaches, probably 1"-1.25" roaches. He has not eaten since, when he should be eating twice/day at this age, and has not defecated either (he has eliminated 4 urinates in the meantime, though). Yesterday he regurgitated/vomited 6 half eaten roaches. The rest of his roaches are in his stomach - you can feel them. I have been giving him 2 soaks/day to try to help pass it.
I took him to the ER vet yesterday and was given 7 days worth of a laxative for him and instructions to soak him 3x/day to see if it will pass. The vet ran xrays to confirm that there is a sizable blockage in his stomach.
More information:
Substrate: ceramic tile
Temps (ranges): Basking: 97-104 F
Warm side: 84-87 F
Cool side: 80-82 F
Beardie: Hatch date of Jan 2018, currently 130 grams
Does anyone have experience clearing an impaction? You can feel the half-chewed dubia shells in his stomach.
Thank you
Anyway, I bought 120 dubias at the reptile expo and they are bigger than advertised. I wanted 3/4" inch dubias, these are much bigger (a few have had their final malt and are now breeding).
When I first brought Sydney home, he ate over a dozen of these roaches, probably 1"-1.25" roaches. He has not eaten since, when he should be eating twice/day at this age, and has not defecated either (he has eliminated 4 urinates in the meantime, though). Yesterday he regurgitated/vomited 6 half eaten roaches. The rest of his roaches are in his stomach - you can feel them. I have been giving him 2 soaks/day to try to help pass it.
I took him to the ER vet yesterday and was given 7 days worth of a laxative for him and instructions to soak him 3x/day to see if it will pass. The vet ran xrays to confirm that there is a sizable blockage in his stomach.
More information:
Substrate: ceramic tile
Temps (ranges): Basking: 97-104 F
Warm side: 84-87 F
Cool side: 80-82 F
Beardie: Hatch date of Jan 2018, currently 130 grams
Does anyone have experience clearing an impaction? You can feel the half-chewed dubia shells in his stomach.
Thank you