Ate Wood Chip

[DrummerBB]

So I bought some superworms for my 1 year old dragon, and some of the little wood chips that come in the bowl fell into his food bowl. He then went and ate one of them! Will he be okay? I'm worried that it might cause him to get really sick. He is really healthy and I am proud of it, but I hope nothing happens to him!

 

[kingofnobbys]

Keep an eye on him , chances are one tiny bit wood splinter (?) or saw dust (?) will pass through him OK if he's an adult....

Probably take between 2 days and 2 weeks to pass through his GIT depending on his diet and metabolic rate.

 

[DrummerBB]

Keep an eye on him , chances are one tiny bit wood splinter (?) or saw dust (?) will pass through him OK if he's an adult....

Probably take between 2 days and 2 weeks to pass through his GIT depending on his diet and metabolic rate.

It is whatever the super worms come in. Those little mulchy tiny bark things. He is a year old, so almost two. He eats like crazy so his metabolism should be rather high. Will it hurt him in any way?

 

[AHBD]

That stuff won't hurt him at all, it usually doesn't even phase babies. Of course you don't want them eating it regularly so you still have to be careful.

 

[DrummerBB]

That stuff won't hurt him at all, it usually doesn't even phase babies. Of course you don't want them eating it regularly so you still have to be careful.

Thanks so much! I was so worried

 

[kingofnobbys]

I used to buy my superworms in small bulk lots of 200 from a feeder breeder who shipped them in a mailer tube containing sawdust (?) , I simply removed the worms and placed them in a 4.5L Décor TellFresh tub that had oatbran and wheatbran in it .... result was nice nutritional enriched superworms.

I suggest you do something similar , the superworms love the bran.

 

[AHBD]

Great idea, I do the same + use oatmeal as well. A large pice of carrot + some greens for hydration + nutrition.

 

[EllenD]

A lot of time superworms actually come in oatmeal or oat bran instead of wood shavings or wood bedding like wax worms, mealworms, etc. come in. I occasionally buy superworms from Petco if my bulk online order hasn't shipped yet, and I know for a fact that the brand of superworms that Petco sells in the little round containers come in a dark colored oatmeal. Even if it was wood chips or shavings he ate he'll be fine as long as it wasn't a lot, just watch to make sure he isn't impacted or straining to poop in the next day or two, but chances are that it wasn't actually wood, but rather that dark colored oatmeal or oat bran they usually come in.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Great idea, I do the same + use oatmeal as well. A large pice of carrot + some greens for hydration + nutrition.

Ditto here .... + cricket poos and uneaten beardie pellets from the cricket tubs .

, the mealworms also get the same.