shawnmatthew
Member
Hi there,
This morning I awoke to find my baby bearded dragon in the same exact spot he was in the night before when I turned off the lights. I figured he just had a good rest. After having the lights on for ten minutes to warm him up, I picked him up, placed him on the floor of his enclosure and put down two live crickets. But he seemed to very little interest in eating the crickets. His tail did go up in hunting mode, but he didn't go after them and instead went back up onto his branch.
I guess normally this wouldn't worry me, but this is only his second full day here at my house and I realized he had not pooped yet. Also today I planned on giving him a bath to make sure he is hydrated, because he didn't seem to lap up any water drops I put on his head.
So I went to work and came back a few hours later to find that he had pooped in a few places, but the poop consisted of visible cricket parts (bodies, legs, etc.) that were obviously not fully digested. Is this normal?
I then tried to feed him another cricket with no luck. So I took him out and gave him a ten minute bath, where he did lap up the water a couple of time and got a good soaking. After putting him back in his enclosure, he is still not going after the crickets. He watched them, and has climbed up his branch, but otherwise not eating.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to if he is having a problem or if this is normal? And if he is having a problem, what could that be? Impaction?
Here is a video of him so you can see his size. He's about 6.5' long, and I'm not sure how old he is. He is a Citrus German Giant x Chris Allan Red: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQMSA8v1Chk
This morning I awoke to find my baby bearded dragon in the same exact spot he was in the night before when I turned off the lights. I figured he just had a good rest. After having the lights on for ten minutes to warm him up, I picked him up, placed him on the floor of his enclosure and put down two live crickets. But he seemed to very little interest in eating the crickets. His tail did go up in hunting mode, but he didn't go after them and instead went back up onto his branch.
I guess normally this wouldn't worry me, but this is only his second full day here at my house and I realized he had not pooped yet. Also today I planned on giving him a bath to make sure he is hydrated, because he didn't seem to lap up any water drops I put on his head.
So I went to work and came back a few hours later to find that he had pooped in a few places, but the poop consisted of visible cricket parts (bodies, legs, etc.) that were obviously not fully digested. Is this normal?
I then tried to feed him another cricket with no luck. So I took him out and gave him a ten minute bath, where he did lap up the water a couple of time and got a good soaking. After putting him back in his enclosure, he is still not going after the crickets. He watched them, and has climbed up his branch, but otherwise not eating.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to if he is having a problem or if this is normal? And if he is having a problem, what could that be? Impaction?
Here is a video of him so you can see his size. He's about 6.5' long, and I'm not sure how old he is. He is a Citrus German Giant x Chris Allan Red: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQMSA8v1Chk