Tammy94
Member
Ok so we've not had the best few months with our beardie Douglas, first off it looked as though he was suffering from the beginning of a prolapse (swollen vent) we followed instructions kindly given by the community on these forums and he recovered perfectly which was fantastic.
Anyway for nearly 2 weeks now he has slowed down big time on eating, he only would eat 1-2 locusts a day (used to be 7+) and has now for the last 4 days started refusing ALL live foods including butterworms, which he has never refused. I have weighed him, a few weeks back he was at 530g, then down to 507g this weekend, now down to 501g today.
The last few poops he's had seem to be quite high in liquid content, the stool in itself being solid, but surrounded by a pool of liquid, there is urate present with a pinkish/brown tint although i read this can be normal.
The strange thing is, hes never been a big fan of his salads, but is actually eating them now, it's all he will eat, but still not much.
When I go to feed him it looks as though he is about to go for the food then changes his mind. He seems fine in himself and is actually very active (he comes out daily and is on the move alot during this time)
We took him to the vets last night (they do not have a reptile specialist however) but they checked his mouth and vitals and said he looked fine, we are waiting for him to pass stool so that we can take this in for testing.
Meanwhile though I am so concerned about his weight loss, I just don't know what to do.
I don't know if its relevant but around the time all this started he began shedding on his face, finally today it has started peeling and is hanging off around his eyes so I guess this could be irritating but not to this extent?
Any help would be truly appreciated, its been a tough few months and just as we thought our little guy was on the mend from the last problem, now this
Anyway for nearly 2 weeks now he has slowed down big time on eating, he only would eat 1-2 locusts a day (used to be 7+) and has now for the last 4 days started refusing ALL live foods including butterworms, which he has never refused. I have weighed him, a few weeks back he was at 530g, then down to 507g this weekend, now down to 501g today.
The last few poops he's had seem to be quite high in liquid content, the stool in itself being solid, but surrounded by a pool of liquid, there is urate present with a pinkish/brown tint although i read this can be normal.
The strange thing is, hes never been a big fan of his salads, but is actually eating them now, it's all he will eat, but still not much.
When I go to feed him it looks as though he is about to go for the food then changes his mind. He seems fine in himself and is actually very active (he comes out daily and is on the move alot during this time)
We took him to the vets last night (they do not have a reptile specialist however) but they checked his mouth and vitals and said he looked fine, we are waiting for him to pass stool so that we can take this in for testing.
Meanwhile though I am so concerned about his weight loss, I just don't know what to do.
I don't know if its relevant but around the time all this started he began shedding on his face, finally today it has started peeling and is hanging off around his eyes so I guess this could be irritating but not to this extent?
Any help would be truly appreciated, its been a tough few months and just as we thought our little guy was on the mend from the last problem, now this