Beardie eating on/off different behavior.

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Good morning all. This is my first post on the forum but I've been reading since i got my beardie. T-tar is about 9 months old and female. In the last 3-4 months shes had some changes in behavior. Initially she was very lethargic and sleeping a lot. She would spend a lot of time on the cooler side. Initially i thought she may be semi-brumating. After some research I read dragons usually don't brumate under a year of age but as we all know there are varying opinons online and i don't know what to believe. That went on for about 2 1/2 months.
She has been more active but now the problem is she has been eating and pooping less. Before all this happened her staple diet was gut loaded super worms and dubia roaches. Occasionally i would offer collard greens. In the last three months she will not eat dubias . . . at all. Why has she gone from loving them to hating them? She will still eat super worms but the dubia are more nutritious so i want her to eat those. Also for the past two months i offer fresh greens. Typically its shaved carrots, shaved squash (butternut and yellow), and dandelion greens. She will usually take a bite or two and then leave them there.
After about three months of this I took her to the vet. They were not too helpful in behavior but they did an enema to get poop sample and tested it. I was told she had "floaters" and some "parasites." The vet says this could have contributed to the changes in behavior but she wasn't sure. She gave T-tar some medication and then i had to go back the next week for the rest of the medication as they couldn't give it all in one go. Overall the vet said she looks healthy, actually overweight to be honest. Aaaand nooow that was two weeks ago. T-tar has not made stool since that enema. She does not appear to be losing weight.

Here are my current Specs.

Tank size: 40 Gal Breeder Exo Terra large wide

Staple diet : Dubias (refuses to eat in last 3 months) Superworms. Dandelion greens, squash and bell peppers. (Never eats all her greens).

Basking spot: Driftwood log 95-105F (measured with temp gun)
Heat source Day: Exo Terra Intense basking spot bulb. 150W
Heat source Night: Ceramic Heat Emitter 75W
Day temps: are usaully 85-95F warm side and 80F cool side
Night temps: are usually 75-70F warm side and 70-68F cool side
*NOTE* other than basking spot temps are measured with digital thermometer
UVB: is The 22 inch Reptisun 10T5

Tank items and substrate. Ceramic tile substrate. Rock on the left. Driftwood in from and a card board box with a small soft ferret bed. She climbs the box and goes in it occasionally.

I know this was long and a lot but basically the questions I would like help with are.
1. Should i be worried about her not eating many greens or wanting dubias anymore? She is kinda chubby (654g)

2. Two weeks seems like a long time to not poop. Should I be worried? I have tried the warm bath and rubbing her belly which has worked in the past.

3. Is there any advice on helping her lose weight at all?
 

SPandS

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Your setup all sounds good so no issue there. Do you remember the name of the medication used?

Under a year is a bit young to brumate but I've been reading about it happening more and more so it could have been the case. After they come out of brumation it can take a while before they start eating like they used to. Their system has been shut down for so long it just takes a while to start working again.

Super worms are very fatty which is probably the cause of her chubbyness, they can actually cause impaction too especially in younger dragons

2 weeks is it a bit long to not poo if she's been eating. If you want you could try pureed pumpkin with no additives. Some people use a tiny bit of olive oil too. They basically act like a laxative and should help get things moving along.

Her not wanting to eat greens isn't too much of an issue right now because she is still young, just keep offering them and hopefully she'll start eating them again. Maybe try different ones too in case she wants something different.

As far as getting her to lose weight I would stop the super worms completely. If she doesn't want dubia roaches anymore you could try black soldier fly larvae or crickets. I personally prefer the bsfl.

I think I answered everything, if not just let me know and I'll do my best. I'm sure someone else will comment too.

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Nin10d0rk

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First let me say i really appreciate you taking the time to give your advice. I think i will be trying the laxative tomorrow when I get to the store. I did not realize the Superworms were so fatty. I actually went to the food nutrition guide i use at beautifulbeardeddragons.com and I saw that they indeed are fatty. I think I'm going to start using crickets and the black soldier fly larvae (which i had a hard time finding online because they have like 4 different names). Also I will continue to offer different staple greens. I'm hoping this diet change with regular roaming around my living room will be enough to help her lose weight. If anyone else has any input I would really appreciate it.
 
Nin10d0rk":1w3wasd1 said:
First let me say i really appreciate you taking the time to give your advice. I think i will be trying the laxative tomorrow when I get to the store. I did not realize the Superworms were so fatty. I actually went to the food nutrition guide i use at beautifulbeardeddragons.com and I saw that they indeed are fatty. I think I'm going to start using crickets and the black soldier fly larvae (which i had a hard time finding online because they have like 4 different names). Also I will continue to offer different staple greens. I'm hoping this diet change with regular roaming around my living room will be enough to help her lose weight. If anyone else has any input I would really appreciate it.

in case you're still looking, I found BSFL as "ReptiWorms" at BackwaterReptiles. I haven't received my shipment of BSFL yet, but their feeder crickets were really good. I like these guys because shipping is included in their feeder insect cost, and their prices seem very reasonable/competitive :
https://www.backwaterreptiles.com/feeders/reptiworms-for-sale.html
 
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