beardie with diarrhea:(

[warac67]

My beardie has been having intermittent diarrhea for weeks now. He eats great has plenty of energy and is very alert but has diarrhea. Strangely enough it seems whenever he goes to the bathroom in his tank he has diarrhea but when he goes in the bath its a nice regular poop. Coincidence?

 

[daner923]

What are you feeding him (especially for greens)? What are the basking temps like? Have you had a fecal test done for parasites? What kind of UVB are you using? Those are the first things that come to mind.

 

[warac67]

What are you feeding him (especially for greens)? What are the basking temps like? Have you had a fecal test done for parasites? What kind of UVB are you using? Those are the first things that come to mind.

I give him crickets dusted with calcium power/vitamin spray and phoenix worms and butter worms. For greens I give him a huge variety of things I try to mix it up as much as possible. Some examples are turnip greens, collard greens, dandelion greens, mustard greens, endive, escarole, swiss chard. For vegetables I give him green/orange/red peppers, cucumbers, yellow/spaghetti/green squash, carrots, green beans. The basking temps are 105-100 hot spot and 80-75 cool side. I am using a 10.0 repti-sun tube.

 

[daner923]

That all sounds great. Is the poop totally liquid, or is it a well formed log with a wet spot around it? The latter would be totally normal.

 

[warac67]

As I stated in the previous post ironically enough in the bath he has a nice formed poop but when he goes in his tank it is just a liquid pile and smells badly. But once again he eats really well is very alert and seems very healthy other than the diarrhea. I have not has his feces tested yet I recall hearing there is some place that you can send it in to be tested without having to see a vet?

 

[daner923]

Yes it sounds like parasites. You can send it to cheryl at beardeddragon.co

 

[warac67]

Yes it sounds like parasites. You can send it to cheryl at beardeddragon.co

How would I go about doing that?

 

[daner923]

Check out that website. I am on my phone so I can't find the link.