scm133":1gu0rzmg said:I am sure others will chime in, but it could be the amount of worms at one feeding. I have read, when they eat a lot of the reptiworms at one time, that they will show up in the poop. I have had that happen a few times, when Hugo pigged out on them. They are soft bodied, and it is strange that they sometimes will not digest fully. :dontknow:
From what I have read, BDs have a tendency to gobble them down without properly chewing them up. This is sort of gross, but.....it is like us finding unchewed corn in our stools... I know GROSS. There have been suggestions to stick a pin in them before feeding...that way the dragon's digestive juices can take care of the improperly chewed worms.marriott1012":37sxe5et said:I was feeding phoenix worms today and there was a bunch of them in his poop. One was actually alive wiggling around. The temps are fine and he digests dubia very well and has also digested reptiles or phonics worms in the past. It puzzles me because they are soft bodied. One theory I had was that he was eating them and sometimes eats so fast it seems like he does not chew. Maybe one slipped through his digestive track unharmed lol.
scm133":2fipvfhg said:From what I have read, BDs have a tendency to gobble them down without properly chewing them up. This is sort of gross, but.....it is like us finding unchewed corn in our stools... I know GROSS. There have been suggestions to stick a pin in them before feeding...that way the dragon's digestive juices can take care of the improperly chewed worms.marriott1012":2fipvfhg said:I was feeding phoenix worms today and there was a bunch of them in his poop. One was actually alive wiggling around. The temps are fine and he digests dubia very well and has also digested reptiles or phonics worms in the past. It puzzles me because they are soft bodied. One theory I had was that he was eating them and sometimes eats so fast it seems like he does not chew. Maybe one slipped through his digestive track unharmed lol.
scm133":2gy0ubbj said:From what I have read, BDs have a tendency to gobble them down without properly chewing them up. This is sort of gross, but.....it is like us finding unchewed corn in our stools... I know GROSS. There have been suggestions to stick a pin in them before feeding...that way the dragon's digestive juices can take care of the improperly chewed worms.marriott1012":2gy0ubbj said:I was feeding phoenix worms today and there was a bunch of them in his poop. One was actually alive wiggling around. The temps are fine and he digests dubia very well and has also digested reptiles or phonics worms in the past. It puzzles me because they are soft bodied. One theory I had was that he was eating them and sometimes eats so fast it seems like he does not chew. Maybe one slipped through his digestive track unharmed lol.
SRT12141992":39uzca7l said:scm133":39uzca7l said:From what I have read, BDs have a tendency to gobble them down without properly chewing them up. This is sort of gross, but.....it is like us finding unchewed corn in our stools... I know GROSS. There have been suggestions to stick a pin in them before feeding...that way the dragon's digestive juices can take care of the improperly chewed worms.marriott1012":39uzca7l said:I was feeding phoenix worms today and there was a bunch of them in his poop. One was actually alive wiggling around. The temps are fine and he digests dubia very well and has also digested reptiles or phonics worms in the past. It puzzles me because they are soft bodied. One theory I had was that he was eating them and sometimes eats so fast it seems like he does not chew. Maybe one slipped through his digestive track unharmed lol.
I've been trying to handfeed him one at a time, 'cuz when i put them all in his bowl he eats them all up in like two seconds. He does seem to chew em up good when i handfeed but he also bites me which is painful. So I jsut drop one at a time in his cage, but it still is annoying how much time it takes to feed him now. Hmm maybe i could try the pin suggestion
SRT12141992":1i6l1yl4 said:Yeah, sometimes they do upon arrival, its no biggie u just need to air them out for a few mins and it'll go away, it happens if they don't have enough packing sometimes too. Your lucky, mines gotten me twice when handfeeding now and it hurt like a bitch, even bled a little. Today I was handfeeding him and he was getting so excited when I just put my hand in the tank to move his bowl he bit onto my hand hahah
SRT12141992":1m39gaud said:Yeah, sometimes they do upon arrival, its no biggie u just need to air them out for a few mins and it'll go away, it happens if they don't have enough packing sometimes too. Your lucky, mines gotten me twice when handfeeding now and it hurt like a bitch, even bled a little. Today I was handfeeding him and he was getting so excited when I just put my hand in the tank to move his bowl he bit onto my hand hahah
marriott1012":646fcj68 said:SRT12141992":646fcj68 said:Yeah, sometimes they do upon arrival, its no biggie u just need to air them out for a few mins and it'll go away, it happens if they don't have enough packing sometimes too. Your lucky, mines gotten me twice when handfeeding now and it hurt like a bitch, even bled a little. Today I was handfeeding him and he was getting so excited when I just put my hand in the tank to move his bowl he bit onto my hand hahah
Ah ya I have read that else where. The dragon didnt seem to mind eating them lol. Have he is 5 months now and has been very good since I got him about a month ago. He knows when it's dinner time whether sees the roachs bin or the worm container and comes right to the bottom of the cage. He is very willing to munch it out of my hand haha so I guess I've just been lucky not to get bite. Hopefully this pattern keeps up for when he is older and more powerful hah.
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