Beardy pooping 5x per day!

[Linziehonn]

Hello all,

I'm not sure if this is a problem or not but my beardie has always pooped 3x per day since he was 4 weeks old. Which I've always been curious about but he seems healthy, active, large appetite so I've never concerned myself with it too much. But today, he's gone 5x already. And these are not small poo's they are his normal sized poo's. A little liquidy, but well formed, and there are always urates. Does this seem unhealthy to you guys? Or do I just happen to have a beardie w/ an extremely healthy, fast digestive system? I'm only worried that he may be pooing out everything he eats kind of like us when we're sick, we retain nothing. Any advice, suggestions would be most appreciated.

 

[Beardednoob]

Basking temperature?
UV source?
Diet?

 

[Linziehonn]

Basking temperature?
UV source?
Diet?

103-108
Reptisun 10.0 tube mounted inside 40 gallon breeder
Varied diet as he will only eat so much of one thing at a time: medium dubias, medium crickets, few micro super's.
Collard greens mixed with peas and green beans, and few carrots. He won't eat the carrots though, only the collards and peas. Bananas as a Saturday treat.

 

[Beardednoob]

Did he have banana yesterday?
Is he eating as much is coming out?

 

[JessLC]

It sounds like a growth spirt. How old is he?
Mine was doing the exact same thing and then she had a shed and shot up an inch.
She's between 4-5 months old. :mrgreen:

 

[Linziehonn]

Did he have banana yesterday?
Is he eating as much is coming out?

Yes he had banana yesterday, he gets it every Saturday. He only eats about 3 pinkie nail sized pieces though. He is eating more than is coming out, I would have to guess. He eats about 20 small to medium dubias, 6-8 medium to large crickets, and recenlty lowered his superworm intake to 5-10 micro superworms per feeding, twice a day.

 

[Linziehonn]

It sounds like a growth spirt. How old is he?
Mine was doing the exact same thing and then she had a shed and shot up an inch.
She's between 4-5 months old. :mrgreen:

He is between 4-5 months old, at 13 inches. Right now he's in a full body shed and a tad grumpy. The 3x per day has always seemed a bit strange to me, so when he went 5x today I freaked out a lil lol. I hope it is just growth and/or that he has a fast digestive system. Just hope he's getting enough nutrition from his food before he poo's it all out!

 

[Beardednoob]

I would say he is just digesting fast. But, I am not 100% sure.
If the feces looks "normal" then i wouldn't worry. The only positive way to tell is a fecal/blood test, if they were both clean then it is just his normal schedule. My youngest dragon eats like a pig too, he will often poop 2-3 times a day. Again I wouldn't really worry.

 

[Linziehonn]

I would say he is just digesting fast. But, I am not 100% sure.
If the feces looks "normal" then i wouldn't worry. The only positive way to tell is a fecal/blood test, if they were both clean then it is just his normal schedule. My youngest dragon eats like a pig too, he will often poop 2-3 times a day. Again I wouldn't really worry.

I've never had a blood test ran on him, but his last fecal, which was a little less than two weeks ago, came back negative for parasites..other than the normal. I appreciate your replies, I won't worry about it so long everything else is normal. I might have a blood test ran on him next time I go in for a fecal just to be sure.

Thanks again!

 

[Beardednoob]

I would say he is just digesting fast. But, I am not 100% sure.
If the feces looks "normal" then i wouldn't worry. The only positive way to tell is a fecal/blood test, if they were both clean then it is just his normal schedule. My youngest dragon eats like a pig too, he will often poop 2-3 times a day. Again I wouldn't really worry.

I've never had a blood test ran on him, but his last fecal, which was a little less than two weeks ago, came back negative for parasites..other than the normal. I appreciate your replies, I won't worry about it so long everything else is normal. I might have a blood test ran on him next time I go in for a fecal just to be sure.

Thanks again!

If the fecal was clean, I wouldn't unless other issues arise. Blood work, needles can be very stressful on a dragon.

 

[Linziehonn]

Gotcha! I know they stress me out and I understand what they are, couldn't imagine what they'd do to my little one!