Mermaider26
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Sorry for how long this post is, I just want to be as specific as possible.
Starting about 3 weeks ago, my bd Sonny (approx 57g, 10-11", approx 3 months old) began to act as if he/she was going to poo, but only urates would come out. There were still about 3 poops/day, and 4 urates a day, on top of the urates that would come out with the normal poop. We figured that this meant that Sonny was just really hydrated, and even asked our vet, who confirmed that it was fine. (The vet had done a fecal test a week earlier, and said Sonny had +2 pinworms, but didn't recommend treatment)
About a week later, there was one urate with a salmon type color in it. After much research, it seemed to be caused by too much calcium, so we decreased the amount of calcium we added during feeding.
A couple days after that, there was a small amount of blood in one of the urates that Sonny released in the bath (Also with no poop). After that, it continued for a couple of days (during which I tried contacting our vet, but never was able to get ahold of him), and then stopped. I figured that it was probably a small tear in Sonny's intestine or something from possibly eating a cricket that may have been too big.
This past Saturday, after about 3 days with no discoloration, and Sonny having acted normal the whole time, we went to visit family in New Jersey (about 3 hours from home). I held Sonny the entire ride with the heat cranked to ensure he was warm enough. He loved the ride and was very active and happy the entire time. When we arrived, and set up his travel tank, he began refusing to eat anything. We assumed it was because of the relocation stress, but kept a close eye on him to be sure.
The next day, we went out to eat, and when we came back there were 2 tiny poops with urates and more blood than had been coming out at home the week before. It still wasn't a lot of blood, but it was concerning. We rushed him to an animal hospital before taking him home. There, the vet gave him antibiotics for pinworms, and said he was otherwise healthy.
I've read a lot on bloody urate/poop in bds, but nothing about pinworms comes up.
Today, Sonny is slightly more sluggish than usual, but he also had a 4 hour vet visit and 3 hour drive yesterday, so I'm not too concerned about that since he is still moving around and has eaten for the first time in 2 days today.
I'm mostly concerned that the issue may be something more serious than the pinworms. Has anyone had a similar situation?
We have eco carpet for substrate, 40 gal breeder for now, uva, uvb & heat lights (Unfortunately my partner bought them and threw the packaging away so I'm not sure exactly the make of the bulbs, but he did research on it first, so I assume that he got good lights, but am not 100%). We feed live crickets, veggies (usually carrots, butternut squash and green beans, sometimes with fruit as a treat, but that is rare), and dark greens (collards and dandelion greens usually, but we sometimes use bok choy). We clean the tank with diluted vinegar, bake all wood at least once a week, scrub all rocks with hot water, or boil them depending what it is, and we offer fresh water in the pool daily).
Unfortunately I didn't get a pic of the blood yesterday, but there is a pic from today on the eco carpet. (Sorry in advance for the pics haha)
Thanks in advance for helping, we are a little freaked out!
Starting about 3 weeks ago, my bd Sonny (approx 57g, 10-11", approx 3 months old) began to act as if he/she was going to poo, but only urates would come out. There were still about 3 poops/day, and 4 urates a day, on top of the urates that would come out with the normal poop. We figured that this meant that Sonny was just really hydrated, and even asked our vet, who confirmed that it was fine. (The vet had done a fecal test a week earlier, and said Sonny had +2 pinworms, but didn't recommend treatment)
About a week later, there was one urate with a salmon type color in it. After much research, it seemed to be caused by too much calcium, so we decreased the amount of calcium we added during feeding.
A couple days after that, there was a small amount of blood in one of the urates that Sonny released in the bath (Also with no poop). After that, it continued for a couple of days (during which I tried contacting our vet, but never was able to get ahold of him), and then stopped. I figured that it was probably a small tear in Sonny's intestine or something from possibly eating a cricket that may have been too big.
This past Saturday, after about 3 days with no discoloration, and Sonny having acted normal the whole time, we went to visit family in New Jersey (about 3 hours from home). I held Sonny the entire ride with the heat cranked to ensure he was warm enough. He loved the ride and was very active and happy the entire time. When we arrived, and set up his travel tank, he began refusing to eat anything. We assumed it was because of the relocation stress, but kept a close eye on him to be sure.
The next day, we went out to eat, and when we came back there were 2 tiny poops with urates and more blood than had been coming out at home the week before. It still wasn't a lot of blood, but it was concerning. We rushed him to an animal hospital before taking him home. There, the vet gave him antibiotics for pinworms, and said he was otherwise healthy.
I've read a lot on bloody urate/poop in bds, but nothing about pinworms comes up.
Today, Sonny is slightly more sluggish than usual, but he also had a 4 hour vet visit and 3 hour drive yesterday, so I'm not too concerned about that since he is still moving around and has eaten for the first time in 2 days today.
I'm mostly concerned that the issue may be something more serious than the pinworms. Has anyone had a similar situation?
We have eco carpet for substrate, 40 gal breeder for now, uva, uvb & heat lights (Unfortunately my partner bought them and threw the packaging away so I'm not sure exactly the make of the bulbs, but he did research on it first, so I assume that he got good lights, but am not 100%). We feed live crickets, veggies (usually carrots, butternut squash and green beans, sometimes with fruit as a treat, but that is rare), and dark greens (collards and dandelion greens usually, but we sometimes use bok choy). We clean the tank with diluted vinegar, bake all wood at least once a week, scrub all rocks with hot water, or boil them depending what it is, and we offer fresh water in the pool daily).
Unfortunately I didn't get a pic of the blood yesterday, but there is a pic from today on the eco carpet. (Sorry in advance for the pics haha)
Thanks in advance for helping, we are a little freaked out!
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