Constipated Beardie only poops in water

[BeardieMommy85]

Hi everyone....well I have a situation where someone told me I could start to feed my beardie larger crickets and he ended up getting really constipated and I had to take him to the vet for the vet to help him poop because nothing I was doing was working...anyways, ever since then he will not poop on his own at all, and he will get constipated and only go when I give him baths and massage his belly. I don't think this is normal, and I am wondering if anyone else has the same situation where their beardie will only poop in the bath as well? I am wondering if something is wrong with his digestive tract, but It's over 100 dollars just for an x-ray and I don't have that kind of money right now so does anyone have any ideas why he may not go to the bathroom on his own anymore? He is 7 months old and the basking spot is 100 degrees and he has a Repti sun 10.0 tube and he never had a problem like this until I gave him larger crickets which of course once I knew he was getting impacted by them I switched to the small crickets. Any suggestions??

 

[daner923]

How often are you expecting him to poop? At 7 months, many dragons aren't pooping quite as often. My 7 month old only poops 2-3 times a week now. Some dragons also don't like to poop in their vivs. My guy hates when he does - I normally find him in the far side of his viv, covered in stress marks, when I get home from work on a day that he poops in his viv :lol: If I'm home, he will always try to go when he is out and about.

 

[BeardieMommy85]

Thanks for responding! Well, at this point my dragon isn't pooping even ONCE a week until I give him a warm water soak in the bath and massage his belly for about 20 minutes..he never used to mind going in his viv he had a special spot he went in but now he just keeps getting constipated and I am not quite sure if there is anything I can do about it...

 

[anc90]

Logan is 6 months old and poops once a day,sometimes he poops every other day or so. 99% of the time he will poop in the bath,as he hates it in his viv also! He won't even go near it if he does!!

 

[Esther19]

Some beardies will only go in the bath, and will hold it until they can. I would bathe him daily to see if he needs to go that often.

 

[BeardieMommy85]

Wow, okay, that's what I thought I had heard before, that some beardie's only poop in the bath. I think mine has got into that habit....I guess it's not a big deal except for the fact that it is a little time consuming where it takes a half an hour for him to poop and get massages from me, but its okay because I love him to death and will do anything to help the little guy!!

 

[dexter2012]

hi...remember to only feed your beardie what the distance is between his eyes. Anything larger might cause him problems. Daily baths are also a good practice. My dex loves the bath and 99% of the time he will poop in it. Some beardies like and some don't. Getting them in the bath at a young age is good as it develops routine.

Good Luck

 

[f0rtsar3l0v3]

Hello there! My 7 month old beardie Zep'lin prefers to poop in her bath too! I do notice she strains to poop so I started giving her worms coated in organic coconut oil to lube things up inside and down there. Since we staryed doing that she went from one poop a week to 3 and it seems much easier on her. Plus, she loves the coconut oil she will now eat it on its own.
Good luck!