I have a 3.5 year old beardie who hasn't been pooping. As long as I've had her she's never pooped that frequently, generally only once a week but its been 2.5 weeks and she hasn't gone.
The weird thing is that otherwise there has been no change to her behavior. She has plenty of appetite, lots of energy, no change in her gait, no noticeable bulge anywhere along her GI tract. I just cant seem to get her to poop.
So far I've been trying warm baths for 20-30 minutes (I've done this twice) and giving her a bit more fruit (blueberries) with her food and I've let her lick a bit of olive oil twice. I've gently massaged her tummy both in and out of the bath and I have been letting her run around my room to see if she'll go but she hasn't.
Since I haven't had any health trouble with her since I moved away for university, I forgot to check if there was a vet in town. The nearest vet is two towns away and I cannot drive nor do I know anyone in town with a car. Its currently -20 Celsius outside and I am scared to bring her out at all for transit because I don't know if I have the means to keep her warm.
Does anyone know of any more ways I can get her to poop? Should I be so worried if she does not seem sick otherwise? Any suggestions for what I can do about the vet? I'm very worried about all this but I have no idea what could've impacted her.
Thanks for your help!
(other info)
-Tank is 60 gallons, reptile carpet substrate, 35c in the basking spot and 25-27c in the cooler areas (slightly lower at night as I turn my room heating down a few degrees), light is a zoo med reptisun 10.0 UVB T5HO
-Diet: every day I give her whatever staple greens my local store sells (ideally collard but they often run out so I get dandelion, bok choy or endive. Last few weeks I've had collard), most days of the week I top it with some fruits (blueberries usually) and 1-2x a week I give a few crickets from frozen (I buy them live, gut feed them and then freeze them as I am not allowed to keep live bugs in my building. I cannot get dubia roaches in Canada. I let them thaw a bit before giving them to her and I have done this since she reached adult size with no problems, I'm aware it isn't ideal but I've never had any trouble with it before)
-I dust everything with calcium supplement and twice a week I give a multivitamin
-Since she doesn't drink much I use a little syringe to drip water onto her nose every once and a while and she laps it up like that.
The weird thing is that otherwise there has been no change to her behavior. She has plenty of appetite, lots of energy, no change in her gait, no noticeable bulge anywhere along her GI tract. I just cant seem to get her to poop.
So far I've been trying warm baths for 20-30 minutes (I've done this twice) and giving her a bit more fruit (blueberries) with her food and I've let her lick a bit of olive oil twice. I've gently massaged her tummy both in and out of the bath and I have been letting her run around my room to see if she'll go but she hasn't.
Since I haven't had any health trouble with her since I moved away for university, I forgot to check if there was a vet in town. The nearest vet is two towns away and I cannot drive nor do I know anyone in town with a car. Its currently -20 Celsius outside and I am scared to bring her out at all for transit because I don't know if I have the means to keep her warm.
Does anyone know of any more ways I can get her to poop? Should I be so worried if she does not seem sick otherwise? Any suggestions for what I can do about the vet? I'm very worried about all this but I have no idea what could've impacted her.
Thanks for your help!
(other info)
-Tank is 60 gallons, reptile carpet substrate, 35c in the basking spot and 25-27c in the cooler areas (slightly lower at night as I turn my room heating down a few degrees), light is a zoo med reptisun 10.0 UVB T5HO
-Diet: every day I give her whatever staple greens my local store sells (ideally collard but they often run out so I get dandelion, bok choy or endive. Last few weeks I've had collard), most days of the week I top it with some fruits (blueberries usually) and 1-2x a week I give a few crickets from frozen (I buy them live, gut feed them and then freeze them as I am not allowed to keep live bugs in my building. I cannot get dubia roaches in Canada. I let them thaw a bit before giving them to her and I have done this since she reached adult size with no problems, I'm aware it isn't ideal but I've never had any trouble with it before)
-I dust everything with calcium supplement and twice a week I give a multivitamin
-Since she doesn't drink much I use a little syringe to drip water onto her nose every once and a while and she laps it up like that.
