Dexters belly is huge help

[Zero138]

So i posted earlier that dexter was lazy since i got him bigger crix and i was worried about impaction. However he is still eating an he is pooping quite well, trust me
anyway i got him out tonight to hold him and his belly was like huge. it seemed swollen. now he had seen me holding Ring around, my 2 y old daughters wonderfully named dragon, just before i got him out. I just was worried that something was wrong His belly was HUGE. is this normal. lately he has just been laying around and his legs hav been kicked back. Hes been laying on the tile and not his log as much, what should i do, hes still active he ran around when i got him out and he will run in his tank to get away from a misting. im just worried all this started when he got bigger crix. any ideas? its been a week on the big crix just so everyone knows. is it possible hes just over eating and is tired from such a big meal? He just got his new reptisun 10.0 today so i hope this helps him out. Should i be worried?

 

[AHBD]

How big is this dragon,lengthwise, and how old ? It does sound like he's just pretty well stuffed. Hind-leg extension can be a sign of possible impaction, but since he is still running around and pooing [ I think you said he was] he should be O.K. The good old warm bath can help him get a lazy bowel moving LOL.If he has a lot of trouble pooping, a few drops of olive oil in applesauce can grease things up. If the crickets are too large, go down a size.

 

[Zero138]

Ok he is about 6.5 inches.

So when I woke up this morning Dexter was laying on his basking log sleeping. This is very weird it's the same spot he was at when I turned his lights out. EVERY night he sleeps on the cool side in his tree hide and so now I'm worried. What can I do?

 

[AHBD]

See how he acts once he is awake. Really can't tell anything until he gets active. They can change the spot they sleep in without it meaning there's a problem. By the way, what size crix is he eating ? At 6'5", you must be VERY careful,it's very easy to cause impaction with the bigger crix.

 

[Zero138]

The crix/beardie breeder gave me 1/3-1/2 inch crix so about that size I won't feed him the ones that are larger than that. The crix breeder is bringing me a free 500 because I wanted small Crix and I got what they consider small-medium but I insider these for Dexter med-large

 

[coastergirl946]

Be very careful not to feed him anything bigger than the space between his eyes.