clyde612
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- Beardie name(s)
- Clyde
(Reposting with an edit because I'm still not sure what's up)
Just when I though all was well again, Clyde is now having diarrhea! And weird behavior.
^Healthy poop just over a week ago.
(lol ignore the greens floating in water I was trying a trick to see if he would drink on his own hahaha)
We just moved from CO to California. He’s had some relocation stress and constipation. Last time he had relocation he also had constipation so it wasn’t a big surprise. When he would finally poop it would be these massive but very healthy looking poops (solid poop, just a little excess water, white urinate). Then the constipation went away (yay!) but quickly his poops have gotten too watery.
^^^The other day he had explosive diarrhea that got on 3 walls of his cage and even a little drip of poop water was on his back, it was quite the crime scene. I’m worried that my little baby isn’t feeling very well. The urinate is still white and I JUST got another poop sample done at the vet (he actually pooped on the examination table lol) but it came back negative for parasites/worms. Since then he's been hanging out on the cool side of his tank and sometimes napping. I fed him today and he eat 3 roaches and a good amount of salad but he didn't bask afterwards. I have him on his heating pad now to help with digestion. He’s had stress mark a little more often too, which is not very much but in the past he would hardly ever get them. I’ll attach a photo of the tank set up.
His UVB is a T5 and I heard those are good for a year but I switch it out every 9 months to be safe. It’s been 8 months so I might switch it out early. Could it be that his UVB is too weak/strong? It’s a 34inch 39W T5 HO 10.0 UVB mounted on the inside of his 120 gal tank in a reflective hood.
Note: this is how it was set up in Colorado too. When I first got to CA I had it laying on top of the mesh for a week maybe more before remounting it.
The other idea I had was maybe he’s eating too much zucchini, although he eats it a lot and it usually doesn’t give him diarrhea. I chop it up to “garnish” his salads almost every day so that he’ll eat the salad.
Diet is kale, collard greens, mustard greens, and dandelion greens as staples, zucchini and greens beans as toppings, bee pollen as a topping (I use it every day though), dubia roaches (every day because he still is gaining back a little weight from surgery after that I will cut back, hornworms and occasional fruit as treats.
Any other ideas why he could be having diarrhea? And the napping? Brumation? An issue?
I recently added a water dish to his tank but he has never drank from it. I always had it out in Colorado but in California I’ve been trying to keep humidity down as I’m right next to the ocean. I usually just use a dropper to give him water every day or every other day. Is it possible to give them too much water?
One last thing. He just itched his head but he shed his head like a week ago. Could he be shedding again already? He’s barely shed since adulthood, twice maybe. And he has some shed on his tail that I just lightly scrubbed in the bath because it’s having trouble coming off on its own. Not sure if that’s helpful info, maybe it could tell me something about UVB levels…
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!!
(Here's the old thread it got kind of long: https://www.beardeddragon.org/threads/clyde’s-diarrhea-is-back.263816/page-1)
Just when I though all was well again, Clyde is now having diarrhea! And weird behavior.
^Healthy poop just over a week ago.
(lol ignore the greens floating in water I was trying a trick to see if he would drink on his own hahaha)
We just moved from CO to California. He’s had some relocation stress and constipation. Last time he had relocation he also had constipation so it wasn’t a big surprise. When he would finally poop it would be these massive but very healthy looking poops (solid poop, just a little excess water, white urinate). Then the constipation went away (yay!) but quickly his poops have gotten too watery.
^^^The other day he had explosive diarrhea that got on 3 walls of his cage and even a little drip of poop water was on his back, it was quite the crime scene. I’m worried that my little baby isn’t feeling very well. The urinate is still white and I JUST got another poop sample done at the vet (he actually pooped on the examination table lol) but it came back negative for parasites/worms. Since then he's been hanging out on the cool side of his tank and sometimes napping. I fed him today and he eat 3 roaches and a good amount of salad but he didn't bask afterwards. I have him on his heating pad now to help with digestion. He’s had stress mark a little more often too, which is not very much but in the past he would hardly ever get them. I’ll attach a photo of the tank set up.
His UVB is a T5 and I heard those are good for a year but I switch it out every 9 months to be safe. It’s been 8 months so I might switch it out early. Could it be that his UVB is too weak/strong? It’s a 34inch 39W T5 HO 10.0 UVB mounted on the inside of his 120 gal tank in a reflective hood.
Note: this is how it was set up in Colorado too. When I first got to CA I had it laying on top of the mesh for a week maybe more before remounting it.
The other idea I had was maybe he’s eating too much zucchini, although he eats it a lot and it usually doesn’t give him diarrhea. I chop it up to “garnish” his salads almost every day so that he’ll eat the salad.
Diet is kale, collard greens, mustard greens, and dandelion greens as staples, zucchini and greens beans as toppings, bee pollen as a topping (I use it every day though), dubia roaches (every day because he still is gaining back a little weight from surgery after that I will cut back, hornworms and occasional fruit as treats.
Any other ideas why he could be having diarrhea? And the napping? Brumation? An issue?
I recently added a water dish to his tank but he has never drank from it. I always had it out in Colorado but in California I’ve been trying to keep humidity down as I’m right next to the ocean. I usually just use a dropper to give him water every day or every other day. Is it possible to give them too much water?
One last thing. He just itched his head but he shed his head like a week ago. Could he be shedding again already? He’s barely shed since adulthood, twice maybe. And he has some shed on his tail that I just lightly scrubbed in the bath because it’s having trouble coming off on its own. Not sure if that’s helpful info, maybe it could tell me something about UVB levels…
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP!!!
(Here's the old thread it got kind of long: https://www.beardeddragon.org/threads/clyde’s-diarrhea-is-back.263816/page-1)
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I was thinking about taking a sample to his vet appointment and that’s on Friday but now I’m thinking I should just cancel the appointment and do another stool sample first? It’s really seeming like parasite.
