Dubia roaches causing slight impaction?

[jgolden4958]

I have a beardie that I'm guessing is around 4 or 5 months. She's 11 inches from nose to tip of tail. I give her a lot of variety in her diet and so I bought some Dubia roaches at a reptile expo this weekend (along with another beardie and a gargoyle gecko, all having their own enclosures of course) and it seems like whenever I give her even the small roaches she has a hard time with her poop. So I give her a warm bath and rub her belly and she's fine the next time she goes. I was told that they're better than crickets so I just wanted to know if anyone else had this problem? I've had her for 3 months and the temperature and UVB have been consistent. The roaches are the only different thing I'm doing. I'm obviously not giving them to her anymore. Her Phoenix worms should be here today.

 

[Soulwind]

If she's used to eating nothing but phoenix worms, then yes the
chitin in Dubia might be changing her poo cycles up a bit.

Crickets would do even more to her if that's the case.
Dubia have much less chitin per meat than crickets do.

Either way, if you continue with the dubia, she'll get used to them.
My babies are quite regular and 90% of their protein is from Dubia.

 

[jgolden4958]

I was actually using them to get her off of crickets. And the crickets don't do anything to her. Thanks for your input. It just freaks me out to think of something happening to her, even if it is just constipation. She's the best pet out of any small animal or reptile I've ever had.