peera
Sub-Adult Member
Well, the 2 main causes of no poop are impaction and underfeeding. If he's active, I would guess that underfeeding is the reason he hasn't gone yet, but rub your fingers down his side from armpit to vent to check for impaction just in case.
I have a theory that pet stores don't tell people exactly how much baby dragons should be eating because once you think about it, you'll realize that only a millionare could afford to feed as much as they need at the prices pet stores charge. (My local store charges almost .10 per cricket. Miss Priss can eat nearly 100 crickets a day, so feeding her as much as she needs from the pet store would cost me about $300 a month or $3,650 for a year. I have 2 other dragons to feed, although they're adults and don't cost anything resembling that, and kind of like eating myself.) Buying in bulk offline is closer to $60 per month depending where you go. It still stings, but it's doable. Once you do the math, you're either not going to buy the lizard or find someplace cheaper to buy feeders, and they're out money. There's also the less money-grubbing way to look at it, that people just genuinly don't know better. Even if it's a store that sells nothing but reptiles, caring for a gecko or boa is nothing like caring for a dragon, and you probably won't know perfect husbandry for everything in your care.
I have a theory that pet stores don't tell people exactly how much baby dragons should be eating because once you think about it, you'll realize that only a millionare could afford to feed as much as they need at the prices pet stores charge. (My local store charges almost .10 per cricket. Miss Priss can eat nearly 100 crickets a day, so feeding her as much as she needs from the pet store would cost me about $300 a month or $3,650 for a year. I have 2 other dragons to feed, although they're adults and don't cost anything resembling that, and kind of like eating myself.) Buying in bulk offline is closer to $60 per month depending where you go. It still stings, but it's doable. Once you do the math, you're either not going to buy the lizard or find someplace cheaper to buy feeders, and they're out money. There's also the less money-grubbing way to look at it, that people just genuinly don't know better. Even if it's a store that sells nothing but reptiles, caring for a gecko or boa is nothing like caring for a dragon, and you probably won't know perfect husbandry for everything in your care.
