Female Bearded Dragon constant upset tummy

[johnandtash]

Hi, I really hope someone can give me some advice. I have 2 bearded dragons they are about 5 yrs old. One male one female. I have had them since March. When I purchased them I was told they had been together a few years but have never had any eggs, so I agreed to buy them. I have kept lots of water dragons previously and from experience with eggs was not keen on going through it again. But since I have had her she has had 93 eggs. I spoke to the shop I purchased them from who seem to think they are just happy with me and are being look after correctly so that is why she is having eggs now. Since she has been laying the eggs she has had a runny tummy. It also smells worse that my dogs bottom which is bad lol. I took her to a specialist vet who checked her over and checked her poo and he said she is fine no problem with poo. Is it normal for her to have a bad tummy when in mating session? Would really be grateful for some advice on this. The whole family have fallen in love with them. They are so happy together and get depressed if you seperate them so really dont want to do that. Also she is always hungry. They have a fresh salad/veg daily. Also 5th locusts as their main live food with occassional crickets. My male will eat 2 - 4 a day. She would eat 10 plus if I let her. It is costing a fortune. After she has her eggs I give her a couple of pinkies. They also have occassional fruit for a treat.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

So, the vet did a full fecal on her then & found no parasite or worm counts that were alarming?
I would be careful keeping them together if she has had that many eggs. This can start to really take a toll on her health & zap her calcium stores over time. Does he constantly try to mate her right now?
When you separate them & they "act" depressed, they are actually just having a relocation type of stress & would adjust to it eventually. You will have to decide if it is worth housing them together or not. Usually, it ends up being too much stress & the constant laying will take a toll on her.
The runny stools are probably caused by stress. Do you have any probiotics to give to her? As far as giving pinkies, I would only give one per month as giving too many will contribute to fatty liver disease.
Do you have a good UVB light for them? How often do you give calcium supplementation?

Tracie

 

[Chair76]

why does the probiotics help reduce stress or what does it help cause mine has been acting werid too but no male around. shes 10 months old so is it possibly that shes going through harmones?