tillywally
Hatchling Member
For probably the past month, Puff has had diarrhea really bad and wasn't pooping on a regular schedule. I posted something about it before. Three weeks ago, we went to the vet and she isn't impacted and is very healthy. They took a fecal as well and we found out she had too many flagellates and treated her with flagyl (metronidazole) for a week every other day. She had no parasites whatsoever. I took in another fecal and she was cured of that. But her poop is still runny and very very smelly but she is going everyday so that's the only positive.
My guess is that she hasn't been basking enough and isn't processing her food correcting? Her poop is mostly undigested food and the one time I saw her go, she was straining it out. I am thinking that her basking spot was too hot and she can't stand being in it for too long. I was checking her temps and on the fluker's thermometer that I had it was saying that the basking spot was 125 and on my zoo med was saying 110 degrees... on the same spot. I'm not sure which one I should trust but I bought a stand regardless to lower her temps and now the fluker's is saying 115 and the zoo med is saying 98. Also it seems that she likes to chill on the cool side a lot, which is constantly 85 degrees. What do you guys think? May I be right? Here's a picture of before and after:
Before.
Now.
Also I'm going to buy a new thermometer from Walmart tomorrow... which one would you guys suggest? Also should I leave the screen top off so she can get her full amount of UVB? I bought a 75w bulb as well should I change that? I have a 100w now in there.
Any help would be great! I want her to poop normally again! I'm running out of reptile carpet!
My guess is that she hasn't been basking enough and isn't processing her food correcting? Her poop is mostly undigested food and the one time I saw her go, she was straining it out. I am thinking that her basking spot was too hot and she can't stand being in it for too long. I was checking her temps and on the fluker's thermometer that I had it was saying that the basking spot was 125 and on my zoo med was saying 110 degrees... on the same spot. I'm not sure which one I should trust but I bought a stand regardless to lower her temps and now the fluker's is saying 115 and the zoo med is saying 98. Also it seems that she likes to chill on the cool side a lot, which is constantly 85 degrees. What do you guys think? May I be right? Here's a picture of before and after:
Before.
Now.
Also I'm going to buy a new thermometer from Walmart tomorrow... which one would you guys suggest? Also should I leave the screen top off so she can get her full amount of UVB? I bought a 75w bulb as well should I change that? I have a 100w now in there.
Any help would be great! I want her to poop normally again! I'm running out of reptile carpet!