I'd say lay off the squash you gave and see if that straightens out the poop - take a fecal in w/ you and get a parasite test just to rule that out - the sunken fat pads could be a kidney issue going on but I am not sure - Tracie would need to address that issue - maybe have a blood test done for liver and kidney function tested -Hello!
I have another update. Last night at about 5:30 out of nowhere again he got a grey beard and suspended his tummy off the ground, looking very painful. He tried to poop a couple times, but only urate and clear liquid came out. He got worse, fully black beard and very yellow, sunken eyes and fat pads. At around 8 he pooped out some very smelly diarrhea. I have attached a pic of it here. Right after that he calmed down but still looked tired.
He is up and awake this morning but his eyes and fat pads are still sunken, and he's still tensing his stomach. I'm not sure what to make of this, he's been eating veggies everyday and back to eating black soldier fly larvae for a month now with no problem. I've been keeping up with Reptiboost everyday with probiotics mixed in. The only this I can thing of is that I gave him Patty pan squash for the first time in a long time the day before and yesterday. Maybe that was too hard on his system.
Aside from all this I was actually planning on taking him to the vet today! He has taken a dip in energy lately and I heard him wheeze a couple times so I decided to take him to a vet to check him out for respiratory infection. I was also going to take a stool sample with me to do a parasite check.
But now that this tummy issue is back again I don't know what to make of it. Maybe there's something bigger going on? I'm hoping he will look better by the time I got to take him, but if he's still weak I don't want to move him and stress him out further.
Any advice on what to do next?
Thanks Karrie! Just came home from work and he looks better, eyes not as sunken, stomach not as painful, but still low energy and flinches when his stomach is touched.I'd say lay off the squash you gave and see if that straightens out the poop - take a fecal in w/ you and get a parasite test just to rule that out - the sunken fat pads could be a kidney issue going on but I am not sure - Tracie would need to address that issue - maybe have a blood test done for liver and kidney function tested -
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Feed some baby food pumpkin see if that pushes it out - make sure he's hydratedHe's been eating lots of squash, endive, radicchio and safe veggies I know his stomach can handle. He still seems really backed up thoughI have been giving applesauce and drops of olive oil and he is pooping but not as much as I know he should be. For example, I gave him black soldier flies on Tuesday then his poops for three days after that had black soldier flies in them. It's like his system is behind! I have held off on the worm since Tuesday and have stuck to veggies, applesauce and watered down repti boost with probiotics.
When I give him baths to help him poop, I gently feel his tummy and I feel a firm lump up near his stomach and I am guessing it's the back log of food. I am getting concerned though, the past two days his poops been smaller. I am feeding less just cause I don't want to overwhelm his system, so maybe that's why it's smaller.
Other than being a little constipated, he is acting normal, alert and wants to run around in the mornings. So I am kinda stuck at the moment. Should I take him back to the vet? Or try to stick it out and see if this can be resolved at home? How often can I offer olive oil as a laxative?
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