HELP!! Bearded dragon ate dead, rotting bird

[catwu20]

This morning, my 5-year old bearded dragon was outside and I looked away for a second, and she ate a DEAD ROTTING ANIMAL!! I don't know what animal it was. It was brown and black had a white slime over it. My mom who was watching this thinks it was a bird.

She ate it too quickly before I could pull it out. She ate a head and a neck, the size of the piece was around 3 inches x 2 inches.

Will she be okay?? Should I bring her to the vet?? It's been 10 minutes and she seems normal, no black beard. What signs should I look for that something is wrong??

 

[Claudiusx]

More than likely will be ok. At this point it's been 2 hours or so? Any immediate ill effects would have been evident already. The only thing to watch out for now is a parasite infection. The immune system can do a pretty good job of keeping things at bay, including parasites, so just make sure she is still eating fine, basking, and active. If it's been a week or two, I'd call it in the clear

-Brandon

 

[catwu20]

More than likely will be ok. At this point it's been 2 hours or so? Any immediate ill effects would have been evident already. The only thing to watch out for now is a parasite infection. The immune system can do a pretty good job of keeping things at bay, including parasites, so just make sure she is still eating fine, basking, and active. If it's been a week or two, I'd call it in the clear

-Brandon

Thanks so much Brandon!!