If shes pooping it out thats good --- keep watching for more of it -- do you know how long it was? If she starts straining to go then there is a issue - there could be a cause of concern then -- I dont and hope it does not get wrapped around anything in that digestive parts --- we can have some others respond to thisOh my God I feel like such a bad person right now. I was letting my beardie out (Coco) and she would usually sit in the same place most of the time and not do anything really so I felt safe letting her out the cage and wander around my room. I never noticed anything wrong with her because she would just be acting energetic as usual (climbing, basking, etc.) I didn't see her eating but it was normal for her to ignore her food for a day then eat the next.
Turns out she had eaten my shoelace! I saw her poping a small bit of it out, so I very slowly pulled it out of her. I feel so bad and I see a bit of blood on it.
After a while I let her out the cage again and started to jump and climb as she usually does. Should I take her to the vet?? I'm so worried right now.
Hi there,
She should be ok. Your vet wouldn't be able to do much about this anyways. The lining of the throat/intestines is easily damaged, so it would be expected to see a little blood if you pulled a shoelace out of her. Luckily, the body is pretty good at healing itself too. Try to keep her diet soft for a week or so, no hard insects/salad items.
-Brandon
So, I've been looking online on the web at the time and I didn't see anything related to a situation where beardie ate a shoe string (till I found this place) so I pulled all of it out. It came out fairly easily and I stopped for a bit everytime she'd shift if she was uncomfortable. The shoelace is like +12 in. I can send a picture.If shes pooping it out thats good --- keep watching for more of it -- do you know how long it was? If she starts straining to go then there is a issue - there could be a cause of concern then -- I dont and hope it does not get wrapped around anything in that digestive parts --- we can have some others respond to this
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