How many dubias for a 15 year old recovering beardie?

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My beardie is recovering from extensive healthproblems and surgery: Obstruction / constipation and penis prolapse.

He has not pooped for the entire month since we started going to the vet but they have relieved him of some feces with a cottonswab. A week ago when i was there they told me they couldnt feel any feces in him and most of the obstruction should be gone according to my vet.

So he hasn't pooped. But he will eat. My question is

How many dubias should i feed him and how often? He got the subadults before he was sick, now I feed him the small ones (pillbug sizes). I've been feeding him 2-4 almost everyday but i'm not sure if thats right. I don't want to overfeed him especially when he doesn't poop. We are calling the vet tomorrow to consult but I would like to hear about your experiences here too.
 

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Luis and Lilith
My beardie is recovering from extensive healthproblems and surgery: Obstruction / constipation and penis prolapse.

He has not pooped for the entire month since we started going to the vet but they have relieved him of some feces with a cottonswab. A week ago when i was there they told me they couldnt feel any feces in him and most of the obstruction should be gone according to my vet.

So he hasn't pooped. But he will eat. My question is

How many dubias should i feed him and how often? He got the subadults before he was sick, now I feed him the small ones (pillbug sizes). I've been feeding him 2-4 almost everyday but i'm not sure if thats right. I don't want to overfeed him especially when he doesn't poop. We are calling the vet tomorrow to consult but I would like to hear about your experiences here too.
It would be better to feed him a little more dubias but less frequent, so the kidneys have enough time to process the protein. It could otherwise spike uric acid levels.

I feed mine three to four adult dubias, twice a week (he's only 1,5 years though). Overfeeding him on bugs might lead to him not eating his greens (at least with my boy).
 

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