Stormikins
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On Friday, I picked up an adorable beardie from the store. He is attentive, lively, and very much interested in being handled and spoken to.
I have him in a 40g tank, with carpet, and proper heating and basking. (Tank has two thermometers stuck to the wall. I'm around 95-100 on the hot side).
He gets fed salad made up of mustard greens, collared greens, acorn squash, apple, sprinkled with vitamins and calcium (reptical), and i also feed him dusted small crickets. He will lose his mind when he just sees the cricket container. I'm serious, he will try to get out of his tank the moment he sees me bring the cricket "condo" around.
He has pooped once on Saturday, but has not pooped since. The poop saturday looked good. I cleaned it right away, and we moved on with life. I have actually not fed him crickets yesterday, and figured I give him a break. (He might be pissed with me at this point)
But as of this morning, he has not pooped since saturday.
He is not sluggish, he is not bloated looking, his appetite is on point, he will eat from his dish, or from my hand, and he will seriously try to break free to get to them crickets. If I drop some in the cage, it's the most entertaining thing to watch him hunt. I gave him a warm bath, I rubbed his belly and felt nothing.
Now, the question is this: Should I worry that he has not pooped since Saturday? (Today being Tuesday) How often does he need to poop? Should I lower the rate of feeding him crickets, or maybe try feeding him something else? This is my first beardie so obviously, despite all the reading I am doing, I don't think I have seen anything about what should be an optimal poop rate, but lots of horror stories about impacting.
I have him in a 40g tank, with carpet, and proper heating and basking. (Tank has two thermometers stuck to the wall. I'm around 95-100 on the hot side).
He gets fed salad made up of mustard greens, collared greens, acorn squash, apple, sprinkled with vitamins and calcium (reptical), and i also feed him dusted small crickets. He will lose his mind when he just sees the cricket container. I'm serious, he will try to get out of his tank the moment he sees me bring the cricket "condo" around.
He has pooped once on Saturday, but has not pooped since. The poop saturday looked good. I cleaned it right away, and we moved on with life. I have actually not fed him crickets yesterday, and figured I give him a break. (He might be pissed with me at this point)
But as of this morning, he has not pooped since saturday.
He is not sluggish, he is not bloated looking, his appetite is on point, he will eat from his dish, or from my hand, and he will seriously try to break free to get to them crickets. If I drop some in the cage, it's the most entertaining thing to watch him hunt. I gave him a warm bath, I rubbed his belly and felt nothing.
Now, the question is this: Should I worry that he has not pooped since Saturday? (Today being Tuesday) How often does he need to poop? Should I lower the rate of feeding him crickets, or maybe try feeding him something else? This is my first beardie so obviously, despite all the reading I am doing, I don't think I have seen anything about what should be an optimal poop rate, but lots of horror stories about impacting.