How To.....

[Jrl6130]

How do I make my beardie poop??? She's in a perfect encloser and I have tried apple sauce, olive oil, massaging in the bath, lots of baths, baby food.... :/ anything else I can try???

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

I know someone else has tried prune baby food.

 

[Jrl6130]

I'll have to try that! have any other thoughts? she's such a weird beardie!!! She basks normaly and she hasent pooped in a while :/ she eats her baby food, Flukers repti boost and crickets. She also dosent have any stress marks only a few in the mornings before lights are on.

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Are the temps high enough? And you said you have UVB. Thats the only reason I can see her not pooping. How old is she?

 

[Jrl6130]

Yeah her temps are around 98 to 100 and the UVB is a reptisun 10.0 tube. Shes about 3 and 1/2 months old.

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Try boosting the basking temp a bit more, until it hits 105. That could help her a bit if she is having some difficulty digesting. How long has it been? Hopefully the prunes will help. Mix a little oil in to give it an extra oomf!

 

[Jrl6130]

Thanks! I'll go get some prunes tommorow and ok I will boost it up. It's been around 2 and 1/2 weeks from her last poo :/

 

[Esther19]

Try getting her to drink water by dripping some on her nose with a dropper or syringe so that it dribbles over her lips. Add some unsweetened juice to the water, if necessary.

 

[Jrl6130]

I do that and she licks a few drops. I have been giving her baths also.

 

[Esther19]

Good job! Offer the water several times a day, which you probably are doing.

 

[Jrl6130]

Yes any thoughts on why Shes not pooping ?

 

[mikewithsfi]

What do you have under the basking light for your beardie to lay on? Many have discussed basking lights, but not ask whats under it. The reason is in order for proper digestion a bearded dragon will lay on a warm spot be it a rock sand etc etc in the wild. This heats the beardies belly up and this allows for proper digestion (not sure the exact term) . My beardie has a large rock under the basking light, the rock stays warm and my beardie will lay on it, this helping digestion. Just my 2 cents...

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Impaction is usually the reason for not going for this long. Can you feel a hard lump in her belly?

 

[Jrl6130]

She has a piece of wood that I got at a reptile expo. I can't feel anything hard under her belly but I do feel a little lump ball almost? Could this be poop?!!??

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

I doubt the wood was to blame unless it was small enough to eat. Are her feeders smaller than the space between her eyes? And yes, that hard ball could definetly be an impction. Keep massaging her tummy from shoulder to vent in the bath once or twice a day, and see if the prunes/applesauce/oil/etc helps it to move at all.

Stop feeding her anything solid until this passes. We don't want to add any more. Switch to feeding her entirely baby food and her laxative foods. Squash and Turkey babyfoods are a good mixture to feed.

Take her out in the sun in a box or a bin. Sometimes the extra strength UVB and warmth will give a boost to her digestion. (me dragon always seems to poop outside. )

Keep us informed!