Hoping the online community can help me with this one....
My female dragon is about 2.5 yrs old. Has not pooped in approx 3 weeks - long story short:
- took her to the vet 1 wk ago, got fluids + enema + meds
- been administering laxative daily for 1 week
- olive oil + warm water + liquid diet (from the vet, plus vitamins) daily
- warm water baths + massages multiple times daily
- keeping warm, if not under a lamp then on a heat pad
- with massaging, it doesn't feel like a foreign object was swallowed - just feels like very VERY solid poop. My suspicion is she ate too many dubia roaches without enough hydration - all the shells/possible walnut shell bedding from the tank are blocking the gut.
I've already reviewed all of the living conditions with the vet - I understand the substrate, UV, diet, nutrients + etc, and at this point none of those can/need to be changed - so my main question is:
Aside from what I have listed, are there any additional actions I can take short from getting an X-ray from the vet??
Any "crazy tricks" from somebody who has experienced this? I don't want her to be in pain, or come home to worse...
Thank you!!
My female dragon is about 2.5 yrs old. Has not pooped in approx 3 weeks - long story short:
- took her to the vet 1 wk ago, got fluids + enema + meds
- been administering laxative daily for 1 week
- olive oil + warm water + liquid diet (from the vet, plus vitamins) daily
- warm water baths + massages multiple times daily
- keeping warm, if not under a lamp then on a heat pad
- with massaging, it doesn't feel like a foreign object was swallowed - just feels like very VERY solid poop. My suspicion is she ate too many dubia roaches without enough hydration - all the shells/possible walnut shell bedding from the tank are blocking the gut.
I've already reviewed all of the living conditions with the vet - I understand the substrate, UV, diet, nutrients + etc, and at this point none of those can/need to be changed - so my main question is:
Aside from what I have listed, are there any additional actions I can take short from getting an X-ray from the vet??
Any "crazy tricks" from somebody who has experienced this? I don't want her to be in pain, or come home to worse...
Thank you!!