Is this right?

[Xexus]

How old is your dragon? Above a year
How long have you had your dragon? Five months
How long is your dragon? Between 17 and 18 inches
What is the sex of your dragon? Female
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 36x18x16
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? slate tile
Do you use UVB lights? yes
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? flourescent tube
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? reptisun-10.0 T-8 15Watts I believe.
How old is your UVB bulb? almost 5 months
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? between 6 to 8 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Yes, 75 watt reptile bulb
What are the basking temps? 105~106 degrees
What is the cool side temp? 80~85 degrees
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? wire with a probe.
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? Digatal hygrometer with a probe
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? No
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. superworms, and for a salad a mixture of yellow squash, collard mustard and turnip greens, as well as kale every now and then.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? Veggies in the morning, superworms at night
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? No gutloading the superworms
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? I use the calcium supplement dust every night
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? Not recently because she hasn't been eating much. It's been almost a week since she's pooped
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Yes once every other day
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? yes
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? I'm waiting for her to poop to have a fecal done

Are these alright? Or do I need to improve anything?

 

[brodie67]

Everything seems good to me but make sure the kale is raw and make sure the beardie is pooping and you might want to gutload the superworms to increase the calcium for the beardie. If you didn't already know you can check for more stuff for her to eat at http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html They love squash! I am getting my beardie some soon he tried it and loved it. And keep introducing her to some more greens too. :wink:

 

[Xexus]

Alright. Yeah her Kale is raw. She's been eating a little bit and is just as active but no poop. The one thing we don't want I can't get! Yeah, to gutload the super's should I just put a carrot or potato in the cage or?

 

[pscaulkins]

I put collards and turnip greens in my superworm container and they eat all of it. I don't like to put potatoes as it is just starch.

 

[peera]

Carrot, potato, apple all work for gutloading supers (I use squash since I'm buying it for the dragons anyhow). Try putting it on a very shallow lid though, because if you have substrate the supers will haul it down and it'll start to mold and get gross.

To get her to poop try feeding her a little bit of sugar free applesauce... I get little individual cups of the Santa Cruz Organics Apple Raspberry flavor, that way it isn't a big jar sitting around going bad if you don't like it, they last forever if you don't open them. You may need to put a drop on her nose to get her interested, but mine love it and dive right in now that they know what it is. A little goes a long way, so don't let her overdo it. If that still doesn't work, try putting a drop or two (once again, don't overdo it!) of vegetable/mineral/olive oil on one of her worms.

 

[Xexus]

Alright thanks I'll try that. So any sugar free applesauce will work?

 

[peera]

Any sugar free applesauce will work as long as it doesn't have artificial sweetener in it. I prefer to use organic because the pesticides they use on apples can be pretty harsh, but it boils down to a matter of opinion since there's no concrete evidence either way right now.

 

[killjoy7]

I noticed that you said that you bathe your dragon every day. Did she (used to) poop in the bath or not?
When my BD hasn't pooped in a while, I mix up the water temps a bit...starting normal temp (at least 10 minutes), then warmer, then I add 'room temperature' (no less than 75F) for just a minute and then back to warm again. If he still doesn't go by then, I tickle him (my guy is definitely ticklish) while he's in the water. My method doesn't always work on the first day, but always by the second.
Good luck with her, the apple sauce will help too.

Joy
Topi's housekeeper

 

[Xexus]

No she has never pooped when taking her bath. I'll try that with mixing the water temps up. I'm getting the applesauce today.