Isn't eating normaly + poop is abnormaly small

[Maddy615]

He hasn't been eating like he usually does for about 2 days now. Usually, when I put the cricket tube in his cage he'll run to it excitedly and immediately start chasing the crickets. Also, when I go to feed him lettuce he'll get really excited and take it straight from my hands as I put it in the cage. For the past two days, however, he hasn't even touched the lettuce that I've put in his bowl, and when I went to give him crickets he didn't seem to care and didn't even try to eat them. He even let the crickets crawl on him. Also, he pooped both yesterday and today but both were very small. He's always had big poop, even since he was about the size of my thumb, but now it's not even close to normal size. I talked to my sister and she said a similar thing happened to a bearded dragon at this summer camp she went to and that it was due to indigestion so I should rub his tummy so I did, and that's when he made the second unnaturally small poop that I mentioned, but he's still not any better.
Also, he's only about 1 1/2 years old, so it's not like he's just getting old or something like that. Any advice would help! Thanks!

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. Can you give a rundown of the set up? Also lettuce is not good for them. Mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens are way better nutritionally for him. Here is a good site to go by beautifuldragons.com. How many superworms do you feed a day?

 

[JayceeBuddy67]

Hi. Hope he gets better! Like Destiny1998 said, lettuce is not good for them. If you dont want to spend money on mustard or collard greens, Pick dandelions, and freeze them. Thats what I do. Also, people don't usually recomend Supers until almost full grown. Can your run down your set up? What kind of UVB do you use? Coil, bulb or tube? Instead of Supers, feed him crickets or Dubia roaches.

 

[Maddy615]

He finally ate a few mealworms but he still won't eat lettuce or crickets and he's been in his house for most of the day, but he was also out and climbing around on top of his house and stuff like that earlier today. Should I still be worried or do you think he's okay since he ate a little? Also, he has been eating romaine lettuce since I got him about over a year and a half ago and he often refuses to eat any other kinds of greens. I don't feed him Superworms because he usually doesn't even like mealworms, except for just recently. I also got him a new UVB bulb today in case that was the problem and I've always used coil since that is the only kind the store has.

 

[JayceeBuddy67]

OK, like I said, don't feed him lettuce. Any kind. That's good that he ate. Mine loves, absolutely LOVES mealies! just keep trying to feed her. If she hasn't pooped, continue giving her warm baths and messauge her tummy. She may be constipated. If she doesn't poop for five more days, try giving her apple sauce.

Whoops! Just noticed, I said him and then her! :-/ sorry Keep me updated!

 

[JayceeBuddy67]

Also, what is the brand of your UVB?

Sounds like you are a very caring+compassionate beardie owner! Good job taking care of him!

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. The coil you are using are bad for beardies. They cause appetite, lethargy and eye problems and they don't put off the correct amount of uvb. The most recommended on here is the reptisun 10.0 Tube. If its nice where you live you can take her outside for some natural rays. That should perk her up and help her digest properly.