It's been 4 Days and still no poop

[Moonbed]

Had our new little one for 4 Days now he's been eating well and active but not seen any poop yet.. we are going to bath him later and see if that does the trick, any advice?

 

[Zombiepanda]

What kind of substrate/flooring is he on?

 

[Moonbed]

Just on wood and brown paper we got from the reptile shop

 

[Zombiepanda]

Ok cool! Sand and loose substrate can cause impaction, but since you don't have that it could just be relocation stress. A lot of babies do really well the first few days and then the delayed relocation stress kicks in and can last for a few days to a couple weeks. What all is he eating?

 

[Moonbed]

He loves locust so much and also east crix but salad wise he's barely ate anything I've only seen him eat bell pepper but we've offered him sqash, kale, caggage and a couple herbs but doesn't seem to want any

 

[Zombiepanda]

Most babies/juveniles won't eat salad so no worries there my suggestion is just make sure the locusts and crickets are the size of the space between his eyes and no bigger. And give him some time it maybe just stress. Relocation stress is a big thing and almost every little guy goes through it in some form

 

[Moonbed]

What should I do with the bigger ones then? Cause not all of the bugs are appropriate

 

[Zombiepanda]

How much too big are they? Maggie will eat a bigger one every now and again but I make sure it's early in the day so she has all day to digest it and I've even cut them in half too. A big that's too big can possibly cause impaction. How big is your little guy? And how big are your bugs?

 

[Moonbed]

He's about 9/10 inches but hard to be exact as he doesn't stay still long when I'm near him and the bugs are around 1 inch and less that was the biggest size I could find.. the pet shop just gave us 'Medium' sized and said they were okay

 

[Zombiepanda]

Just guessing the 1" is probably a bit too big. Id try and stay around the 1/2"-1/4". I think the biggest I gave Maggie at 11" was 3/4" and that was very sparingly. I would for the next few days just give the smaller ones sonhis GI tract doesn't have to work too hard and they're easier to digest. Also make sure he gets at least two hours of heat and uvb after her eats to properly digest. Depending on where you live I get crickets on eBay pretty cheap. I think it comes out to like .02 cents each

 

[Moonbed]

Thanks for your help apprecite it a lot

 

[Zombiepanda]

Anytime ? Keep us updated on the poop! Lol

 

[Moonbed]

AND WE HAVE A POOP it's sausage shaped and also has a couple white bits in it..

Never been so happy to see poop

 

[Zombiepanda]

Yay!!!!