Hey, so my little buddy Mordecai, just finished up the last of his medication for parasites, he had both pinworms and coccidea but the vet said he should be healthy now, only he's not eating now, he basks well enough, and he's been very active, especially in the last two weeks, and he'll eat superworms, but he won't touch a cricket and he'll only eat maybe two bites of cactus pad.
to give you guys an idea, two months ago he would literally eat crickets till he couldn't move if i let him, and loved collard greens and squash, now he won't even touch them even when they are as fresh as i can possibly buy, he ate some bits of carrot, but it didn't seem to digest well, his stool is also very runny and small, cuz theres nothing in his belly i imagine; I know a lot of the runny comes from the medication since he always drinks water after i give it to him and its liquid too, so that makes sense.
I also can't get anyother insects since we have some really strict laws against dubia roaches and phoenix worms and the like in canada.
but does anyone have any ideas on how i can get him eating again? I'm a little worried about the poor fellow, he's only 9 months old and he's been on medication for most of his life; i just want him to be healthy. (he had to have part of his tail amputated due to poorly healed bite wounds from other dragons prior to my purchase of him that led to tail rot so he was on medicine from that for a while and right after he healed up, I found out about the parasites.)
The vet said he was a pretty healthy weight for his size, if a bit on the low end, and told me i was doing everything i should be for him but I'm still concerned. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
to give you guys an idea, two months ago he would literally eat crickets till he couldn't move if i let him, and loved collard greens and squash, now he won't even touch them even when they are as fresh as i can possibly buy, he ate some bits of carrot, but it didn't seem to digest well, his stool is also very runny and small, cuz theres nothing in his belly i imagine; I know a lot of the runny comes from the medication since he always drinks water after i give it to him and its liquid too, so that makes sense.
I also can't get anyother insects since we have some really strict laws against dubia roaches and phoenix worms and the like in canada.
but does anyone have any ideas on how i can get him eating again? I'm a little worried about the poor fellow, he's only 9 months old and he's been on medication for most of his life; i just want him to be healthy. (he had to have part of his tail amputated due to poorly healed bite wounds from other dragons prior to my purchase of him that led to tail rot so he was on medicine from that for a while and right after he healed up, I found out about the parasites.)
The vet said he was a pretty healthy weight for his size, if a bit on the low end, and told me i was doing everything i should be for him but I'm still concerned. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
