Hi all,
I'm new to the whole beardie scene. I got my lady Jake two and a half weeks ago from Petsmart. Her set up there was pretty depressing: I don't remember what her substrate was, but she was offered dried juvenile beardie pellets and mealworms. There has been a few hiccups (lighting, substrate), but nothing I couldn't handle. Now I'm not so sure... Two nights ago, two hours after a feeding (hang out time before lights out) I noticed that the left side of her belly, without pressing at all, was hard. It had the shape of a poop. I was concerned,but I just attributed it to undigested food. Since then, she's had 4 regular poops, one of which was runny. I gave her a bath (her least favourite thing) last night and massaged her tummy, thinking it may have been an impaction despite the poops. She's still got a lovely appetite, so for dinner last night I mushed up some spaghetti squash and mixed it with olive oil. After finishing it, she still really wanted crickets so I gave her half of what she normally eats in a sitting (12).
This morning, after a poop, the lump is still there. You can't see it, so I don't know how useful posting pictures would be. I know it isn't her ribs; I can feel her ribs and her right side doesn't have this lump. Aside from the lump, she is behaving totally normal: in fact, she is the happiest I've seen her.
Her being impacted doesn't make a whole lot of sense. She was on calci-sand two weeks ago, but since then she's been on paper towel. Her crickets are really small, with the biggest being almost the distance between her eyes. The only thing that may have been a bit on the large side are the shreds of greens I've given her. She also gets calcium dusted on her food daily and vitamins 5 days a week. The only new thing I've introduced (the day before the lump was noticed) into her died was cooked spaghetti squash, which is her new favourite.
I'll leave you with some set up information:
Age: around 4 months
Tank size: 35 gallons (will upgrade later. It's tall and she had places to climb which she loves)
UVB: Reptisun 10.0 tube
Basking/ Warm side: ~112/100-95 (She has a heat pad on this side.. I'm still playing around with the furniture so that could change)
Cool side: 85~75
Eats: Crickets, dandelion greens, bok choy, chard, arugula, and recently cooked spaghetti squash
That's all I can think of that would matter to her issue.
Thank you for all you do. Even though I haven't posted much, you have helped me considerably already.
Jake and I appreciate it
I'm new to the whole beardie scene. I got my lady Jake two and a half weeks ago from Petsmart. Her set up there was pretty depressing: I don't remember what her substrate was, but she was offered dried juvenile beardie pellets and mealworms. There has been a few hiccups (lighting, substrate), but nothing I couldn't handle. Now I'm not so sure... Two nights ago, two hours after a feeding (hang out time before lights out) I noticed that the left side of her belly, without pressing at all, was hard. It had the shape of a poop. I was concerned,but I just attributed it to undigested food. Since then, she's had 4 regular poops, one of which was runny. I gave her a bath (her least favourite thing) last night and massaged her tummy, thinking it may have been an impaction despite the poops. She's still got a lovely appetite, so for dinner last night I mushed up some spaghetti squash and mixed it with olive oil. After finishing it, she still really wanted crickets so I gave her half of what she normally eats in a sitting (12).
This morning, after a poop, the lump is still there. You can't see it, so I don't know how useful posting pictures would be. I know it isn't her ribs; I can feel her ribs and her right side doesn't have this lump. Aside from the lump, she is behaving totally normal: in fact, she is the happiest I've seen her.
Her being impacted doesn't make a whole lot of sense. She was on calci-sand two weeks ago, but since then she's been on paper towel. Her crickets are really small, with the biggest being almost the distance between her eyes. The only thing that may have been a bit on the large side are the shreds of greens I've given her. She also gets calcium dusted on her food daily and vitamins 5 days a week. The only new thing I've introduced (the day before the lump was noticed) into her died was cooked spaghetti squash, which is her new favourite.
I'll leave you with some set up information:
Age: around 4 months
Tank size: 35 gallons (will upgrade later. It's tall and she had places to climb which she loves)
UVB: Reptisun 10.0 tube
Basking/ Warm side: ~112/100-95 (She has a heat pad on this side.. I'm still playing around with the furniture so that could change)
Cool side: 85~75
Eats: Crickets, dandelion greens, bok choy, chard, arugula, and recently cooked spaghetti squash
That's all I can think of that would matter to her issue.
Thank you for all you do. Even though I haven't posted much, you have helped me considerably already.
Jake and I appreciate it
