The hide is good --- impaction is when they are not pooping at all and struggling to poop -- older dragons can take up to a month to poop - its fine if she eats the dried out greens we have a few on here that like dried greens but you need to keep her hydrated either by bath or dropping water on their nose etc -- this also helps w/ the poopingSo, right after I wrote that, she got off her basking spot and I saw her eat 21 greens. Then wanted to in hide. I held her for a bit and put her back on basking spot. After a few minutes, she came down and ate 9 more. As a treat for eating her greens, I gave her another hornworm. She acted like she wanted out. I put her on the floor. About a minute later, large poop!
Put back in and she went into her hide. So if she was impacted, she’s not anymore.
She ate the fresh collard greens and seemed to like dried out greens I kept in there. Are the dried ones still nutritious????
Just one more question though. I’ve bought a few hides she didn’t like. She seems like this one, but scratches it like she wants it bigger and she just fits if she curls her tale. Any ideas on one similar but bigger???
Yeah, she hadn’t pooped for about a week or so. When I saw the little limp today, I got a little concerned.The hide is good --- impaction is when they are not pooping at all and struggling to poop -- older dragons can take up to a month to poop - its fine if she eats the dried out greens we have a few on here that like dried greens but you need to keep her hydrated either by bath or dropping water on their nose etc -- this also helps w/ the pooping
I’m left the heat light on for the few days just back further.Hello,
Oh no, just like a toddler figuring out she can climb & try to escape! Good grief.
Since her weight is holding & stable, you can let her sleep awhile. Monitor her weight & fatpads, to be
sure she stays hydrated.
Most tend to want to brumate for a few weeks up to a few months, it is variable among them. You can
leave a light on, if you would like so she can have a little bit of a day to night cycle if needed. Though,
you can turn the UVB light off for now unless she gets up later.
Tracie
the heat light is going to disturb her sleep and mess her light cycle up - and yes there is semi brumation where they will sleep for a week or two then come out to bask and maybe eat -- please keep a weight on her kitchen scale weigh in grams please --- depending on how long shes in the hide make sure she is offered water in about a week or so if she does not appearI’m left the heat light on for the few days just back further.
I put a dark black hide in there. I checked a few times and she’s changed positions. I just lifted the hide and looked at me. Put it down and her eyes closed.
Is there such a thing as partial brumation??
I was planning to keep her there for at least a week. She seems ok otherwise.
So, don’t turn on light further back during day?the heat light is going to disturb her sleep and mess her light cycle up - and yes there is semi brumation where they will sleep for a week or two then come out to bask and maybe eat -- please keep a weight on her kitchen scale weigh in grams please --- depending on how long shes in the hide make sure she is offered water in about a week or so if she does not appear
Did they recheck another poop after she was treated? Seems dragons brumate when they want but spring does seem a little odd -- If shes sleeping I would not keep the lights on - dragons like cool and dark - you can turn them on during the day to keep up w/ her normal schedule but if shes doing a lot of sleeping you can turn them off as it gets closer to her time for them to go off -- what is the weather like where you are?So, don’t turn on light further back during day?
Shouldn’t I check on her every few days?
I do weigh her in grams on a kitchen scale.
It’s late spring here so concerned she’s doing this now. And I can’t really weight her if she’s trying to sleep, right?
She had parasites. Gave her all meds. Could it be she still has them?
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