Link to Beardie postmortem exam.

[ViciousCharmander]

This was so well done, this person labeled everything for you, I thought it was kinda cool to be able to see the inner workings of the animal and also "living" proof of what over feeding on mealies can do!!!

WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTOS
http://www.captivebredreptileforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23179

 

[duke11]

This is very graphic, but very helpful for those who feed mealies. It's amazing how much harm they can do, if overfed. Thanks for posting!

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Yes, unfortunately they are not the best feeders for a staple item. A few here & there are fine, but not on a daily basis.
Thanks for sharing those pictures. The anatomy of them is very interesting though most people don't have the stomach to look.

Tracie

 

[Seven65]

Interesting.

 

[Ruby2uesday]

when you say Mealies, are you referring to Phoenix worms as well? just wondering because i thought that PW's were ok to feed as a staple protein and the pics of the undigested worms looked like the pw's i'm feeding. Thanks!
ruby

 

[ViciousCharmander]

Sorry for the confusion, what that dragon ate was Mealworms, PheonixWorms are perfectly safe to feed, its just that they over fed this dragon on mealworms because she seemed to like them.

 

[Ruby2uesday]

Sorry for the confusion, what that dragon ate was Mealworms, PheonixWorms are perfectly safe to feed, its just that they over fed this dragon on mealworms because she seemed to like them.

Thanks!!! i was just worried for a bit!! the pic of the undigested worms and my PW's look so much alike i wanted to make sure! very interesting pictures! sad, but educational! Thanks!!!!
ruby/huego

 

[annieoakley123]

wow, that is really interesting. thank you for posting the photos. Sad story though