Live Phoenix worms in poop!! ?? What do I do?

[ryan56765]

Hi, my little guy has been having poops regularly and sometimes I see some worms still in it that were not completely digested and today there was a live one moving around in his poop?? What is this all about. He is about 4 - 5 months old and his temp on his basking side is about 105-115 in certain spots, he is in a 20 gallon tank and he has a Repti-Glo 8.0 Uvb light. He eats twice a day about 35 medium phoenix worms each time dusted with a multivitamin about every 3 days, He is not acting weird or anything just the poopy with with worms .

 

[ryan56765]

Can anybody help me??

 

[pscaulkins]

I have heard of this. I would cut back on the phoenix worms and offer something else along with them. Your beardie really needs more then one kind of feeder to make a healthy diet. My vet always said to me a varied diet is a healthy one. I have a 4-1/2 month old that eats hornworms, roaches, phoenix worms each day and I am just now starting her on crickets. She consumes about 60-70 feeders.

Your temps are good but I think 110 degrees should be max for basking.

 

[Zemanski]

babies and juveniles like it a bit hotter - 115 should be fine

there is the possibility that the food is not being digested properly because of parasites and are you absolutely sure it was a phoenix worm and not a parasitic worm? because nothing should get through stomach acid alive!

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

We do not recommend temps above 110 on here, it expedites dehydration especially in babies.
The phoenix worms are small & there have been a number of cases in which this has happened. If she ate so fast to where she did not properly chew one up, then, it will just pass straight through her system.
How late in the evening do you feed her? Does she have at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours prior to her lights out to digest her food?


Tracie