Loss of Energy, No Poop

[TPCrockmier]

I have had my bearded dragon for just over a month now (I believe he is about 9 months old, but I actually don't know) . About two weeks ago he started to exhibit signs as if he were beginning to brumate; he seemed less and less interested in food, and more and more interested in sleeping on the cool side of the tank. However, at that point, he hadn't passed his latest poop, and since then I have been unsuccessful in coaxing him to poop. I have been massaging him daily, warm baths every few days, I gave him several small crickets dipped in mineral oil, and I have given him a bath in 50/50 Pedialyte. Even though I thought he was going to brumate, I continued to feed him a smaller amount than normal, because when he was awake, he voraciously attacked his greens, and I felt like I was starving him if I just didn't at least offer food. His back legs still work fine, and there are no visible bumps or things like that near his vent or on his abdomen.

My main concern at this point is getting him to poop regularly again. He is in a 40 gallon, with the 160 Powersun lamp. His temps are about 100 on the warm side and about 75-80 on the cold side. When he ate normally, he got 6-8 crickets a day, dusted and gutloaded with Flukers Orange. The greens offered were mustard, collard, and dandelion greens. He used to poop once every 2 days. I am careful about the size of everything he eats, but I gave him a super worm right before all this started, and I believe that he might not have chewed it very well, and it is what is causing the lack of poop.

He is not in pain or acting in a manner that makes me think he is in danger. He just seems sad and doest poop.

 

[raidiowires]

I fed mine super worms and she got bloated and can't poo either. Maybe we fed them too many??

 

[Tonja]

You dont need a lot of them to be fed..but baby food prunes worked for my geico...took a couple of hours for them to go thru his system but when they did...it worked and worked and worked. I think i fed him to much of the prunes. Its a personal choice but I dont use mineral oil, I think its to heavy for them..unsweetened baby applesauce with a drop or two of olive oil, canned pumpkin, not the kind for pies, or baby sweet potatoes also work.

 

[TPCrockmier]

I fed mine super worms and she got bloated and can't poo either. Maybe we fed them too many??

Perhaps! I stopped feeding mine supers. But I only fed mine one every few days, I was using them to get him interested in eating his greens.

I'm going to try the prunes next, probably later today when I get a chance to go to the store. I am, however, a little skeptical of the efficacy of home remedies, as none of them have worked so far.

 

[TPCrockmier]

Update:

I've been feeding him baby food prunes for the past 3 days. I've also continued to give him baths, and during this time period he got very excited about the crickets, and he started chasing them across the length of the tank again, which was an improvement. However, he still has not had a movement. And, yesterday, I noticed that he was starting to shed some skin, but only on the top of his right foot. I'm not too concerned about the shedding, unless of course I should be. Mostly I am concerned about getting him to poop still.