Newbie poop worries

[GrowingaBeard]

Beardie owner less than a month...so thanks for your patience! Blaze is roughly 6 months old, a little over 10 inches long. He seems healthy overall, but there has been a fairly sudden change in his poop the last few days. Bear with me while I describe it, LOL. For the first few weeks we had him the feces were long brownish "tubes" with soft white urates, one to two times a day. The last couple days though there has been no "sac" around it, no tube shape, just a "pile" of brown, and lots of water. I know the water can be normal, the smell isn't significantly bad, but what could explain this new change? He's been a little better at picking at salad (at first he wouldn't touch it), could that have such a dramatic effect on his bowels? He still eats just a few bites of salad (mustard greens, escarole, squash or bells, occasional apple) each day. He's been eating about 30-40 crickets a day and some Phoenix worms. Yes I took a pic of the latest poo if anyone can do a visual analysis, ha! Thanks in advance.

 

[Tonja]

Sounds like he is well hydrated. I have noticed with my own beardies, the more hydrated they are the more liquid they will expel and while poops are well formed, sometimes there is a pile instead of a long tube like poop. Where you want to be concerned is if the odor is powerful enough to send a skunk running. Abnormally foul odors, diarreah, mushy poohs are indicative of parasites and of course if you can visually see the parasites like tapes <look like gyrating grains of rice. Especially in water, I have found that in round worms, they tend, in my beardies case. like long clear filaments when they would go in the bath. If you are overly concerned you can have a fecal done for your peace of mind.