No Poop Before Brumation

[Paula]

Hello I'm new but I'm worried. I adopted a 3 year old male dragon 2 weeks ago & he was eating. He even ate some salad because I snuck a few worms in.
I had him outside too for real sun besides his UV.
Problem is that he began brumating(?) 5 days ago on the cool side of his tank. We were both still getting to know each other & he never pooed since I've had him.
Now that he's gone to sleep before pooing I'm worried about the food he had eaten for days beforehand.
By the way I tried soaking him a few times in warm water before sleeping & he HATED it! I couldn't keep him in there for more than 30 seconds. In fact being inexperienced, I experienced a nasty bruise from a bite when he wheeled around at my stomach.
Sorry for the long post but should I give him to someone more experienced? I've researched my head off but I just worry about all of this.

 

[AHBD]

Hi Paula....it's likely that this is all stress related, including his inactivity which this time of year will probably not last long and is not a true brumation. His former owners prob. never or rarely bathed him. It's O.K not to bathe him , just offer water via syringe or spray bottle, dripping gently on his snout until he drinks. Many beardies go for seemingly long periods without pooing....you can offer [ along with water ] canned pumpkin, baby food squash, prunes, green beans, unsweetened applesauce and to any of those add a few drops of veg. oil or honey. Those are all natural laxatives.

But he may not poo for 2-3 weeks and still be fine....just be patient and offer any combination of things I listed, he should be O.K. Hopefully he'll settle in soon + not be too stressed by handling.

 

[Paula]

Thank you for making me feel better! I'm older & have never owned a reptile (we have a bunny/guinea pig/bird sanctuary) so I've only been used to mammals.
That said I love Rufus but almost gave him to someone today. Instead.....I gave him another warm soak, & added another heat light to his tank on the cool side. He stayed awake & basked in his basking spot. I gave him a few superworms in a salad & he ate (the worms anyway & bit of dusted salad. He looks very alert, not sick like I thought. Thank goodness I didn't make a mistake today out of panic

 

[AHBD]

That sounds good. You added an extra bulb + he became more active ? How is he doing now ? What wattage bulbs do you have, and do you know the temps. ? Can you post any pics of him and his setup ? To do so you can load the pics to a site like photobucket or tinypic and then copy/paste the img/url here.