No poop in 8 days?

[Squints]

Sorry about the posts..

Here's the rundown

In the past week all my adult dragon has eaten is 20 butterworms and 10-15 supers. NO salad at all. He so rarely eats. He also doesn't move around the tank much at all. Kinda just hangs out. I've had him for 12 days.

Temps: Basking spot 101-112
Cool side 80
Reptisun 10.0 8 inches from log he hangs out on

Greens offered daily, all day
Supers offered everyday but he rarely eats them.

I gave him 3 baths this week

HELP.

 

[rdoyle]

basking spot is a little high around 100

 

[Squints]

Yeah. I doubt that would make him not go to the bathroom for 8 days.

 

[rdoyle]

I am just saying that your temps are to hight.

 

[my1stBD]

As they age their potty habbits change also. Mine is now 2 years old and went from daily (Baby to approx 8mnths old) to every 2nd day (8 Mnths old to 1 year) to 1x week (After 1 year till currently). As long as there are no other signs of problems like lethargy, loss of appetite, increased stress marks or severe swelling it may be normal.

If it makes you feel any better mine has gone 28 days w/o poops and she is fine. She does this every few months probably just to freak me out

If you are really worried there are a few tricks you can try namely:

A drop or 2 of mineral oil, orally
A few drops of vegetable oil orally
Canned pumpkin (Works like a charm, from feedback ive received 12-24 hours and you got poop)
Fresh pumpkin cooked / microwaved (I use this one as we dont have canned pumpkin here) also works great and fast (within 24 hours)
Nice long bath with a tummy massage from just below the armpit to the vent area. Also works 9 out of 10 times