over eating??? gettin alittle concerned.

[O-Gonchothedragon]

hi pplz,
o-goncha has been starting to look obese/bloated lately. she looked normal 2 weeks ago, but it just came on. yesterday and today she only peed, no poop, just liquid and urates. other wise she hasnt pooped in several days. i usually give her a dozen crickets a day, but ive been starting to cut back. could she be impacted somehow??? i use ppr towels for substrate, so i dont know wat could be wrong, if somethings wrong.

thanks so much,
kyra

 

[O-Gonchothedragon]

update-she made a big poop tonight. sorry for extra space on boards, u can erase this if ya want.

 

[spurlee01]

I didn't see your post earlier. Does she look less bloated now? How old is she? Is she displaying any gravid behavior such as glass dancing or trying to dig?
Sara

 

[O-Gonchothedragon]

i cant see her cause shes in her cage, but shes 13 months, nope, nothing like that.
thanks!! :mrgreen:

 

[spurlee01]

Okay, just wanted to make sure she wasn't egg bound. 13 mos is still young so I doubt she would be. Let us know if she has anymore problems. Lilly got a bit bloated one day before leaving me a huge present and then two more the next lol.
Sara

 

[O-Gonchothedragon]

hehe, thanks for help.^^ today i found a RLY big,RLY smelly poop. it looked very soft, for it was just this this sphere-acle/circley blob of one of the most disgusting things i ever smelled.
off topic, but i just heard new news about collard greens being proven to be calcium binding. i heard this from a guy at a fish store with 2 beardies(a 7 and 8 year old), who r very healthy. speaking of him, he feeds them a couple fuzzies a week instead of insects. is this ok? cause i know there can be problems with mice, even pinkies.
sorry for getting off topic^^;

 

[spurlee01]

I hadn't heard about the collard greens. I'll definitely keep my ears open about that because that is a staple for both my dragon and my boyfriend's. As for pinkies, I will give you a link to the current debate on here about them (my opinion is included there). My boyfriend uses the frozen pinkies then thaws them and only feeds them once every 2 weeks or so.http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=107176
Sara

 

[zebraflavencs]

Most wouldn't mess with pinkies unless it is a female that has laid eggs, and that is only to bring up the amount of protein.

Pinks can be high in fat, and hard for our domesticated dragons to digest.

Just my .02 worth.
Janie.

 

[zebedeepink]

Collard greens are one of the best veggies you can feed a beardie. As for the guy feeding his beardie a couple of pinkies/fuzzies a week, this is an extremely unhealthy diet as they are very fatty. It is ok to feed a gravid female an occasional pinky/fuzzy as they are also very high in calcium. The best bugs to feed are crickets, roaches, silkworms, hornworms and superworms.

 

[O-Gonchothedragon]

thanks, every one!!i agree about the pinkies, and ill try to find more about the collard greens. he said it was a very recent study.