please HELP!

[NondoMateo]

My dragon a year of age is has not went to the bathroom in around over 10 days and she is constantly trying and nothing will come out! i have soaked her repeatedly and she trys and is pushing so hard flexing her stomach so tight i try to rub her stomach and after she will try again! when she is pushing she looks like she is in alot of pain PLEASE help me i am stressing out and dont know what to do!!!! when i looked under her bottom it looked stressed from all of the pushing and her stomach fells bloated! Please help me!!!!!!

 

[EmJagsz]

Have you tried massaging her belly in the bath? Do you keep her on sand or any loose substrate?

 

[NondoMateo]

i have massaged her belly multiply times while soaking her in warm water and when i dose she waits then pushes right after but no luck! i keep her in sand....

 

[EmJagsz]

What kind of sand do you keep her on? Calcisand? There's the great possibility she is seriously impacted with sand. You need to take her to a vet.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Yes, she will need to see a vet, she is badly impacted & as hard as she is pushing she is going to prolapse.
What you can try in the meantime is to feed her sugar free applesauce, canned pumpkin & squash babyfood, with a couple of drops of olive oil or mineral oil daily along with baths & little tummy massages. Extra oral fluids will help as well.
Keep her a little warmer at night, around 80 or so to help her body metabolize things better & possibly pass anything through more efficiently.

Tracie

 

[NondoMateo]

so after a few hours of massaging her tummy and soaking and a little laxative later she went to the bathroom HUGE...does she still need to go to the vet?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

If she went in a good amount then she is not impacted! I would say you may be ok! Just my 2cents..

 

[Bellalee]

And I guess I'll say it, you probably should take it off the sand asap, as there stomach (also leopard geckos) can not digest the sand, ie. as you have seen.

 

[MALIBUSMOM]

What kind of laxitive?I did not know there was beardie laxitive.

 

[Callahan9119]

Coffee and a cigarette? :wink: