Poop

[Ronzie]

I want to talk about poop. :shock:

I've saw a couple of posts talking about beardies poop habbits. Some only or prefer to poop in a certain area.
I just expected that they go when they have to wherever they are at that time.
Since I'm home alot, and the enclosure is in the office, I planned on cleaning it up throughout the day.

Do they prefer to go in certain areas?

 

[studmule]

Each beardie is unique. Some like to poop in the same place all the time, some go wherever. Many will also go in the bath, if you give them baths.

 

[FJM]

Mine will get down off of her basking spot to poop so i line that area with newspapers.

 

[Goonie]

[Moved from General to Behavior]

 

[FrancoisBeans]

My girl poops in the bath, cause I give her one every day when I get home from work... Which is handy cause that means I don't have to be on poop patrol for her cage! However apparently she gets impatient if I don't give her one right away because she'll also poo in her salad bowl if it's empty, haha.

 

[Sapphire]

I've only had my beardie for about four and a half days, but he's pooped in exactly the same place every day. I like this.

 

[kimmie]

I'm always amazed at some of the discussions pet owners have, POOP being one of them! LOL

I also have only had Angus for 3 1/2 days and ...unfortunately, he is not shy about where he poops, he is a POOPER and goes everywhere. I sure hope he changes and picks a spot! I'm just happy he's pooping, especially after our first 1 1/2 days of mealworm diet! :shock: It's crickets now (and veggies).

 

[FrancoisBeans]

I've noticed parents of young children and pet owners are alike... It's not uncommon to hear "Yeah, and his poop was really runny, so I'm a little worried he might be sick" and things of the such, lol...

 

[Ronzie]

I'm hoping the little guy will go in one area and I can put down some newspaper there..

 

[VEGASLIZARD]

Once a beardie is about 6 months old they usually only poo once a day which makes potty training REALLY easy. As one of the above posts said, most beardies will go in the tub. So if you give them a bath at the same time every day they will wait to go in the tub. I give mine a bath every morning and she has not pooed in her viv for a year now No poo to clean = happy slave! Now if I could just get my tegu bath trained... She prefers the newspaper, especially if you haven't had the chance to read it yet. LOL