Pooping about once a month and seems small - please help??

[briannabodnar96]

Hi so my beardie Leo is what i'm assuming is 10 or 11 months old. I got him from a friend last May who got him as a present and didn't really have the time or knowledge to take care of him, and he only poops once a month, but when he does it seems normal. He used to poop once every day, and then it changed to every two to three days, and now its i crazy long time. There's no worm pieces or anything, his urates don't seem abnormally hard, they're white and everything like they always have been. He's in a 55 gallon tank with plenty of room to run around in. His basking temp is about 100, and he has a spot underneath which is about 85-90 and then the cool side of his tank is room temp at 75. He doesn't really eat his veggies but I do give him fresh kale/collard greens, red peppers, carrots, and cucumbers every day, as well as a mix of super worms and wax worms at night about two hours before his lights go out. He also gets 30-40 crickets once a week along with his normal food. His worms are dusted with calcium powder three times a week and multivitamins twice a week. I also give him two eye droppers full of water every morning to make sure he is hydrated because he doesn't eat his veggies. He gets a bath every Wednesday. I don't really know what to do here, please help!!!

Here he is, all flattened out the other day. He also seems kind of small so maybe he's a little younger? I'm not sure why, he eats his worms like a maniac. If anyone wants to give their input on his size that would be helpful for me as well. Thank you!!!

 

[CooperDragon]

He looks pretty good in that photo. What do you have for his UVB light? The temperature gradient is pretty good. I would adjust his diet to keep up with the salad but cut the superworms to just an occasional treat and I'd cut waxworms completely due to their high fat content. Silk worms and black soldier fly larvae would be a better option for treat worms. At his age I'd probably offer crickets daily and then slowly reduce that to every other then every third or fourth day over the course of the next 6 months or so. Keep up with the daily salads and try getting him to eat a variety. This is a good list to reference for ideas http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html

Pooping once a month is pretty infrequent but if he's otherwise healthy, active, and eating well it may just be how he is. It's good that you're offering him some water to provide extra hydration. Perhaps adjusting his diet to give him some more veges/greens will help him go more frequently. If it looks OK and everything else is normal I wouldn't let the frequency alone be too concerning.