J4ckdaw-
Sub-Adult Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Leo
Hi there, my 5mo old bearded dragon (141 grams, 15") has been having issues with his stool and urates for a while now- started around mid June when he first had diarrhea. Later on, he began to develop red tinted urates even after I stopped feeding my crickets the Fluker's orange cube diet. This is a new batch of crickets, they've never eaten the orange cubes and are always gut loaded pre-feeding. He is still having the issue with urates to this day though his diarrhea has gone, nothing has changed in his diet- he eats collard greens and butternut squash in his salads with a side of 10-15 BSFL and the occasional dried bug for treat days. I haven't changed his calcium dusting methods, I haven't changed his diet or enclosure, he hasn't eaten anything he wasn't supposed to- what could be wrong?
My first guess is parasites- he's had these symptoms for weeks and it hasn't stopped, I'm going to have his first fecal test done soon hopefully. I know I have said I would in the past but the nearest exotic vet is 3 hours away from me and I have been unreasonably busy with my work life lately. He doesn't have stunted growth- he is not lethargic, he does not regurgitate food and otherwise he seems perfectly healthy... Do you guys have any other ideas on what this might be? Could it be parasites?