Runny Poo

[QuesoTheDragon]

My bearded dragon Queso’s poo is really runny and it leaves a bit puddle around it. I’m not sure what it is or what to do. I saw it could be parasites or malnutrition, but I don’t know which one. He is currently shedding and this is a pic of the poo. It is not recent, but you can still see the puddle. I’m worried. Is it parasites, or malnutrition, or unsanitary cage? Please help.

 

[KarrieRee]

My bearded dragon Queso’s poo is really runny and it leaves a bit puddle around it. I’m not sure what it is or what to do. I saw it could be parasites or malnutrition, but I don’t know which one. He is currently shedding and this is a pic of the poo. It is not recent, but you can still see the puddle. I’m worried. Is it parasites, or malnutrition, or unsanitary cage? Please help.

The extra fluid is excess and is normal - has the poop been sitting there for a while cuz it looks dried out --

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

I was out of town and my friend sent me the photos and I guess didn’t clean the poo out. Thank you for the reply!

 

[J4ckdaw-]

My bearded dragon Queso’s poo is really runny and it leaves a bit puddle around it. I’m not sure what it is or what to do. I saw it could be parasites or malnutrition, but I don’t know which one. He is currently shedding and this is a pic of the poo. It is not recent, but you can still see the puddle. I’m worried. Is it parasites, or malnutrition, or unsanitary cage? Please help.

The excess liquid is normal— I’d be more concerned with the urate. Does he get any orange, pink, or red foods in his diet? What do you feed his insects? It could just be dyed by the food he eats, I know that happens to my boy from time to time.

Alternatively, it could be a sign of over supplementation. Could you go over your schedule for supplements are? Do you use calcium with or without D3? What UVB fixture do you use? And what are your temperatures— how do you read them?

It COULD be a sign of parasites, but before we jump to conclusions we should rule out all the possibilities first.





it COULD be a sign of parasites but first we should rule out all possible causes

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

10 crickets a day, flukers cricket feed for the crickets, freeze dried mealworms, dried omnivore mix, and water. The freeze dried and dried stuff gets mixed with repta calcium with d3 in it. Hot side of enclosure 102 f cool side 89 f. I’ll include a pic of uvb light

 

[J4ckdaw-]

10 crickets a day, flukers cricket feed for the crickets, freeze dried mealworms, dried omnivore mix, and water. The freeze dried and dried stuff gets mixed with repta calcium with d3 in it. Hot side of enclosure 102 f cool side 89 f. I’ll include a pic of uvb light

Alright, so we have a couple of things that could have caused it. First of all, is the Flukers cricket feed the orange cube kind? Those often cause discoloured urates, in fact it happened to my beardie in the past.

Second, I would get calcium without D3. D3 is a valuable nutrient for sure, but a beardie will get all he needs from proper UVB which I’ll talk about next. Too much D3 can cause discoloured urates. Again, happened to me.

Thirdly, I advise you to replace that UVB with either a Reptisun 10.0 or an Arcadia T5 tube lamp. Coil bulbs (like you have there) and compact bulbs are insufficient and jeopardize your reptiles health.

Make sure your UVB covers 1/2 to 3/4 of his enclosure, once you get your hands on one of the two I’ll flag the lighting guru of this forum to help with distances.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Great information. The most important thing for reptiles is heating & lighting. As recommended,
try to get your UVB light upgraded as soon as you can. Otherwise, he wont be able to properly
absorb his calcium or other nutrients.
Is he active right now, & basking?

Tracie

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

Right now he’s just chilling in his log, and he’s always been kind of lazy. If I come in and feed him some crickets or just play with him he’ll get more active.

 

[J4ckdaw-]

Right now he’s just chilling in his log, and he’s always been kind of lazy. If I come in and feed him some crickets or just play with him he’ll get more active.

Low activity levels, in this case, is almost 100% caused by improper UVB. Please replace it asap with one of the two I’ve recommended earlier,

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

Ok. Are any under 40 dollars? Also, is it normal for his poo to smell absolutely horrible? He just did a big pile and it is stinking up the whole room. Should I take him to the vet?

 

[KarrieRee]

Ok. Are any under 40 dollars? Also, is it normal for his poo to smell absolutely horrible? He just did a big pile and it is stinking up the whole room. Should I take him to the vet?

Take the fecal into the vet NO ENEMAS please-- 24 hr sample- you can get a sunblaster nano tech off the hydrobuilder website - you will need the 2ft fixture and change the bulb out to a reptisun 10.0 T 5 22" bulb-- the fixture is $32 the bulb is around $23-25 I believe

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

What is enemas?

 

[KarrieRee]

What is enemas?

When they stick something up their vent to get them to poop-

Beware of vets giving enemas to your dragon | Beardie ER

Just a warning about this because there are at times very bad reactions afterwards including beardie dying within a day to a week . Some vets give an enema when a dragon is going in to brumation and not pooing during this time, not recognizing that beardies rarely poo during their " sleepy "...

www.beardeddragon.org

 

[QuesoTheDragon]

Oh. Ok. I’ll get a fecal sample to the vet.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Let us know how things go with getting the fecal done. How is your dragon doing?

Tracie