Shed messing with digestion?

[spurlee01]

Hey all-
Does shed mess with beardie's digestion? Lilly has been in preshed for 1.5 weeks and started shedding yesterday. She pooped twice yesterday and once just passed urate. Today she pooped 3 times (increasingly smaller sizes) and passed only urate twice. Is this anything I should be concerned about? The poops were all well formed. The urates weren't chalky or anything. Our older beardie (10 m/o) had a semi-loose bowel movement today (also just started shedding). I can for sure get a fecal done on Lilly if needed, but I wasn't sure if this was normal.
Sara

 

[Reven1337]

Could be the same thing happening my my little girl too. However, my male hasnt had any problems while he sheds, but each dragon is different.
Anyone know? this is something id be interested in knowing aswell. (aka bump)

 

[herpfreak]

I haven't heard of it before, but I'm betting it's a normal thing. Many beardies (and snakes) refuse food while they're shedding. I also know (from experiance, lol) that snakes more often than not will defecate immediately after they shed. I'm not sure of the reasoning behind this, but sheds definitely do interfere with reptiles' digestive systems.