Smelly stools?

[xcourtney3]

Abe is about four months old and ten inches. He eats a ton, probably 60 crickets a day plus baby hissers and dubias. He also get fresh mustard greens throughout the day and about 25 phoenix worms. Fluker's Calcium w/d3 (no phosphorus) daily and Herptivite once a day 5 days a week.He was sick a few months ago, but he's been growing like a weed since he got better. I'm using Reptisun 10.0 and he's about 7 inches away when he's basking. His heat lamp is a 60 watt household bulb. His basking temps are around 105F. He goes to the bathroom usually twice a day. Brown, solid well formed stools with white urates. Excess water comes out also, presumably because he's well hydrated. He's been shedding about once every two weeks, and is in shed now. The only thing I'm worried about is he has been having smelly stools. What can this be from?

 

[Buggsy]

Bacterial or parasitic infections often result in smelly stools. When you say smelly, how bad, i mean no poop will every smell nice, but does it make you wanna ??

You can get a poop sample and most vets will test it without having to see the animal, if anything is wrong youll have to go in and get some meds.

 

[xcourtney3]

It's definitely significantly smelly. Gag worthy.

 

[zebraflavencs]

Court, yeah that sounds like parasites... where are you getting your crix from ?
Go ahead and get a fecal exam done, as I am betting there are pin worms present.
Janie.

 

[xcourtney3]

Lately I have used Ghann's, Premium Crickets, and LLLReptile. I'm actually about to order crickets again so I wish I knew what was causing it. The last one I purchased from was Ghann's.

 

[zebraflavencs]

I don't want to bad mouth any company I have had no experience with, but get the fecal done, and remember... pin worms can survive in a dragon for weeks before hatching out... so any of the above could be suspect... but I'd rather doubt it was the last one...
Janie.

 

[xcourtney3]

When I ordered from Premium Crickets, my order was infested with spiders.. That was right before I ordered from Ghann's. (Sizing mistake, had to order twice) Could it be more likely the parasites came them?

 

[zebraflavencs]

I don't think so.... but then again it could have been any of the three... Once you get the fecal results, the count should indicate how many pins he has... the parasite has a 4-6 week life period.
Janie

 

[xcourtney3]

I need to order my crickets soon and I don't know if I'll get the fecal results back before ordered. Would you recommend I order from a different source just in case?

 

[zebraflavencs]

Go ahead and get from Ghanns.. I haven't heard anything bad about them at all...
And since they are most local to you and I... Just try to get your roach colony up so you can feed solely off that... Since I did that *roaches* I haven't had one issue with pins
Janie.

 

[xcourtney3]

Will I need to do anything after treatment? I saw something called Acidophiliz on beautiful dragons that says it's supposed to be used after parasite treatment.

 

[zebraflavencs]

During and after.. that is a probiotic. It helps the gut flora to increase to healthy amounts, which in turn increases apatite. You can also use a non dairy, soy yogurt as a probiotic during treatment.
Let me know how things are going !
Janie

 

[xcourtney3]

I'm trying to get in touch with local vets now so I'll let you now when I take him in!

 

[zebraflavencs]

Excellent... let me know what the float count is, and what meds are prescribed.
Janie.

 

[xcourtney3]

Coccidia