Taz got fed 15ish supers... should I be worried?

[KristenT]

My mom came across a pet store today and baught Taz a tub of super worms. I was at work. She doesn't remember how many he ate, around 15 though. She ment well, but I'm worried. Taz is hardly a foot long, and most of that is tail. He's about a year old... I don't feed him meal worms, much less supers! I know he can't digest the shell, annd all, and if it were just a few I wouldn't be so worried, but 15's a lot!
How worried should I be about this, and what should I be looking out for if anything goes wrong? He got a nice warm bath ( a little warmer than usual ) as soon as I got home and then I put him to bed, but I have work tomorrow too and won't be able to keep an eye on him all day long! Ack.

 

[carlisv]

Yikes! That's a lot of supers for a little guy! The bath was a good idea, so I would give him another one tomorrow as soon as you can. Warmth is the key to digestion, so leave him in his viv to soak up as much basking heat as possible - don't get him out to play or anything until he's digested them. Hopefully he'll just have a massive poop and be done with it.

If he seems to be constipated or not digesting them, try some canned pumpkin. It's the lizard equivalent of bran flakes! Just a little dab thinned with warm water and dropped on his nose, or he might eat it straight out of the can from your finger or a spoon.

It was sweet of your mom to get him a treat. So many folks' moms/significant others hate their dragons or are afraid of them - you're very fortunate. Supers are great staples, but he'll need to do a little more growing first. If there are some left, you can put them in a food processor with some warm water and some veggies and make him a smoothie. That way they won't go to waste.

 

[KristenT]

There are none left. The little pigglet ate them all. I'll crank up his basking spot a bit tomorrow just to be sure. If he doesn't have his usual BM tomorrow, I'll get the canned pumpkin. Thanks for the tip on that!

My mom's great about my 'zoo' as she calls it. She brings Taz and my guinea pigs bits of raw fruits and veggies from time to time, and spoils them a bit. Or she'll just come and fuss over them and talk to them. Taz was actually my birthday present from her last year, lol. Just wish she'd picked a different worm to feed him...

And really, super worms scare the tar out of me! They're huge and ugly and creepy as anything... I don't see how she even managed to pick them up and feed them to him! I'd have freaked out! lol I'm hardly used to feeding the dubias still!

 

[Esther19]

Moms can do lots of things that their children would never dream they could do.

 

[KristenT]

True, lol. But, she won't go near the dubia, which is why I havn't started a colony yet. She would completely have a cow!

Taz still hasn't had a BM. He usually has one every day, in the morning, like clock work. He's had three warmer than usual baths since eating the supers. I don't feel any hard lumps in his belly at least. And my work, Walgreens, doesn't sell canned pumpkin I discovered tonight. Weird :? It was too late to feed him anything by the time I got off work anyhow. Tomorrow I'll give him some apple sauce and see how that does... getting more worried about him

 

[KristenT]

Well, much to my relief ( and probably Taz's too... ) he went just a moment ago. It had a well formed urate in it, and the rest was either bright green, like guacamolie, or dark dark brown. Strange... but there were no remmnents of the supers in it either. No exo shells, nada. I guess that's a good thing though... not sure what's up with the bright green though. Think I'll take a sample up to the vet and have it tested for parasites again just in case.