The most disgusting thing ever from my beardie!??

[Brittraff]

I was giving my beardie a bath and he happened to poop in it which he does all the time. So i was removing him from the bath and his tail hit his poop and it burst open and out came like 100 cricket heads along with poop particles. Im not kidding, inside of it was completely undigested cricket heads with their eyes and everything i actually puked.

IS THIS NORMAL???

 

[DTRM30]

eeewwww!

 

[daner923]

What are your basking temps like? What kind of UVB are you using? He shouldn't be pooping out much in the way of undigested insects.

 

[Brittraff]

What grossed me out the most was the only undigested parts were their damn heads. Also hes got a reptiglo UVB and his temps are about 100 i dont know why it was like that i was hoping somebody had seen a similar thing?

 

[XiDiS]

about 100? what are you taking the temps with?

 

[daner923]

As XiDiS asked, what kind of thermometer are you using? ReptiGlo brand is also insufficient for UVB. Is it coil or tube? What you need is a ReptiSUN 10.0 TUBE UVB, mounted inside the tank. How old is he?

 

[Brittraff]

About 100 as in it changes sometimes throughout the day, were just coming out of winter but weve had some really random cold days. (i live in Canada). I use a digital infrared thermometer.

 

[Brittraff]

Oh and its a tube not coil.

 

[daner923]

How old is he? You should replace the ReptiGlo with a ReptiSun still, but it's good that it's a tube at least.

 

[Brittraff]

He is still juvenile, i got him in a frail state from a pet store about 9 months ago, i had no idea of his age because they barely fed their dragons so that they wouldn't grow, so he could have been a few months old to a few weeks when i got him.

 

[Brittraff]

When this bulb is due to be replaced ill grab him the reptisun one.

 

[daner923]

I honestly wouldn't wait that long on the UVB - the ReptiGlo is very much insufficient and could cause a calcium problem, and the tubes have still been associated with eye problems and low energy levels. Also, if he is a juvie, you should up the temps a little bit, more towards 105F at his age. That should help him with digesting the crickets better.

 

[Brittraff]

I honestly wouldn't wait that long on the UVB - the ReptiGlo is very much insufficient and could cause a calcium problem, and the tubes have still been associated with eye problems and low energy levels. Also, if he is a juvie, you should up the temps a little bit, more towards 105F at his age. That should help him with digesting the crickets better.

Oh okay. ill check it out and see if the pet store carries them. If not ill probably be waiting a few weeks for delivery :/ For upping his temperature, should i buy a new bulb? or raise his basking spot or something?

 

[speedyfuzzball]

Hello, petmountain.com is a good site to get the reptisun 10.0 tube for a discounted price. I got mine for $20something and I've seen them in pet stores priced at up to $50! Either way, I hope you get your new UVB soon

 

[Esther19]

Yes, you can raise his basking spot. He should be no closer than 6 inches to the UVB, though. 6-8 inches is recommended. If you can possibly afford it, I would suggest switching to the ReptiSUN 10 tube as soon as you can. It takes a week or less from Pet Mountain.