My beardie just had a poop and I'm concerned about the urate, it was yellow and it's very hard like it wouldn't crush when I pressed on it, when she was passing it, it kinda lifted her up :shock:
It is not parasites, as she is dewormed every 6m as advised by our vet to keep the gut in check, I just mix it with a bit of her wet food and she eats it.
I feel like this means she is dehydrated? she eats a variety of things mainly bugs right now, I give her mainly packaged dead dubias (illegal to buy live in canada) superworms and occasionally crix.
her poop is perfectly formed and solid, my husbandry is good!
Deworming every 6 months? what medication are you using?
That is totally unnecessary by the way. It can cause more harm than good.
The hard discolored urate can be related to a few things. Hydration levels, time since last poo, and too much calcium in the diet.
If it's been a long time since the last poo, it's common for the urate to look like that.
If your dragon never eats salad items and doesn't drink water, it could use some extra hydration.
And if all of that is in check, you most likely are using too much calcium powder.
ah ok she just had some panacur and the vet said I could do that, but I won't if you think it's harmful!
She only poops maybe once a week so that's probably why, I actually haven't dusted, only once the past two weeks and I only dust lightly and not overly coated.
I feel bad I've been so busy with work and my kids remote learning that I haven't made her a salad, we will skip the bugs and just do the salad today
Ok, so it's probably a mixture of just being inside her for awhile, and a bit of dehydration. She will appreciate the extra hydration i'm sure
Nothing serious, they are just little signs to us human slaves to pay better attention ha
I agree, they can have harder urates if they don't go to the bathroom very often, or from too
much supplementation.
Extra oral fluids will definitely help out a lot, so hopefully she will start to have softer urates.
It will aid her kidney function also.