Week and a half without pooping now. How much olive oil?

[BeardieSmaug]

Hello,

So it's been a week and a half now since my beardie has pooped. He is 11 months, ~240g, always good weight and never dropping or gaining too much. But yeah, its been a week and a half now since he has pooped, should I start getting concerned? Tuesday of last week was when he last pooped, that same day he ate a decent amount including veggies, as well as the thursday after that, and some greens here and there and little bugs ever since. Since two days ago, I tried baby prune and apple sauce (baby food), but nothing. So should I start giving him olive oil? I just dont know the exact amount, thats why im here, and to see if I should indeed go the olive oil route at this point. I'v read giving him just a drop from a dropper, and I'v read about .3 ml. Or maybe mixing it with apple sauce?
What should I do?

Thank you.

this is him today. He is looking a bit more roundish recently.

P.S: forgot to mention, also been giving him warm baths and belly rubs every day. But I honestly cant think of any reason why he would be constipated. He doesnt have too many supers (although he prefers them than dubias), also having squash and collard greens

EDIT: one last thing,. i dont know if this makes any difference, but he as been on and off brumating for the last 2 months. sleeping few weeks, then staying up a few weeks, few weeks in , few weeks out. He has been up for the last 2 weeks, so I think he might want to brumate again really soon.
And he doesnt really fully brumate, he just stays in his hide, wakes up in the morning for an hour or so, then goes back to sleep, so "semi" brumating.

 

[AHBD]

Hi there, he looks good + healthy . This is almost certainly connected to his brumation behavior and nothing at all to worry about. A few drops of olive oil or raw honey can be added to applesauce or try baby food squash [ lower sugar content ] But there's no real cause for concern. BTW, you can up the temps. just a few degrees to discourage him from sleeping too long and check to be sure that your uvb bulb is new enough that it still puts out good uvb .

 

[BeardieSmaug]

Hi there, he looks good + healthy . This is almost certainly connected to his brumation behavior and nothing at all to worry about. A few drops of olive oil or raw honey can be added to applesauce or try baby food squash [ lower sugar content ] But there's no real cause for concern. BTW, you can up the temps. just a few degrees to discourage him from sleeping too long and check to be sure that your uvb bulb is new enough that it still puts out good uvb .

Thank you, starting tomorrow I will up his temps a little bit. His basking spot is always 95-100, ill put it to 100-105 maybe around 108 . Since he was like 7 or 8 months old I learned that he does not like high temps, he did when he was young, but ever since he turned 8 or 9 months he steps off his basking spot if its higher. But he recently stays there more since he has been a bit lazier lol. I'll wait a few more days for the olive oil.
I also use a T5-Ho uvb bulb that I bought not more than 4 months ago. Also switched his lighting schedule to 12/12 couple of weeks ago for winter, from 14/10 in summer, to 13/11 end of october, to 12/12 now. Then going back up during the next 6-7 months. Just laying out more info.
Thanks for the reply and info
heres a pic of his setup:

pic taken today. The right fixture is his CHE. In a 40g tank (actually around 35 I think, measurements were weird with this tank, but around 35-40g)
and paper towels as substrate
just fyi
thanks again

 

[BeardieSmaug]

So as of yesterday, he hasnt been wanting to bask, maybe its just temporary. But what can i do? He is refusing to eat, bask, and poop. Lol hasnt eaten in over 3 days (not abnormal), hasnt pooped in almost 2 weeks, and refusing to bask now. confused

 

[AHBD]

It's most likely just a temp. seasonal thing, try not to worry too much. If you want to, return the temps. to what they were before.

 

[kingofnobbys]

0.4 ml of olive oil once a day works , but it may take a day or two.

 

[BeardieSmaug]

Thank you for the replies guys

AHBD:

Do you mean the temps of his basking like back to 95-100 instead of 98-108? or his lighting schedule back to 13/11 or 14/10 instead of 12/12?

 

[kingofnobbys]

My suggestion is as highlighted in red.

Thank you for the replies guys

AHBD:

Do you mean the temps of his basking like back to 95-100 instead of 98-108? or his lighting schedule back to 13/11 or 14/10 instead of 12/12?

 

[AHBD]

He's probably going to do what he wants either way but you can still set the lights for 11/13 [ mine are usually year round ] and basking temp. at 100 is fine.

 

[BeardieSmaug]

He's probably going to do what he wants either way but you can still set the lights for 11/13 [ mine are usually year round ] and basking temp. at 100 is fine.

sounds good, thank you for all the help

 

[AHBD]

You're welcome.