sure can , I have a friend who took her girl to the vet (the same one who is about 5 minutes drive from here) and he pressed the food out of her tummy, and gave her an enema , and then pumped her stomach full of water , RESULT her beardie who was alive active and alert but BBing that morning , was sent home in a very bad way, limp and very dark (cold) and soon developed breathing issues and was dead within 2 hours of the procedure.... I'll never trust a vet to do that to any of my pet lizards (esp that vet .... say's he's an expert and worked in zoos but he's obviously incompetent).SHBailey":3igeuyyz said:Now you know that whenever Peppa gets constipated, you don't have to worry about whether or not you can get prune juice at the store -- a warm bath and a belly rub might do the trick, and she enjoys it too.
When I asked our reptile vet how long our beardie should go without a poop before we get concerned, she said around two weeks, especially if we don't at least see some urate, but Puff almost never does urate without a poop to go with it -- it seems to be a "package deal".
They did an enema once, even though I hated the idea, and I'm sure no one else involved enjoyed it either. The vet brought the results out on a paper towel to show me and it looked like a normal poop to me, so I asked her if she had any idea what had been plugging up the pipes, and she said the only thing they found was that he was a little dehydrated, so they gave him some subcutaneous fluids. Luckily the vet knew what she was doing and the beardie was ok, because I understand enemas can be dangerous, ....
SHBailey":35k7n498 said:I think maybe you should just cave in and give Peppa a warm bath as soon as possible, especially since she seems to like it so much. She'll probably gift you with around 25 grams of nice poo. :wink:
CooperDragon":2b38jqoe said:We are strange folks, putting so much focus on (and then excitement from) a lizard's poops. =)
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