Thanks for the info! I was mostly asking Shvar because he seemed to implement husbandry that made sense, rather than the stuff most people seem to be doing currently (which seem to make parasites and things of that nature a regular occurance). I get what you mean though....I should go the tried and true route, and not the new route, because it hasn't really been proven yet.



I know something is wrong. I just can't figure out what. He's had two clean fecals in the near past. The only thing that seems to stick out is maybe a kidney problem, as he showed signs of it a couple years ago, since all he was eating was crickets (he's always been very picky...even when he was eating a lot). We (my vet and I) had thought that we had gotten that sorted out, but now maybe it's making another appearance.



One thing that seems to stick out the most to me is his diet. When he did eat a lot, the things I could get him to eat were crickets and repcal pellets, and since the crickets were causing kidney problems, I went with repcal pellets, but have tried switching to a diet of mostly greens. I think that a diet of mostly grain might be causing the problem now. The theory on that is that it's causing constipation, or some sort of deficiency, which is causing this. The only thing I can think of to do to check for that is to get him to eat some greens and stuff, properly supplemented (or run blood tests...which might happen anyways). The problem is that the only way I can get him to eat greens is if I literally force him to. I got him to eat greens today, but in order to do it I had to first use a tooth pick and roll it on the front of his mouth to get him to open up, and then feed the greens in. This seems like it has the potential of causing a lot of stress though, which is why I'm very reluctant to do it.



But it seems like right now it's the only idea I have. The beardie forum is out of ideas, my vet is out of ideas, and the other local vets ran out of ideas long ago.

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