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Tonight I checked on my new little girl and found something strange in her tank. It was about an inch and a half long and probably almost an inch thick. When I took it out to look at it, it was very obviously at least the back half of a small lizard and some undigested crickets stuck together. I can't figure out what is going on. Otherwise she seems to be fine and a little thinner. My mom thinks that she ate something that she couldn't digest and was too stressed until now to go to the bathroom. Is this possible?

if the temps are good, they should digest relatively quickly...a bowel movement a day. The regurgitating is very common in overstuffed collareds. If she is losing weight, could be just from stress. Have you had any fecals done on her? The combination of stress and captivity (if wc) could leave her succeptible to parasite infection. Usually they do carry some parasites, but they can be fine as long as the lizards aren't stressed out. If the become stressed, they infection can lead to the demise of the lizard.

John