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I've been waiting for the same question to be answered from an earlier post and decided to throw this on top to see if it could get a response.

How often do your beardies go poo? I'm a little worried because my new beardie i've had for almost 2 weeks hasn't gone in 5 days tomorrow will be 6.

Should i try giving her some olive oil? or wait it out for a little more to see if she will go on her own.

My temps range from 120 point something to 74 point something on the cool side. I've got a UVB bulb going for her that is no more than 11 inches away at the furthest point. Most generally is about 9 or 10 inches away.

I try giving her greens but she rarely eats them anymore. She only has eaten some once since i've had her. Two days ago i started giving her roaches she ate them once and she ate 5 or 6 of them, but hasn't touched anymore since.

The only thing that has changed is that i took out her 3 pieces of wood for her hide and replaced it with a bigger hide. She got stuck once behind her hide in a weird position and i had to get her out, she never did that again but i was worried it might happen again. And it was pretty small for her and she couldn't turn around in it. I posted a pic showing the old tank setup compared to the new tank setup.

I've given her a couple of baths in the last week, i've tried massaging her sides and belly. She drank a lot of water this last time i had her in there, so i put a little water dish in her tank in case she's getting dehydrated.

Oh and she's somewhere between 4 and 5 months old if that makes a difference. When she did go poo, it didn't really smell bad it wasn't runny, it has some white and then brown, it was very small. there was also some sand clumped up from what looked to be pee?do they pee? whatever it was it was watery substance without anycolor that clumped the sand.

Oh man! Bearded dragons poop like there is no tomorrow. 24 hours would be a bit long for them (depending on your BD, of course) anyways, 5 days going on 6 is just BAAAAD!!! First try soaking him in WARM water, not hot, but warm, not room temperature either, like bath water warm. Get him moving around in it to try and stimulate the bowels. If this does not work after like 10-15 minutes, then give them a couple of drops of MINERAL oil NOT Olive oil!! (but you were right with the oil) Anyways, if this does not work take him to a vet sooooooon! And definetly starting right now, cut the food smaller!! That is probably what is making him "clog" up. There might be some other problem, but this is what I would recommend first and foremost!!

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Wonderful Mom to:
4 Bearded Dragons
12 color morph Ball Pythons
2 Columbian Red Tails
1 Rose Hair Tarantula
4 Dogs
1 Florida Panther

Thanks for responding to this. Thankfully she did go poo yesterday, of course it was right in her food dish . She went in ate a roach turned around and pooped. I'm thinking that she is not pooing a lot because she's not eating her greens. Does this sound right? I just don't know what to do to get her to eat her greens. If she is she's barely making a dent in the pile i give her. Hopefully things start going better soon.

Thanks again for the reply
Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

In my experience dragons poop a lot. But it can also vary from animal to animal depending on diet, activity, hydration and food intake to name just a few variables. I have dragons that poop every day (or almost) and others that defecate much less frequently. I consider all of them healthy though. Also, some are in various degrees of winter "shut down" or "slow down" and that also comes into play - they change their level of food intake. Young dragons will also "slow down", not just older ones.

Also, the animals will go through "cycles" or change their preference regarding diet. I just continue to offer veggies, fruits and bugs and let them eat what they want when they want.

Hope this helps.

Ian

the two sticks under the basking area are actually illegal to have if im not mistaken. i dont remember what cactus it comes from but i am pretty sure they are illegal.

That she shouldn't be using them in the cage or theyare against the law to have? Because if you mean the later then you need to do a little more reading it is illegal in some states, arizona for example, to remove any of the live cacti but it is perfectly ok to take dead limbs that have fallen on the ground. This is what happens. And why the sticks look like they do they are the "skeleton" of the cactus, dead limbs taken from the ground. That's like saying it's illegal to rake leaves.

i know exactly what they are. andi didnt make my self clear. i know its illegal to have in arizona because i live in arizona. but even dead cacti are illegal to take out of arizona. i almost got fined by the ranger when he saw me collecting them.

Are you talking about the two sticks that she has the BD to bask on? I dont know about cacti or anything but you can buy those sticks in almost any pet store. At least you can here in Orlando!
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Wonderful Mom to:
4 Bearded Dragons
12 color morph Ball Pythons
2 Columbian Red Tails
1 Rose Hair Tarantula
4 Dogs
1 Florida Panther

what i was trying to say is that there illegal in arizona. thats all.

give her a warm bath. Always seems to do the trick...she never drinks in her cage, but if she's thirsty she'll dip her head and really chug it down in the tub. I'm sure the warmth and water around the vent helps to some degree, too.

I make sure any veggies I give her (right now all she'll eat are dandelions but that's more veggies than normal) are good and wet, too.