Ok so I posted before about my collared being a little lazy and not being as active. It's like one minute hes out and exploring, then eats and then falls asleep in the back, while my other is running around and jumping.
Now I am trying to get a fecal sample, but how do I do that? By the time I find one, its covered in sand or something. Is that OK? Can the vet check my collared without a fecal sample, like check inside the anus?
Sometimes there is poop stuck near his anus not completely out, dried up, is that a sign of impaction? Or parasites? He's eating normally, crickets and waxworms and the occasional mealworm.
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Getting a fecal sample..
platinumtlc
Jul 22, 2005 10:16 PM
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lizard_lover
Jul 23, 2005 12:06 AM
As I mentioned earlier, try watching the lizard as he warms up in the morning, or soak him in warm water, that might stimulate him to go. If you aren't successful with either of those things then take in the freshest sample that you can find in the cage. Dried up poop is definitely not as good as fresh because whatever parasites he may harbor could already be unmoving or dead, but it's probably better than nothing. Sometimes the vet can use a small probe to get fecal matter directly from the lizard, but not always.
I don't know what it means when the poop is stuck to the lizard, but it's probably not a good sign. If you can't get a fecal sample, do still take him in and maybe the vet can do a useful examination.
Good luck, and I'm sorry I'm not more help.
élan
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PHEve
Jul 23, 2005 08:12 AM
Him not being able to get his bowels moving out. Sounds like hes constipated. May be ingesting sand, or maybe not drinking enough water.
Is he drinking? Do you have a low saucer with water available, and does he use it? If not do you give him water with an eye dropper?
Try taking a cricket and putting a dab and I mean DAB, like a couple drops, of mineral oil, or regular cooking oil on it. May loosen things up. REMEMBER a couple drops, too much can cause the runs.
But ya still have to find out WHY they get stuck and are dryish, thats not good and can cause bacterial infections/irratations and what not, keeping that stuck on there like that.
Definitely check/treat for parasites too
I would make sure he gets more water for now 
Thats about all I can think off
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