So for about the past month, my beardie has been getting lethargic, and recently is starting to spend all day in his hide for periods of about 2-3days, with one day being awake but still sitting in the hide, or coming out for about an hour to bask, and then going back to sleep for 2-3 days. I am assuming that he is trying to brumate.
The problem is, he’s still accepting food(super worms, but will only take a bite or two of greens), but the last time I fed him was about a week ago because he’s been sleeping so much.
I want to start putting him into brumation, but he has not pooped since he last ate, and I need him to poop so that I can take a fecal sample to the vet to get it checked for worms.
His poop has been a bit runny lately, and I’m not sure if it’s because I need to change his diet, he has worms, or it’s a side effect of trying to go into brumation.
I feed him superworms as a main staple(I know, not the best staple with the fat, but I assumed since he’s still growing it wouldn’t be too much of a problem. Am I incorrect to assume that?) with the occasional dubia roach(trying to start a colony but my cat ate all of the males :/). For greens I usually feed spring mix without the spinach, and the occasional dandelion or two if I can find it. I usually feed some filaree too, but I haven’t had it in my yard in a few months so he hasn’t had much.
Pancake is about 18 inches long, and 429 grams (0.95 pound). Sadly, I haven’t kept track of his weight, so I don’t know if he’s losing weight.
My questions are-
- If he wants to eat, should I feed him?
- is a fecal test an absolute necessity?
- should I start putting him into brumation, or should I just let him do his own thing?
- does he look too skinny, and does he seem to be a healthy weight?
I’ll attach some pictures in the next post.
The problem is, he’s still accepting food(super worms, but will only take a bite or two of greens), but the last time I fed him was about a week ago because he’s been sleeping so much.
I want to start putting him into brumation, but he has not pooped since he last ate, and I need him to poop so that I can take a fecal sample to the vet to get it checked for worms.
His poop has been a bit runny lately, and I’m not sure if it’s because I need to change his diet, he has worms, or it’s a side effect of trying to go into brumation.
I feed him superworms as a main staple(I know, not the best staple with the fat, but I assumed since he’s still growing it wouldn’t be too much of a problem. Am I incorrect to assume that?) with the occasional dubia roach(trying to start a colony but my cat ate all of the males :/). For greens I usually feed spring mix without the spinach, and the occasional dandelion or two if I can find it. I usually feed some filaree too, but I haven’t had it in my yard in a few months so he hasn’t had much.
Pancake is about 18 inches long, and 429 grams (0.95 pound). Sadly, I haven’t kept track of his weight, so I don’t know if he’s losing weight.
My questions are-
- If he wants to eat, should I feed him?
- is a fecal test an absolute necessity?
- should I start putting him into brumation, or should I just let him do his own thing?
- does he look too skinny, and does he seem to be a healthy weight?
I’ll attach some pictures in the next post.
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