Help anyone who can ( impaction?)

[allscalybaby]

hey guys my beardy hast had a poop for about a week ! i fear he may be impacted !

i feed him outside the viv all the time as my other beardy is too fast for him!

he has put on alot of weight as well !

is there anything else this could be ?

what can i do to help him ! he is such a great dragon and i dont want to lose him !
and as well is there any way of preventing impaction !
reply, pm me anything just let me no lol

p.s he is pn calc sand !

LEW

[ToxicSiren]

Pop him in a warm bath of water. Not too high only to his shoulders highest and leg him sit in the warm water. This normally temps beardies to poop. x

[boost-boy74]

Originally Posted by allscalybaby

hey guys my beardy hast had a poop for about a week ! i fear he may be impacted !

i feed him outside the viv all the time as my other beardy is too fast for him!

he has put on alot of weight as well !

is there anything else this could be ?

what can i do to help him ! he is such a great dragon and i dont want to lose him !
and as well is there any way of preventing impaction !
reply, pm me anything just let me no lol

p.s he is pn calc sand !

LEW

ditch the sand for a start, floor tiles or similar is much better

[scalez]

Are the crickets your feeding too big?
Is he eating the substrate, calci sand isn't exactly a recomended substrate.
As said above give him a bath, if it doesn't shift get to a rep vet asap
are you feeding amy other livefood?
What are your temps?
I would take him off the sand aswell

[Molly75]

take him off the sand it causes impaction as cali sand was designed for birds the bird people did not want to use so it got moved to reptiles sadly its not a great product.

Old way but babies with impaction have come though by sleeping upright like sticky food gecko's stuck to the side of a viv does you can mimic this by putting in a lizard larr for bark facing up .

Allso try a warm bath that often gets them going

paula

[scalez]

Also a drop of olive oil shifts the system, ( just a drop on the nose, he'll lick it off)
and unsweetened apple sauce

[allscalybaby]

hey guys thanks alot ! all it took was a bath lol he was just beeeing stubourn lol

[messengermatt]

Lets not get into a sand argument here, sand is fine aslong as its the right one. Komodo have released an official reptile sand that works a treat.

If your beardie doesnt pass any sand then its not that causing the issue, was it ever on bark chippings? that tends to be the usual culprit.

[marcgroovyge]

Originally Posted by Molly75

take him off the sand it causes impaction as cali sand was designed for birds the bird people did not want to use so it got moved to reptiles sadly its not a great product.

Old way but babies with impaction have come though by sleeping upright like sticky food gecko's stuck to the side of a viv does you can mimic this by putting in a lizard larr for bark facing up .

Allso try a warm bath that often gets them going

paula

Theres no proof of reptiles dying of impaction from sand. Unless they have parasites and are eating a large amount for the substrate to try to get as many vitamins/minerals/calcium as they can from it.

As this is the case I would advise the warm bath first and then the vets if there is a on going problem

[marcgroovyge]

Originally Posted by allscalybaby

hey guys thanks alot ! all it took was a bath lol he was just beeeing stubourn lol

Good to hear!