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Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
my uro seph has always been a once a week pooper, doing huge poos and when he sheds he poos even less but this time he has had a full body shed, starting with his back legs and then his whole body/front legs and he has not done a poo in 21 days, last time it was about 14 days. He is still eating but not much, one or two bites a day, he is walking fine and i can not feel any lumps/hardness along his belly. He is sleeping more but is still very attentive. I have removed the sand from his home in case it was causing a problem. I have not seen him trying to go a toilet, no signs of straining or anything at all. i have tried a little bit of olive oil on some leafs but he will not eat them. My question is , is it normal for a uro to go so long without pooing when shedding? could it be impaction if he is showing no signs of straining. At what point do i go to the vets? i do not get paid till friday, is this too long to wait?
Shot at 2012-07-03
Shot at 2012-07-03 1) How long have you owned the animal 8 months 2) Dimensions of the enclosure you are using. Measure it- do not guess or give gallon size 4 foot by 2 foot 3) Species (if known), length, and weight of the animal geryi length 7 inches weight 75grams 4) Listing of all animals kept in the enclosure referred to in the post seph - uromastxy geryi 5) Basking spot temperature and how that temperature was measured 122 - heat gun 6) Temperature throughout the rest of the enclosure (warm and cool areas) and how these temperatures were measured e.g. digital thermometer, stick on dial thermometer. Provide the nighttime temperatures as well. 110 hot end - 90 cool end - night 77 , i know the cool end is slightly high but he never goes down there and i have trouble getting the temps down there lower. temps controlled with digital thermometer which controls day and night temps 7) Acknowledge whether you are using a UVB bulb and if so, the brand, age of bulb, and distance from the bulb to the uromastyx D3+ T5 High Output lamp UVB strip bulb and 100 watt ceramic heater bulb ( http://www.arcadia-reptile.com/products/d3-reptile-t5-lamp/ ) 8) Diet items being fed and how often each item is fed butternut squash daily, lentils weekly, salad from packs given daily as follows hard, coral lettuce, rocket and tatsoi, lambs lettuce Green batavia lettuce, lollo rosso lettuce, rocket, radicchio and Green Batavia leaves. 9) List of the supplements being used, how much is used, and how often the supplement is used nutobal every other day 10) Type of substrate (cage bottom material). If this is sand, state whether it is calcium sand was sand but sand removed just in case and is now kitchen lino and slate tiles 11) Describe your animal’s daily routine. When it exits the hide, when it retreats for the night, how long it is usually out throughout the day, is it active during this time, how much time does it spend sitting on the basking spot…. wakes just after light comes on at 8 o`clock in the morning , goes over to basking spot and rests for 1-2 hours then goes and sits on wooden outcrop and watches till he gets feed when he goes mad, running about for an hour (not he has stopped doing this) 12) Describe your animal’s appetite. used to eat three meals a day but now eats 1-2 leafs 13) Describe any unusual behaviors you are seeing or any recent changes in behavior. Also note whether any recent modifications have been made to this animal’s environment. e.g new enclosure, move to another room, new heat bulb.... has slowed down a lot but is still attentive, no changes to his home outside of the removing of sand after the 15th day 14) Describe how often this animal is handled and the type of handling. hardly handled at all except when feeding and even then its him running on the hand feeding him 15) State whether the animal has been to a vet, when that was, and whether the animal was diagnosed with a medical condition. Also state whether the uromastyx has ever had a fecal check. If so states when the fecal check was done, what was found, and if medication was prescribed. never been to vet or had a fecal check done. |
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| 07/03/12 11:27am |
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Message To: Soolong In reference to Message Id: 2272065 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
In addition to the above the apparent issue can be associated with and or caused by various other factors. Do you recall what the most recent stool looked like? Was it runny, discolored or abnormally rancid? If so it’s quite possible the uro contracted internal parasites, which can harbor themselves in most food items, wild harvested or store bought. Is the uro going through a shed at the moment? Often times many reptiles will refuse to eat and become less active during sheds. Also, how are you measuring ambient temps and humidity levels? |
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| 07/03/12 05:22pm |
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Message To: Vers In reference to Message Id: 2272087 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
you are the second person to say he is not a geryi and rather a ocellata which is worrying as i have allways treated him as a geryi. he was on washed playsand. Hes last poo was wet one end and very dry the other while hes normal poo would be quite wet all the way along. Hes light was a 12% not 5% and distance was 17 inches without the sand and 13 with (lights are 8 months old - order replacements just now). he is just finishing a shed that has last pretty much the whole month, so hes pooing stopped when the shed started. His 100watt heater holder failed last night and i had to put in a 60watt to cover it, 110 under basking , 95 floor around the basking spot going down to 80 and he has been eating! so far 5 leaves, the most he has eaton is 2 leafs a dayish for weeks |
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| 07/04/12 09:35am |
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Message To: Soolong In reference to Message Id: 2272138 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
As for lighting, I would definitely try to raise the basking surface and or lower the UVB fixture in order to get at least a part of it within 8-12" of the animal. A sloped surface or a well anchored branch or two would do the trick. Currently my new Arcadia 12% t5 HO bulbs are putting out ~290 uW/cm^2 @ 7", ~245 uW/cm^2 @ 10" and ~180 uW/cm^2 at 13". While they would provide ample UVB @ 17" directly below the bulb when new, they will eventually lose punch over time and become much less effective. Allowing the animal to choose different levels of UVB exposure would be ideal and it would lengthen the effective life of your bulbs. I would imagine Arcadias would last longer than 8mo on average, but the only way of knowing would be to test them using a UV meter, otherwise you’re just guessing. On thing you never mentioned was how you are measuring ambient temps and humidity levels, which is important. It’s good to hear that he/she is back to eating again, at least more than previously. Just keep an eye out for a fresh stool and when that does happen, if you get to it soon enough, I would recommend putting it in a plastic bag and then send it in for testing. This will let you know whether or not the uro has parasites. If it doesn’t pass anything in the next week I would consider bringing it in for a checkup. |
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| 07/04/12 10:32am |
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Message To: Vers In reference to Message Id: 2272145 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
got in today and found a little `gift` as it were,the first poo after 25 days! and on the day before visting the vets as well. i have taken the stool up to the vets to get it checked. His not moved much but i guess the first poo after 25 days will do that. He temps are measured with a IR gun not tested humidity as the room he is in is like a oven during the day. I have orderd a new arcadia light for him just to be safe, the light also has a reflector which i never mentioned before. a pic of the poo, not for the faint of heart.
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| 07/05/12 11:33am |
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Message To: Soolong In reference to Message Id: 2272229 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
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| 07/05/12 02:16pm |
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Message To: Vers In reference to Message Id: 2272254 Uro shedding and not pooing for 21 days
Shot at 2012-07-05 Guarding his food, which he ate a little of
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