My Bearded Dragon??

Question

Well his poop is slimey and smells really bad but you cant smell it from far away...wat am i supposed to do and wat could be the cause of this??

he is about three months old and he eats about 15 crickets 3 times a day plus some mustard greens with squash and no this didnt happen when i first got him...it happened about a week and a half ago!!

Answer 1

You are over feeding him. Reptiles and also fish, will keep eating and eating. You have to be the one to step in and feed him reasonable amounts. I would suggest feeding him five or six large crickets per day. 45 crickets a day is crazy! This would be the cause of his feces being that bad...

Answer 2

Usually very smelly poo is a sign of parasites. Take him to a vet to get a fecal done and that will show you what he has. Most likely he has large amounts of coccidia but he could have other parasites. It is parasites, trust me please :)

He should be eating crickets, no bigger than the space between their eyes, 3 times a day, with a total of 75-100 crix. DONT feed him 5-6 large crickets a day. Thats the right way to impact your little guy.Mustard greens re good for a salad, but try to throw some collard greens in there too. Otherwise you should be good. He will probably start eating alot more once the parasites are cleared. Check out this site for beardy care.
http://www.reptilerooms.com
It is the #1 site for Bearded Dragon care, plus all other reptiles as well.

Answer 3

way way way too much food! no more than 6 to 10 crickets a day plus veg and fruit 2x per day as he gets older more fruit and veg and crickets only every 2nd or 3rd day. make sure you are not feeding him letuce it will give him diareah their poop does smell somewhat thats just the way they are it sould smell kinda barnish like on a farm if you need more help email me i have had one for a few years now

Answer 4

Your bearded dragon needs to go to the Vet for a Feces sample because it most likely has Internal Parasite Or Intestinal Parasites, That is a very painful diarrhea And it burns your beardy when he poops very uncomfortable. Vet ASAP!

Answer 5

You must feed very small prey to baby bearded dragons. While the rule-of-thumb for feeding lizards says that it is generally safe to feed prey that is 2/3 the size of the lizard's head, this is not advisable with baby beardeds (0-4 months). When fed prey that is too large for them, serious physical problems often result: partial paralysis, seizures, ataxia (loss of motor control), inability to self-feed, gut impaction, even death. Start with feeding pinhead crickets and tiny, freshly molted worms, moving only slowly and gradually to larger sizes, phasing in day-old pinks when they are ready for them. Despite the fact that most stores sell animals that need them, most don't sell pinheads, so you will have to order them directly from a cricket breeder; you can order mealworms from them at the same time.



The bearded dragons are omnivores, with plant foods comprising about 20 percent of their diet. Since these lizards consume a wide variety of invertebrates and small vertebrates in the wild, a variety of protein sources must be offered in captivity. Prey items such as appropriately sized cultured crickets, cockroaches, mealworms, king worms, and wax worms can be fed, along with pink mice. Make sure the invertebrates are freshly molted to reduce the amount of tough, indigestible exoskeleton the dragon will ingest; exoskeletons can cause intestinal impaction so the least amount ingested the better. As the dragon grows, it is better to feed him mice (pinks, fuzzies, crews, young adult) rather than mostly insects. Whole rodent prey is more nutritious - and will not cause the impaction that insect prey can.

Feed your invertebrate prey before feeding your dragon. Prey bought from pet stores are generally in dire need of a good meal, having subsisted on cardboard or bran for several days at least. Sprinkle or dust prey with a calcium supplement just before feeding them to your lizard 3-5 times a week (more for baby and pregnant dragons), and use a multivitamin supplement 2-3 times a week (more for babies and pregnant females). Prepare an enclosure for your crickets, furnishing it with pieces of egg crate or cardboard cores from paper towels and toilet paper. Pieces of fruits and vegetables, as well as food such as high-protein baby cereal mixed with reptile vitamins, tropical fish flakes, and rodent chow, all make suitable foods. Since smaller crickets are more nutritious than larger crickets (proportionately less exoskeleton) it is better to feed out more of the smaller ones than fewer of the big ones.
Plant matter includes a variety of shredded or torn vegetables and fruits such as green beans, orange-fleshed squash, carrots, escarole, parsley, mustard, dandelion and collard greens, raspberries, mango, and cantaloupe.

Answer 6

hi there
it probably the diet
give him a verity of greens and veggies no to much most pet stores feed just cricket to them unless u got him from a breeder ...most breeders feed both veggies and crickets and some fruits not much fruit... but it could be the squash i know our smell if we don't feed a verity of veggies as well as there crickets ... we breed beardies so we have done our research alot... what to give and not to give ...try to give him some verity...

Answer 7

its most likely bc you might be feeding him to many cricets... thats normal to smell bad but you might be feeding him to much for his little body to handle.

Answer 8

How old is he and what are you feeding him? How is his color? Is this something new or has it happened since you bought him?