I can identify things in my bearded dragons poop?

Question

I can find pieces of his food and crickets in his poop. What does this mean?

Cox network dude, I don't go through and search his poop. I see it when I clean his cage >=/

Answer 1

Are his heat and lighting requiremens correct? They need a basking temp of about 95-100F for adults and 105F for babies. They can't digest properly without adequate basking heat. Be sure you use a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer with probe to measure temps. Tape the probe to the basking area and set the therm. to OUTDOOR. Stick on and dial thermometers are known to be inaccurate up to 20 degrees!

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Answer 2

It's because he is not digesting his food. Your temps are not correct. He doesn't have the proper heat gradient in the tank. Along with a basking area of 95-100 degrees you also need a cool end that gets to at least 80 degrees but no lower than 75. You also have to have a UVB bulb. Without those their food will not be digested which is what you are seeing.

Answer 3

Maybe it's not digesting his food properly. Make sure his heat lamps are on. If still in doubt when I had mine I googled (or you can go to 'search') "beared dragons" and it gave me all the info I needed!

Answer 4

Same here really. Mostly it's the heads of the crickets that come through, sometimes small strains of the leaves she ate. I assumed it was normal.

Answer 5

Its very normal, beardies are known for not chewing very well. They hard parts of crickets and meal worms usually pass right through if not chewed properly. Its not worry at all and very normal.

Answer 6

It means that undigested parts are passing through.
If it's minor, it's normal.

Answer 7

You have too much time on your hands???