had my beardie for a week and he finally went for a poop today after 20mins in a warm bath but it had a white like hard lump in it that i noticed as the rest dissolved in water lovely and the smell horrendous so question is is the smell meant to be that bad lol but mainly what is the white stuff my friend says its normal her beardie has it in his but she hasnt a clue what it is shes guessing calcium from the vitamins you add to food but it is a guess
anyone got any ideas what it is not worried just very curious
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: Maggs Date: May 13, 2009, 03:56:52 PM
I believe i remember reading on here that it is the "urine" part of their stool. But dont quote me as I could be wrong lol. Yeah my beardies poop smell is horrendous as well lol. I hold my breath while cleaning!
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: beardielover17 Date: May 13, 2009, 03:58:49 PM
yes the white is the urates/urine and maggs, if ur beardies poop is horrendous then i suggest getting a fecal done...usually (not always tho) its a sign of parasites...if u catch it early its easier to treat
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: zebrajanie Date: May 13, 2009, 03:59:11 PM
the white is Urate, which is urine. It shouldn't be hard as a rock or smelly either, at least not room clearing smelly. Keep up with the hydration, and try to get a sample so a vet can run a fecal exam . Really smelly, room clearing, usually means parasites, but since you just got this little one, wait until it is acclimated before taking in a sample. Right now it would show high on Coccidia, which is naturally occurring in dragons, and stressful situations will drive that count up.
You should be seeing a small amount of white urate, to a large amount of green/black poo. If it has a gel like casing, that means you have hydrated the dragon well. If it is hard, head back to the bath !
Hope this helps out !
Janie.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: asmaa Date: May 13, 2009, 04:03:48 PM
I believe i remember reading on here that it is the "urine" part of their stool. But dont quote me as I could be wrong lol. Yeah my beardies poop smell is horrendous as well lol. I hold my breath while cleaning!
urine in poo really?? learn something new everyday wonder if thats why it smells so bad was kinda glad it was in bath as i just emptied all outside on my grass let rain clear it away definate hold of breath it was awful but im just glad he finally went was starting to worry
thanks janie it wasnt hard hard just the white part which was starting to dissintergrate smell while awful was more noticeable when i was near to it not all round room just know to stay at arms length next time lol didnt have the appearance of the pics of parasite poop it did have a weird like slimy casing as well hes not quite so small tho 16" in length 14mnths will that make for more smell or less
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: Maggs Date: May 13, 2009, 04:08:35 PM
Its not room clearing. Like I cant smell it outside of the viv. But if I go in there and stick my face close, its pretty stinky!! lol.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: zebrajanie Date: May 13, 2009, 04:16:38 PM
You can use non scented baby wipes to clean the poo from the viv, and it smells a whole lot nicer !
Janie.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: Haze47 Date: May 29, 2009, 02:28:04 PM
the white is Urate, which is urine. It shouldn't be hard as a rock or smelly either, at least not room clearing smelly. Keep up with the hydration, and try to get a sample so a vet can run a fecal exam . Really smelly, room clearing, usually means parasites, but since you just got this little one, wait until it is acclimated before taking in a sample. Right now it would show high on Coccidia, which is naturally occurring in dragons, and stressful situations will drive that count up.
You should be seeing a small amount of white urate, to a large amount of green/black poo. If it has a gel like casing, that means you have hydrated the dragon well. If it is hard, head back to the bath !
Hope this helps out !
Janie.
Good to know about the gel like casing. Thanks Janie. Learn something knew everyday. I was just searching for something and came across this, figure a thanks is in order. You should be seeing a small amount of white urate, to a large amount of green/black poo. If it has a gel like casing, that means you have hydrated the dragon well. If it is hard, head back to the bath !
Hope this helps out !
Janie.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: zebrajanie Date: May 29, 2009, 03:10:38 PM
I'm happy I could have been of some help !
Janie.
You are all welcome....
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: piper Date: July 14, 2009, 07:58:57 AM
hi one of my dragons has the white chalk like stuff in his poop i thought it was normal so i didnt take much notice, the other dragons dont have this which is normal
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: zebrajanie Date: July 14, 2009, 04:20:55 PM
Piper, it is normal for white chalk like stuff, just as long as it isn't rock hard. That is the pee or urates. Your other dragons don't have this ? Something is wrong then. It should be almost equal amounts of both .
Janie.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: piper Date: July 17, 2009, 11:42:02 AM
hi the smaller one has now got the white in his poop so guess she's ok,
does males grow quicker than females or is it just down to the individual
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: piper Date: July 24, 2009, 04:42:12 AM
ok thanks
he does eat more than the others so perhaps thats why
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: Diesel Date: July 24, 2009, 05:22:46 AM
Glad i found this. I've only had Draco for 2 days & he is only 5 weeks old. but he managed to do a few poo's already. One had this white/creamy stuff in it. But it's not hard & it doesn't smell that bad.
So far it seems he's ok, bowel wise.
Re: beardie poop whats the white in it?? By: sqhertz Date: July 24, 2009, 01:27:17 PM
interesting.
i found buddhas urates to be quite hard. im trying to locate a good vet in my area (im new to garner , NC) , but i wasnt aware that it should not be hard. is there a common cause for this?