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Eating Poop?

This is what our member has to say: I saw my dragon relieve some liquids on the substrate it was white kinda liquid and it was there. Later on in the day that ...


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06-13-2008, 09:42 PM
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Eating Poop?

I saw my dragon relieve some liquids on the substrate it was white kinda liquid and it was there. Later on in the day that fool was eating it. There are some crickets in his tank hiding, and he ate a lot yesterday.
Is this normal?

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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2008, 12:53 PM
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Re: Eating Poop?

I'd be scooping out the urates the instant I see them next time.
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 I helped move the meter!   06-14-2008, 01:10 PM
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Re: Eating Poop?

I'm with Liz, for the health of the lizard you shouldn't be leaving feces in the cage.

My last iguana used to do it too, we just potty trained him so he went when we wanted and removed the feces before there was an issue.
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Re: Eating Poop?

Agreed with both of them. My friend had this problem, and didn't think it was too much of a bad thing, well his WD got sick. So I would take care of that stuff right away.

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Re: Eating Poop?

I agree with everyone above. That's how they get parasites and worms.



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