constantly constipated please help

herpinforlife · New Member Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 5

i have a golden tegu tame like a dog ive had him a year. I feed him a mixture of hissing roaches adult thawed mice,eggs.thawed raw turkey ground grapes melons what can i do.. Hes so bumming hes absolutly uncomfortable its apparant very visually, hes not pooping. Now hes only sitting there with his head down. Can i help him without having to bring him to the vet, ineed to know soon please, i have to help my buddy.

meanah · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

only thing i could say would be get him in your bath tub.. moderatly warm water and let him soak. and if needed id say i bet you could massage his lower stomach. its just a suggestion. i have heard that bathing can loosen their stool. keep us posted

txrepgirl · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the Tegu forum ( family ). I have to ask you this.Do you feed your Tegu in his enclosure ? if you do than it might be possible that he swallowed some mulch and got impacted.I fed my baby Tegu in his enclosure ones and he swallowed some mulch and got impacted.He couldn't poop and stoped eating for 5 days.His butt looked very swollen and he wiggled his body side to side trying to poop but he couldn't.I couldn't take him to the vet because it was Thanksgiving Holidays.I did get a appointment soon.The vet stuck something in side of him to see if he was impacted and he sad no he wasn't.He gave him some meds to give to him by mouth and some for his butt.I had to give him a bath 2 to 3 times a day and put the meds on his butt.About 5 or 6 days later he pooped out two big pieces of mulch.I also had to force feed him with a syringe ( with out the needle ).I gave him some chicken and turkey baby food.Try to give your Tegu about two baths ( in warm water ) a day and see if he poops.Good luck and please keep us posted.Take care.Oh,a nother thing I want to ask you how is the humidity in his enclosure and does he drink a lot of water ?

eradi · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

Soaking in warm water may help him out for now but if this is a constant and continuing problem something else must be contributing to the problem. Lack of humidity or dehydration could be part of the problem in addition to low or improper temps. Do you know what the daytime temps are? Also, does he have a good basking spot with temps of 100 to 110 or so? Higher temps are needed to properly metabolize, digest and pass food.

Good luck!

E
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herpinforlife · New Member Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 5

Im not sure where to start. I have never soaked him ever so thats a great idea i will start that right away. Also as far as feeding him in the enclosure i do that ive read not too but i still do..... He really is so intelligant and gentle its weird but even when hes excited or hungry i put my hand in there as to be non threatening and tiko breathes real heavy like its hard to trust i feel so honored to have a friend in him so thank you for all your advice. I spray his cage every day and mulch every day like 3 times a day.... I wonder if i can get some medicine or mineral oil or something like that to help him. He use to eat so well and swim and run around and poo like twice a day. Now its still like i said he just sits there looking at me with his head down.. Please keep helping me and tiko my names melissa, i also have been trying to do rehabilitation with reptiles, im willing to do anything i can to make him happy again..
sincerly.........

meanah · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject:

well hopefully soaking will work.. as for the mineral oils i havent heard anything about that. but if you need to contact the admin rick.. hes always willing to help out someone helping a tegu. hes helped me a lot with the tegu i have. i rescued it from a "friend" and she needed alotta help. but shes up and running. and eating like a pig.
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herpinforlife · New Member Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks meanah how can i get ahold of rick the administrator?? How many herps do you have? I started my journey only a year ago, i own a nice townhouse in a suburb of st paul,mn. And my house is full already i want to save everything, and finally to my saddness im realizing i cant even come close.. So now my goal is to learn, learn, learn. And better my husbandry for my reptiles.

meanah · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject:

well i used to have anything i could get my hands on as a child but that wore off when i moved. but i just got back to keepin herps a lil more then a month ago. and i have had my tegu for a little more then a month and i have a leopard gecko. 6 breeder mice and 6 fish. i saved my tegu.. but i want more.. much much more.. haha
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1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.4 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos

meanah · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject:

oh btw http://thetegu.com/contact-admin.html that'll pm rick directly
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0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.4 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos

herpinforlife · New Member Joined: Aug 25, 2007 Posts: 5

I know what you mean i have 26 herps no maybe 28 now............ Its bad i am a member of mhs mn herp society and every month there is always something you know what i mean... So i think maybe its time to downsize, its so hard cause i want to help and love them all. My electrical last january was 76 bucks this january 320.00 crazy hugh.. Hold on have to take tiko out of the tub....