Re: poop patrol to the rescue!

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Posted by * IGUANA JOE * on April 03, 2000 at 15:16:37:

In Reply to: Merlin is not pooping posted by matt cooksey on April 03, 2000 at 13:30:49:

Here are some ways to make him take a sshh. uh poop! ;-)

1) warm baths, stimualtes them to do it.
2) prune pulp, and make him drink water with some prune juice squeezed out from the fruit, before 'pulping'.
3) cooked beans mixed in the food. you know what happens to us after eating them, it works as well with them!
4) grapes also help, if prunes dont work, or if they are not liked. My ig LOVES grapes, and boy does he unload some!
*5) if all fails, a vet can give you something as a laxative for the ig.

Good luck, and happy pooping!

Iguana Joe

: Merlin hasn't gone poop since I moved him out of his small aquariam to his HUGE CAGE that I just finished (6' tall, 5' wide, 4' deep). I figure it is because his cage wasn't warm enough. I have a spot light mounted a foot above a shelf for him to bask in with a heating pad under the indoor/outdoor carpeting in that corner (set on low). I used a thermometer and measured the heat there to be 97 degrees. The rest of the cage is the temperature of my house...70 ish. What is wrong?

: PS. Could it be from not having a "Plant" light on him...the special reptile lights that give of D3?

: Its been about 5 days now since he's gone and when he was in his little tank he would go every day or so. He is about 3.5 feet long from snout to the end of his tail so he's no baby.

: Matt

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: Here are some ways to make him take a sshh. uh poop! ;-) : 1) warm baths, stimualtes them to do it. : 2) prune pulp, and make him drink water with some prune juice squeezed out from the fruit, before 'pulping'. : 3) cooked beans mixed in the food. you know what happens to us after eating them, it works as well with them! : 4) grapes also help, if prunes dont work, or if they are not liked. My ig LOVES grapes, and boy does he unload some! : *5) if all fails, a vet can give you something as a laxative for the ig. : Good luck, and happy pooping! : Iguana Joe : : : Merlin hasn't gone poop since I moved him out of his small aquariam to his HUGE CAGE that I just finished (6' tall, 5' wide, 4' deep). I figure it is because his cage wasn't warm enough. I have a spot light mounted a foot above a shelf for him to bask in with a heating pad under the indoor/outdoor carpeting in that corner (set on low). I used a thermometer and measured the heat there to be 97 degrees. The rest of the cage is the temperature of my house...70 ish. What is wrong? : : PS. Could it be from not having a "Plant" light on him...the special reptile lights that give of D3? : : Its been about 5 days now since he's gone and when he was in his little tank he would go every day or so. He is about 3.5 feet long from snout to the end of his tail so he's no baby. : : Matt

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