squirrelkitty
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Hi, my Hermann's yearling has had a few very dry poops lately. They are also so thick that he had to strain a lot and I had to help him ease them out with some toilet paper. His poor tail gets dilated so much when he tries to push these bricks out, it looks really painful.
His temperatures are right.
He has a long soak every day.
He has drunk from his bowl a lot lately because of the hot weather.
He mainly eats herbs like dead nettle, plantain, dandelion depending on seasonal availability and also lamb's lettuce. Also some flowers, cactus and cucumber. No pellets or fruit.
He lives indoors with uv/heat lamp and CEM. Despite the recent heat wave, we had mostly cold weather this year and I didn't get round to building an outdoor run (which would be for playing only, not to live outside).
He tends to drag his food around a lot. Could it be that he has eaten too much coco fibre?
He has had lots of broad leaf plantain lately and I've noticed they have very strong fibres. Could these be responsible or do they get digested?
When he has this problem, he poops out one or two normal turds first and then the dry brick is stuck in his tail.
I will give him two soaks a day and feed him more cactus and dandelion, but what do you think is the more likely cause of the hard stools: coco or plantain?
His temperatures are right.
He has a long soak every day.
He has drunk from his bowl a lot lately because of the hot weather.
He mainly eats herbs like dead nettle, plantain, dandelion depending on seasonal availability and also lamb's lettuce. Also some flowers, cactus and cucumber. No pellets or fruit.
He lives indoors with uv/heat lamp and CEM. Despite the recent heat wave, we had mostly cold weather this year and I didn't get round to building an outdoor run (which would be for playing only, not to live outside).
He tends to drag his food around a lot. Could it be that he has eaten too much coco fibre?
He has had lots of broad leaf plantain lately and I've noticed they have very strong fibres. Could these be responsible or do they get digested?
When he has this problem, he poops out one or two normal turds first and then the dry brick is stuck in his tail.
I will give him two soaks a day and feed him more cactus and dandelion, but what do you think is the more likely cause of the hard stools: coco or plantain?
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