Constipation

Popeye hasnt been for about two weeks. He has been lazing on his branch not very active. Eating and drinking well. I gave him a couple of drops of cod liver oil yesterday and this is the result! He is now walking tall and more active. I am very suprised at him being constipated as he is eating quite a lot of silkworms. He managed a sperm plug as well.

Holy crap (literally)! Also, thank you for the size comparison visual!!

I don't think I will let him go that long again. He didn't have any problems when he was on locusts.

How did you get the oil inside of him??
I am trying to get Smeagie to poop using a little olive oil maybe
injected into a worm or a big crick.

wow that is a gigantic poop! now that you know the cod liver oil works you can loosen him up sooner next time

great info to learn as well! did you use straight cod liver oil or some out of a vitamin? im unfamilar with this and am always looking to learn new things for future use with my next guy!

Psychobunny said:

How did you get the oil inside of him??
I am trying to get Smeagie to poop using a little olive oil maybe
injected into a worm or a big crick.

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I pierced a capsule and stroked the sides of his mouth. When he opened up I squeezed a couple of drops in. That was about 4pm and I took him out around 10am and he christened my carpet

ReptileLove18 said:

wow that is a gigantic poop! now that you know the cod liver oil works you can loosen him up sooner next time

great info to learn as well! did you use straight cod liver oil or some out of a vitamin? im unfamilar with this and am always looking to learn new things for future use with my next guy!

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I think you may call it fish oil. It does have vit d in it so I won't use vit d this weekend. He certainly looks better. He has eaten a fair amount of large silkies lately. I would have thought that with the water content in silkies, he wouldn't have a problem. Probably not enough fibre.

Oh no!! I will make sure to put a diaper on him

I suspect he ate some dried, ornimental spagnum moss and is a bit stopped
up

I have been feeding him kale with olive oil brushed on it, butterworms, and my last 2 silkworms and still, no poop!!

Of course, this time of year, they cut way down on food, and dont poop that much anyway, but if I dont see poop today, in will be 6 days (unless theres a dried up turd hidding somewhere I havent found yet!!).

I dont have liver oil, so I will use a little olive oil instead

Kate said:

I think you may call it fish oil. It does have vit d in it so I won't use vit d this weekend. He certainly looks better. He has eaten a fair amount of large silkies lately. I would have thought that with the water content in silkies, he wouldn't have a problem. Probably not enough fibre.

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thank you for the great info!

glad he is looking and feeling better! i agree, he probably needed some fiber in there at least he is good to go now, thanks to his smart and dedicated mommy!

that is bigger than my poops.

Thats a good sized POOP!! I have also used a tiny bit of mineral oil on a feeder to get things moving. Cheers. Im sure he is feeling a bit better LoL

Okay, nevermind! I came home 2day to a BIG surprise!!

A GIANT size poo-poop from Smeagie!!

It was the biggest cham poop I have ever seen!! so big, I checked out his vent to see if it still looked normal! I was half expecting to see a significant
enlargement!!
And yes indeed, I did see some sphagnum moss in it!! bad boy!!

In fact, all my boyz left me a nice healthy brown and white present to clean up!!

So, I guess just that small amount of olive oil I rubbed on Sméagol's kale leaf (which he only took 2 little bites of) got the train moving!!

Something to remember, a little goes a loooooong way

Poop stories are so interesting.--------and gross

OK.. I am sitting here laughing. Its good to know that I am not the only one worrying about poo all the time. I think the only other time I was this interested in poo was when my children were new born babies. lol

Again, thanks for the laugh and the information...

vgaines said:

OK.. I am sitting here laughing. Its good to know that I am not the only one worrying about poo all the time. I think the only other time I was this interested in poo was when my children were new born babies. lol

Again, thanks for the laugh and the information...

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Hahahaha. Glad we are entertaining you. You can tell an awful lot by checking out a poop. I do it for a living

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Poop stories are so interesting.--------and gross

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Hey, I was tempted to take a picture, it was so big, it was like, 'the fish that got away' sort of thing!!
But, I figured, one poop pic per thread is plenty

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Hahahaha. Glad we are entertaining you. You can tell an awful lot by checking out a poop. I do it for a living

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LOL!! I know, I started as a lab tech in a hospital! Each poop has it's very own little story to tell about the pooper!!

For two weeks I was only feeding my cham silks and I noticed he hadn't pooped in a few days. Luckily some warm misting's got him to go. I now have him on crickets, silks, and hornworms. I think I'm going to order some butter worms soon and add those to his diet.