I picked up some superworms from PetSmart a few days ago, Drogo never had them before. The chick at PetSmart said to cut the heads off before feeding them to my dragon. However, I read a lot of stuff online that said that was just a myth, and the stomach acids in the dragon's system would dissolve anything that wasn't chewed up enough and that the worms would die a few seconds after being chomped anyway, so I opted not to do that.
He ate probably 8 of them the first day and did not go to the bathroom the next day. The next day, he ate probably 4 and didn't touch his greens much. I got home from work yesterday (the 3rd day after the original consumption) and there were a couple piles of poop but there were also segments of the worm scattered ALL OVER the tank. It wasn't just in a pile so I don't know if he was throwing them up, pooping as he was running around or what. It seemed very odd that they were so scattered. There was even some liquid that was kinda running down the side of the tank, almost like he vomitted against the glass. Given the placement of the pieces of worm that were stuck to the side of the glass (a few inches higher than ground level), I have NO IDEA how it could even get there.
I went back to the pet store to get some crickets so he could be back on his familiar diet, but he didn't eat any that night. It looked like he was feeling sick.
I'm watching him now on his webcam and he is being very active and eating his greens so I think he is feeling better today.
Any ideas on what happened? Should I not feed him Superworms again?
He ate probably 8 of them the first day and did not go to the bathroom the next day. The next day, he ate probably 4 and didn't touch his greens much. I got home from work yesterday (the 3rd day after the original consumption) and there were a couple piles of poop but there were also segments of the worm scattered ALL OVER the tank. It wasn't just in a pile so I don't know if he was throwing them up, pooping as he was running around or what. It seemed very odd that they were so scattered. There was even some liquid that was kinda running down the side of the tank, almost like he vomitted against the glass. Given the placement of the pieces of worm that were stuck to the side of the glass (a few inches higher than ground level), I have NO IDEA how it could even get there.
I went back to the pet store to get some crickets so he could be back on his familiar diet, but he didn't eat any that night. It looked like he was feeling sick.
I'm watching him now on his webcam and he is being very active and eating his greens so I think he is feeling better today.
Any ideas on what happened? Should I not feed him Superworms again?