plastic plant in poop!!

ScottyB · #1 07-13-2011, 09:15 AM

alright guys and gals. i think i may be in a pickle hear. my tokay hasn't eaten in a few days. pooping fine. still got little white urates. ny ways. woke up . found piece of plastic in her poo. have no clue. help please.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #2 07-13-2011, 12:56 PM

Well, if she continues to poop ok, I'd just monitor the situation, keep an eye on her poop for any more plastic, and continue to try to feed. See what happens over the next few days. A few days without food is nothing to panic over. Likely she just ingested some of the plastic plant when snatching up a prey item and it make her feel crappy. Now that she's passed it, she should hopefully come back around to eating again.

ScottyB · #3 07-13-2011, 05:44 PM

cool man. fed her a pinkie this morning after my post. it wasnt the lack of eating that worried me. it was the plastic. upon further review of the play it was a lot of plastic. im lucky that she passed it. those plants have now been removed. ill keep you updated. thanks for the advise.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #4 07-14-2011, 01:03 AM

Lay off the pinkies! They're awful. Nothing but fat. Zero nutritional value. Not a good way to put weight on your animal.

ScottyB · #5 07-14-2011, 10:38 PM

alright. will one pinkie every once in while be ok.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #6 07-15-2011, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ScottyB

alright. will one pinkie every once in while be ok.

Why would you want to give something that is unhealthy to your animal even just once in a while? There are much better, healthier ways to increase weight and provide variety. There's really absolutely no reason I can think of to feed pinkies. They're completely worthless as a food item. It's like if you were to eat a stick of butter.

ScottyB · #7 07-18-2011, 09:22 AM

hey guy. sorry it took me so long to get back to this post. some of the keys on my key board wouldn't work. thus far have laid off the pinkies. new they wernt the greatest for any herp. just didnt know they were that bad. my tokay is eating again just not that much. i think she might be full grown so as long as she is eating something im happy. as far as the poop goes. she has yet to poo any more plastic pieces. though i still have been monitoring it. thanks as always for your help.

as soon as i find the cable to hook my camera up. i will post some pics.