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I'm sure many have seen flattened hair balls in their Tegu's enclosure. All of our have done it.
My question is: Which end does it come out of???
Since it's nothing but hair (rodent fur that's not digestible) I'm assuming they cough (throw) it up.
Our male Blue threw up twice in 3 days a week after we got him. Since I've seen that happen to a couple of dogs I figured he was impacted because I was feeding him too much (he'll eat whatever I put in front of him!). I was told he was less cage aggressive when he has a fully belly. I guess I filled it up. We took him to the vet and they did an x-ray (read - Expensive!!). He was definitely impacted so they put a tube down his throat and gave him some mineral oil (I was told not to try to feed him any at home) and they gave us a tube of Laxatone, what looks like cat hairball medicine. 1ml in a mouse. I did it only once and all was well. Until 2 days ago and he threw up again an hour after eating a bowl of fruit & fish. He had a small BM on the floor the day before. And another (looser) yesterday. Today I found the flattened hairball in his enclosure. I figured since he got it out it would be OK to feed him 2 small adult mice with the laxative in them. We'll see what happens.
My question is: Which end does it come out of???
Since it's nothing but hair (rodent fur that's not digestible) I'm assuming they cough (throw) it up.
Our male Blue threw up twice in 3 days a week after we got him. Since I've seen that happen to a couple of dogs I figured he was impacted because I was feeding him too much (he'll eat whatever I put in front of him!). I was told he was less cage aggressive when he has a fully belly. I guess I filled it up. We took him to the vet and they did an x-ray (read - Expensive!!). He was definitely impacted so they put a tube down his throat and gave him some mineral oil (I was told not to try to feed him any at home) and they gave us a tube of Laxatone, what looks like cat hairball medicine. 1ml in a mouse. I did it only once and all was well. Until 2 days ago and he threw up again an hour after eating a bowl of fruit & fish. He had a small BM on the floor the day before. And another (looser) yesterday. Today I found the flattened hairball in his enclosure. I figured since he got it out it would be OK to feed him 2 small adult mice with the laxative in them. We'll see what happens.