Runny poo, still

[ToastTheSkink]

Hello again! I have had my skink for about 2 months now and he has only had a solid poo once, all the rest are runny, smell, and smear everywhere. I don’t think he has parasites because he is captive bred and has never been fed lives bugs yet, he was born in May and has been eating Merrick grain free chicken cat food, arugula, mangoes, temptations cat treats, and blueberries. I am a bit worried I am getting his diet wrong or something so I would like some advice!

[mb606587]

Are you positive that it's a Northern? I ask because I can't tell you how many times people have been told that only to end up with a wild caught skink. Try switching cat food brands or even flavors and cutting out some of the fruits and treats entirely for a bit to see if there is a change.

[mb606587]

I would stop with the cat treats as well but could you screenshot the ingredients in those?

[splashy07]

I'd discontinue the cat treats entirely, and fruit only as occasional treat.

[ToastTheSkink]

Yes, completely positive as I got him from a breeder that I trust and he looks exactly as a northern. And okay, sounds good. He just really loved the treats and I used them to get him to eat a bit more, and I can cut back on the fruit if necessary.

Here are the ingredients:

Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Corn, Animal Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Brewers Rice, Wheat Flour, Dried Meat By-Products, Natural Flavors, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Salt, Taurine, DL-Methionine, Calcium Carbonate, DL-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (source of Vitamin E), Zinc Sulfate, Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Dried Cheese, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Acetate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid.

I hope my little boy is alright.

[mb606587]

So the dried cheese may be causing digestive issues. Reptiles are lactose intolerant, unlike mammals who oftentimes produce milk for their young. Discontinue feeding those treats.

[ToastTheSkink]

Okay, thank you so much.