Constipated! Anything besides water?

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I have a sub adult iris oratoria. I think her enclosure was too dry.  Now she has dry fecal matter i cannot remove with tweezers and water. Has anyone tried anything else like lactulose to lubricate, externally only. . . or oils? 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Use a wet q tip to try to dab it off. It should come off eventually. 

- MantisGirl13 

 

[hibiscusmile]

you could spray her with warm water and dab it with paper towel.

 

[mikenepo]

Use a wet q tip to try to dab it off. It should come off eventually. 

- MantisGirl13 

I did that for Marky Mark when he got constipated. Worked like a charm.

 

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I moved her to a new enclosure about a week ago. She stayed on the top, so I guess I didn't mist her enough. It is very dry in AZ.  3 days ago I fed her a dubia roach.  She ate it, but left its exoskeleton. I thought that was weird, then I noticed she was trying to eliminate fecal matter. I worked on her for hours. It was so hard. I used warm water that I had to apply over and over again.  I did remove a total of 5 big pieces, but there was always more. Her eyes turned black, and her head became  paralyzed, and then she died. I can''t believe  it.  So awful!

Thank you everyone for your help

 

[MantisGirl13]

I'm so sorry!

- MantisGirl13