4 month old beardie not ate for a week now...

[zyzzthebeardie]

Had my bearded dragon for about 2 months now, he was eating perfectly up until a week ago... He injured his arm by jumping off my bed when i was handling him, i took him to a vet in which he had 2 injections which were to bring down any swelling. His arm only took a few days to then fully recover and is perfectly fine. However now he hasnt ate for a week and isnt even eating any treats such as calci worms or waxworms let alone crickets, locusts or veg.... do you think it could be due to stress (vets) or what? Aswell as not eating he has been shaking (tremors) when i go to handle him and once he is out the vivarium he trembles for about 30 seconds and then it stops and he only does it when i first pick him up

3ftx2ftx2ft vivarium
Beach chips substrate
Reptisun 10.0
basking area - 105-10 degrees f
Cold end - 80-85 degrees f
Dust food with calcium 5 times a week
dust food with vitimin once a week

I handle him every day and he seems fine when being handled, i give him water every day by spraying it onto his mouth and he drinks fine. I bathe him 3-4 times a week also

Any help would be awesome!!

 

[dragonlover3]

Possibly you mean Beech wood chips for substrate? It is also called Beach wood. {Sadly some uneducated pet shops recommend some bad things for bearded dragons.}

The first thing is any and all wood is a horrible substrate. Uncomfortable for them to walk on, the possibility of being wounded or getting slivers is high. Dragons lick to identify, the wood chips can be ingested and cause an impaction or perforated bowel and they will die a horribly painful death.

On to the worse news. Phenols are toxic and can cause death to bearded dragons. It is found in wood. Particularly Pine is noted for it. Beech wood has the highest phenol of any trees, higher than even pine. Also Wood Tar Creosote is derived from Beech wood trees.

Here are some links for information telling about the high Phenolics.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116155/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creosote

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/beachwood-uno-belgian-style-single/148603/

I would suggest since he's been on this for a couple of months he may be poisoned. I'd remove it immediately, discard everything you can. Anything hard that you want to keep like hide or feeding dish must scrubbed and rinsed thoroughly to remove the phenols. I'd take him to a vet and let the vet know what he was housed on for substrate.