Hi I'm Nikole and I'm new to the forums .
I've been researching bearded dragons for quite some time and was going to buy one at the end of sept. Silly me I looked on the local ad boards and seen a couple of beardies for sale inc a viv so I went and got them.
Now technically I did buy them but they are most definitely rescue beardies and I'm looking for some advice I've lurked the forums for a bit but yeh no two beardies are the same.
So i picked them up on friday night. Yoshi (38cm and 120g) and Izzie (37cm 100g) both apparently nearly 2 yr old!!!!!!!!! They are siblings but havent mated (thankfully but probs due to major malnutrition and possible infetility/no energy) They were living in their own muck and what I think was calci-sand. They didnt even have a heat lamp as the bulb had blown over a week ago! You can see how this is looking already. She also left the viv open for them to parade around the living room where her 3 cats and dog were! I fed them crickets on saturday and they scoffed about 25 the crickets were no larger than the space between their eyes. I was a happy mama.
Then I got to work on the viv. I ditched the sand got a new uvb bulb and heat lamp. Arcardia 12% uvb tube and 60w heat lamp with 40 degree basking spot and bulb on thermostat with probe at the cold end at 28 degree. At night everything is turned off and temps are about 21 degrees as I leave the heating on in the house.
Later that day Yoshi passed about 5 undigested crickets Izzies poop was normal. Now I know this could of been the poor heat/husbandary previously so I've let it slide. But now its Tues night and neither Izzie or Yoshi have eaten since those crickets. I've offered them greens, carrots, even bought those dragon pellets, more crickets but nothing seems to interest them. They shut their eyes and turn their heads when I try to hand feed. Yoshi hadn't been moving well so I put them in the bath and WOW Izzie passed a huge poop with you guessed it ... sand! And Yoshi had human hairs coming out of him!!! Ugh I'm mad all over again.
So that's my story so far.
I'm worried as these two are so so small they really cant afford not to eat but I can't get them to. I tried syringes with pureed veg too but nothing. My plan is to let them settle a few days as maybe the new viv set up has stressed them and give them daily baths to aid in these bowel movements in case of impaction. If they don't eat by friday im going to vet.
I will get a fecal sample of each done next wk too I'll be surprised if it comes back clean!
Any ideas or anyone else experienced anything like this? I've had these guys not even a week and I'm a mum to a toddler but the love I have for these fragile little things is crazy big!
Ps O o i meant to add I will be separating them into seperate vivs asap I'm making my own so hopefully be sorted in a week max.
http://imgur.com/sJVI55L - pic of them in the bath so skinny its so sad
I've been researching bearded dragons for quite some time and was going to buy one at the end of sept. Silly me I looked on the local ad boards and seen a couple of beardies for sale inc a viv so I went and got them.
Now technically I did buy them but they are most definitely rescue beardies and I'm looking for some advice I've lurked the forums for a bit but yeh no two beardies are the same.
So i picked them up on friday night. Yoshi (38cm and 120g) and Izzie (37cm 100g) both apparently nearly 2 yr old!!!!!!!!! They are siblings but havent mated (thankfully but probs due to major malnutrition and possible infetility/no energy) They were living in their own muck and what I think was calci-sand. They didnt even have a heat lamp as the bulb had blown over a week ago! You can see how this is looking already. She also left the viv open for them to parade around the living room where her 3 cats and dog were! I fed them crickets on saturday and they scoffed about 25 the crickets were no larger than the space between their eyes. I was a happy mama.
Then I got to work on the viv. I ditched the sand got a new uvb bulb and heat lamp. Arcardia 12% uvb tube and 60w heat lamp with 40 degree basking spot and bulb on thermostat with probe at the cold end at 28 degree. At night everything is turned off and temps are about 21 degrees as I leave the heating on in the house.
Later that day Yoshi passed about 5 undigested crickets Izzies poop was normal. Now I know this could of been the poor heat/husbandary previously so I've let it slide. But now its Tues night and neither Izzie or Yoshi have eaten since those crickets. I've offered them greens, carrots, even bought those dragon pellets, more crickets but nothing seems to interest them. They shut their eyes and turn their heads when I try to hand feed. Yoshi hadn't been moving well so I put them in the bath and WOW Izzie passed a huge poop with you guessed it ... sand! And Yoshi had human hairs coming out of him!!! Ugh I'm mad all over again.
So that's my story so far.
I'm worried as these two are so so small they really cant afford not to eat but I can't get them to. I tried syringes with pureed veg too but nothing. My plan is to let them settle a few days as maybe the new viv set up has stressed them and give them daily baths to aid in these bowel movements in case of impaction. If they don't eat by friday im going to vet.
I will get a fecal sample of each done next wk too I'll be surprised if it comes back clean!
Any ideas or anyone else experienced anything like this? I've had these guys not even a week and I'm a mum to a toddler but the love I have for these fragile little things is crazy big!
Ps O o i meant to add I will be separating them into seperate vivs asap I'm making my own so hopefully be sorted in a week max.
http://imgur.com/sJVI55L - pic of them in the bath so skinny its so sad