Beardie won't eat, drink, poop and very lethargic

graysonv":30c6ex7d said:

He has only been acting like this for a few days.
I have him on reptiles bark at the moment just cause I am about to get him a new cage that's bigger so that's temporary but there's the Sandy carpet in the new cage. Yes there is a hardish lump in the center of his belly near the bottom.

<<< please remove the bark right away, that stuff kills beardies who ingest pieces of it.

quite OK to have him on kitchen grade paper toweling for his substrate.


I leave his vegetable bowl in his cage all day, its includes broccoli, lettuce, carrots, mustard greens, kale, and a squash and green bell peppers. I put crickets jn his cage every other day for him to eat (only 2 or 3) and also I feed him some meal worms on days I'm not feeding him crickets.
No I don't have a record of his weight, but he was healthy weight when I got him and up until now he's stayed that weight.

<<< he is malnourished , dragons require some live high quality insect protein everyday , see
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=237167

He has about even lightin schedule with 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light.

<<<< too short , I recommend bumping this up by a few hours , see this for why : viewtopic.php?f=1&t=236209&p=1815777#p1815777

They are mounted inside his cage about 2 or 3 feet from the basking spot,

If this is the distance to the UV tube , even if in a reflector hood and unobstructed, your dragon is receiving virtually zero UVA and UVB
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=234800
and this is likely resulting in much of the problems you are seeing , lack of appetite, lethargy , see this for setting up the correct distance to the basking spot
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=235611\
==> aim for 180-200 microW UVB / sq.cm at the basking spot & 100 microW UVB/ sq.cm elsewhere.

It's also very cold where I live now (almost freezing now)

The only problem is I have no money for a vet even though I hate seeing him like this cause I know he's sick but I don't know why. I'm hoping I can figure out why very quickly and take care of it myself.

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