BlueParrot
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I need help. Our bearded dragon Otto (around 8 months old) is acting lethargic and strange and not himself.
We went away this weekend - left him on Saturday with some rocket and bell pepper, he was acting fine, his usual cheerful self and enjoying his rocket. When we got back on Sunday afternoon he was lying barely moving, at first we just thought he was sleepy but his eyes were half open but very droopy and after an hour or two he started moving but he was very slow and his balance seemed off.
On Monday he was more active but his balance was still strange and his eyes didn't look right. We have an independent specialist reptile shop across the road so we took him there (he ran into the wall when we tried to put him in the box). We were told he looked thin and dehydrated - the man at the shop managed to get him to drink by dunking his head underwater but he wasn't taking food.
We managed to get him to eat some salad leaves and 8 or so locusts on Monday night and a further 6 or so on Tuesday morning and he seemed to be perking up. He wouldn't eat last night though and he hasn't eaten today and is still showing signs of being dehydrated. He's currently lying in the corner of his viv not moving and closing his eyes a lot. He normally spends a lot of the day sitting on a log in his hot spot but he hasn't been up there since Saturday. He doesn't seem right at all and I've booked an appointment at the vets but the soonest I could get is Friday. Is there anything I should be doing immediately?
I'm also getting conflicting messages on how to hydrate him - we've tried giving him a bath or offering him a pipette but he's not taking it. There was more poo than I would have expected when we got back so I don't know if that's how he lost his fluids in which case do we have to be careful not to give him too much?
Thank you in advance to anyone who can offer any advice - we're really worried about him.
We went away this weekend - left him on Saturday with some rocket and bell pepper, he was acting fine, his usual cheerful self and enjoying his rocket. When we got back on Sunday afternoon he was lying barely moving, at first we just thought he was sleepy but his eyes were half open but very droopy and after an hour or two he started moving but he was very slow and his balance seemed off.
On Monday he was more active but his balance was still strange and his eyes didn't look right. We have an independent specialist reptile shop across the road so we took him there (he ran into the wall when we tried to put him in the box). We were told he looked thin and dehydrated - the man at the shop managed to get him to drink by dunking his head underwater but he wasn't taking food.
We managed to get him to eat some salad leaves and 8 or so locusts on Monday night and a further 6 or so on Tuesday morning and he seemed to be perking up. He wouldn't eat last night though and he hasn't eaten today and is still showing signs of being dehydrated. He's currently lying in the corner of his viv not moving and closing his eyes a lot. He normally spends a lot of the day sitting on a log in his hot spot but he hasn't been up there since Saturday. He doesn't seem right at all and I've booked an appointment at the vets but the soonest I could get is Friday. Is there anything I should be doing immediately?
I'm also getting conflicting messages on how to hydrate him - we've tried giving him a bath or offering him a pipette but he's not taking it. There was more poo than I would have expected when we got back so I don't know if that's how he lost his fluids in which case do we have to be careful not to give him too much?
Thank you in advance to anyone who can offer any advice - we're really worried about him.