I have a baby beardie who has been eating fine but 2 days ago he stopped eating and has become very sluggish he has a 10.0 uvb compact bulb and I don’t remember what hear bulb he has it’s a white light basking bulb and his basking spot stays around 90. Anyway his tummy is big and he’s just sitting there. I gave him some blended prunes but nothing yet it’s been about 15 minutes. Need help!!!! Oh also I feed him super worms which might be the cause but now that we’ve got that figured out I could really use a hand figuring out a solution. I’ll be checking this fairly regularly but if you have any answers a text would be amazing at 757-985-5130
Suspect impaction need help!!!
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Hi there, first off you'll need to get the basking temp. up to about 105. If you don't have a higher watt bulb, just cover part of the tank with a towel to insulate it until you can get a hotter bulb. Of course don't cover over the bulb with the towel, you don't want a fire.
Keep up the baby food prunes, did he willingly eat them ? Those are good as well as baby food squash and applesauce, and a drop of olive oil in any of those foods.
After a few hours give him a warm shoulder high bath for 10 minutes. He may not poo today [ and he may even throw up ] but hopefully it will pas soon. Can you post pics of the baby, his set up and also he size of the superworms ? Here's how :
https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then use the XIMG to upload
Keep up the baby food prunes, did he willingly eat them ? Those are good as well as baby food squash and applesauce, and a drop of olive oil in any of those foods.
After a few hours give him a warm shoulder high bath for 10 minutes. He may not poo today [ and he may even throw up ] but hopefully it will pas soon. Can you post pics of the baby, his set up and also he size of the superworms ? Here's how :
https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then use the XIMG to upload
Hi. I just want to add get rid of the coil/ compact uvb. Those cause appetite,lethargy and eye issues. I'd replace it with a reptisun 10.0 t5 long tube. He should perk up with these changes.
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