Hi! I own a female adult bearded dragon. Today, I noticed signs of overheating, but unfortunately, I didn't notice what the symptoms were for. I finished an activity, only to come back to an unresponsive, limp, and pale beardie. I admit I could've done better to help her, I feel terrible for that. Back to the point, I followed instructions from online: bathing, dripping water on her snout, etc. But other than her color coming back just slightly, nothing has changed. During the soak, she did try to twitch her back limbs, but it hasn't happened a second time. As I have other things to do, I had to take her out. I placed her in a warm towel and let her lay on my lap as I worked. I set her in her cage under a lamp to see if it does better than a simple blanket.
In more detail to her symptoms, when I found her, she smelled, was very pale, limp, eyes closed, and mostly unresponsive. To be honest, I freaked and tried to give her some water. After a bit, she opened her mouth to, what seemed like, gasp in either air or water. It would go on between intervals of several minutes; her breathing would be about 30 seconds gap between breaths. Now, she's regained slight color. Yes, her beard and tail end is dark. For a few days, she had been pooping very often in small amounts, is that related? Anyways, if I try to open her mouth to take in some water, she will stir--still, her eyes remained shut.
Actually, as I was writing this, she's been starting to raise her head. She's regained movement in her limbs, but her walking is quite messy--to the point of tripping over her legs and tipping over. She seems very lethargic right now, perhaps using that much energy is tiring.
About any possible variables, it was supposed to be feeding day a while back, but she was very sleepy and wouldn't acknowledge the purple container she usually gets excited at. I ended up forgetting to do it again. Her cage was also a bit messy, I was going to clean it soon, I just wanted to wait until she stopped pooping so much so her new carpet wouldn't stain. I also have a habit of leaving in stale food, I really need to work on that. I also don't really change the water in her bowl very often as she doesn't drink from there, she either gets her water during baths or when I feed her with an eye-dropper.
If there's anything you want to ask me, go ahead! She does seem to be recovering though, so I'll update you about her.
In more detail to her symptoms, when I found her, she smelled, was very pale, limp, eyes closed, and mostly unresponsive. To be honest, I freaked and tried to give her some water. After a bit, she opened her mouth to, what seemed like, gasp in either air or water. It would go on between intervals of several minutes; her breathing would be about 30 seconds gap between breaths. Now, she's regained slight color. Yes, her beard and tail end is dark. For a few days, she had been pooping very often in small amounts, is that related? Anyways, if I try to open her mouth to take in some water, she will stir--still, her eyes remained shut.
Actually, as I was writing this, she's been starting to raise her head. She's regained movement in her limbs, but her walking is quite messy--to the point of tripping over her legs and tipping over. She seems very lethargic right now, perhaps using that much energy is tiring.
About any possible variables, it was supposed to be feeding day a while back, but she was very sleepy and wouldn't acknowledge the purple container she usually gets excited at. I ended up forgetting to do it again. Her cage was also a bit messy, I was going to clean it soon, I just wanted to wait until she stopped pooping so much so her new carpet wouldn't stain. I also have a habit of leaving in stale food, I really need to work on that. I also don't really change the water in her bowl very often as she doesn't drink from there, she either gets her water during baths or when I feed her with an eye-dropper.
If there's anything you want to ask me, go ahead! She does seem to be recovering though, so I'll update you about her.
