Sorry this is so long:
My bearded dragon started "shivering" or "trembling". It started about two weeks ago. I am in Texas and went without power for 52.5 hours when that ice storm happened and he lived on my chest the whole time. Not sure if that is relevant to his issue, but wanted to give you as much information as I can. It started with a slight "shiver" that I noticed by seeing the spikes on his head shake. It happened a couple times throughout the day and was pretty subtle. I looked it up and started talking to some people that help bearded dragons and everything looked like it might be a calcium deficiency. I will pause here to say that he gets calcium without D 3 days a week, calcium with D twice a week, and a multivitamin once a week. I was instructed to add another day of calcium with D and to make sure he was getting enough UVB to absorb it. I opened up his screen lid to let more UVB in. I will pause here to say that his UVB light is a 36" Arcadia T5 10.0 14%. At this point it was sitting directly on the top of his tank and was about 10" from where he basks. So after a couple of days of this, he started getting worse! The shaking was happening more often and in some cases was really violent. The best way to describe it was almost like someone with Parkinson's disease. It is just his head that shakes and it's important to know that he has no other symptoms of any kind. Eats, poops, drinks, and acts otherwise normal. The shaking does not even effect his coordination with running, climbing, or catching his bugs. I consulted other people and was told that it was actually the exact opposite and it he was getting too much calcium and too much UVB and that it was too close to him. Since it seemed to be getting worse with what I was already doing, I decided to try changing things to see if what the other person is saying might be true. I raised the light up about 5.5". So now his basking light is a 150 watt and it is directly on the screen and about 10" from his basking spot which is about 105-107 degrees. The UVB light is now 15.5" from his basking spot. His cool side is around 80ish and the humidity stays under 30%. He was hatched on 10/13/20, so he is about 4 months old. I have had him for 2 months so far. In those 2 months, he has gained over 100g and almost 4" (he's about 144g and 12.5" right now). His substrate is drawer liner. He is in a 55 gallon tank (this is temporary because of wrong information that was given at the beginning and I am getting him the Zen Habitat in about 2 weeks). I think that is everything. Does anyone have any insight as to what this might be? I am making him an appointment at the vet, but wanted to reach out to others and see if anyone might have went through anything like this before?
My bearded dragon started "shivering" or "trembling". It started about two weeks ago. I am in Texas and went without power for 52.5 hours when that ice storm happened and he lived on my chest the whole time. Not sure if that is relevant to his issue, but wanted to give you as much information as I can. It started with a slight "shiver" that I noticed by seeing the spikes on his head shake. It happened a couple times throughout the day and was pretty subtle. I looked it up and started talking to some people that help bearded dragons and everything looked like it might be a calcium deficiency. I will pause here to say that he gets calcium without D 3 days a week, calcium with D twice a week, and a multivitamin once a week. I was instructed to add another day of calcium with D and to make sure he was getting enough UVB to absorb it. I opened up his screen lid to let more UVB in. I will pause here to say that his UVB light is a 36" Arcadia T5 10.0 14%. At this point it was sitting directly on the top of his tank and was about 10" from where he basks. So after a couple of days of this, he started getting worse! The shaking was happening more often and in some cases was really violent. The best way to describe it was almost like someone with Parkinson's disease. It is just his head that shakes and it's important to know that he has no other symptoms of any kind. Eats, poops, drinks, and acts otherwise normal. The shaking does not even effect his coordination with running, climbing, or catching his bugs. I consulted other people and was told that it was actually the exact opposite and it he was getting too much calcium and too much UVB and that it was too close to him. Since it seemed to be getting worse with what I was already doing, I decided to try changing things to see if what the other person is saying might be true. I raised the light up about 5.5". So now his basking light is a 150 watt and it is directly on the screen and about 10" from his basking spot which is about 105-107 degrees. The UVB light is now 15.5" from his basking spot. His cool side is around 80ish and the humidity stays under 30%. He was hatched on 10/13/20, so he is about 4 months old. I have had him for 2 months so far. In those 2 months, he has gained over 100g and almost 4" (he's about 144g and 12.5" right now). His substrate is drawer liner. He is in a 55 gallon tank (this is temporary because of wrong information that was given at the beginning and I am getting him the Zen Habitat in about 2 weeks). I think that is everything. Does anyone have any insight as to what this might be? I am making him an appointment at the vet, but wanted to reach out to others and see if anyone might have went through anything like this before?
