RealNeoMc2
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I'm not sure if this is an emergency or not, but the behavior is unusual even for him.
Over the last week my beardie Rex has just stopped expressing interest in food at all. Whenever he is offered food, he tries to run off and hide or lets it fall out of his mouth if it manages to get inside. Starting yesterday, he has left his beard black all day long, including through the night. Google is telling me "sick" and I've no idea what is up with him.
He has never actually seemed to care for food, he won't eat it without me hand feeding him (and pushing it into his mouth). He doesn't eat greens at all, and even the small handful of food he would let me feed him he now won't consume. I've tried to keep Phoenix Worms on hand, but he doesn't even look at them. He doesn't eat out of a bowl at all.
I'll be redoing and cleaning his cage tomorrow in case that helps, but right now he should have fine UV and heat sides. The last time I took him to a vet, I was (I think) scammed out of nearly half a grand and I wasn't told anything useful that Google hadnt told me already. She claimed he was "very sick with Pinworms", and prescribed me very pricey medicine, which did nothing. He was the same lizard before and after the medicine. He isn't quite "lethargic" despite not wanting to eat, which leads me to think he may not be sick??? Idk
Over the last week my beardie Rex has just stopped expressing interest in food at all. Whenever he is offered food, he tries to run off and hide or lets it fall out of his mouth if it manages to get inside. Starting yesterday, he has left his beard black all day long, including through the night. Google is telling me "sick" and I've no idea what is up with him.
He has never actually seemed to care for food, he won't eat it without me hand feeding him (and pushing it into his mouth). He doesn't eat greens at all, and even the small handful of food he would let me feed him he now won't consume. I've tried to keep Phoenix Worms on hand, but he doesn't even look at them. He doesn't eat out of a bowl at all.
I'll be redoing and cleaning his cage tomorrow in case that helps, but right now he should have fine UV and heat sides. The last time I took him to a vet, I was (I think) scammed out of nearly half a grand and I wasn't told anything useful that Google hadnt told me already. She claimed he was "very sick with Pinworms", and prescribed me very pricey medicine, which did nothing. He was the same lizard before and after the medicine. He isn't quite "lethargic" despite not wanting to eat, which leads me to think he may not be sick??? Idk