Grey square on head, and no uvb survive?

I have a bearded dragon named stitches, I've owned him for 4 months now and just recently he's had a grey dark square forming around his 3rd eye (top of head). Is this something I should worry about?
Also how long can my bearded dragon live with his ubv? So far it's been 2 weeks since it broke during the move and I've been taking him outside in the Arizona heat for 30 minutes a day to get his Ray's and heat.
He's a year and a half, his tank is a 4x1, no uvb, eats squash with repti-calcium, 30 minutes a day of sun.
The rest of the day he keeps warm in my blankets.

Im not sure what it is. About the lighting, bearded dragons need to bask 12 hours per day. Try to get your beardie outside more time till you get the uvb, or otherwise it might get mbd. If your beardie starts to act strange ask someone on your family that knows about reptiles/animals. If it doesn’t stop acting strange whatever you do, I would recommend taking it to the vet just to make sure :roll:

It sounds like maybe a shed starting on top of his head. Can you post a photo of it? Time outside in natural sunlight is great for them. If you can bring him out a few times per day that should keep him in good shape for a while.

CooperDragon":3uwmtsyh said:

It sounds like maybe a shed starting on top of his head. Can you post a photo of it? Time outside in natural sunlight is great for them. If you can bring him out a few times per day that should keep him in good shape for a while.

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Archie1072":2l2ms4s4 said:

CooperDragon":2l2ms4s4 said:

It sounds like maybe a shed starting on top of his head. Can you post a photo of it? Time outside in natural sunlight is great for them. If you can bring him out a few times per day that should keep him in good shape for a while.

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Hi! I’m pretty sure that he’s just shedding. If you feel so inclined you can put him in the bath and scrub it a bit with a toothbrush to loosen it. As for the uvb, it’s good that you’re taking him outside everyday but you should still get one as soon as you can afford it. He will be fine but it’s just safer to get one

Rony":33a5kwv1 said:

Im not sure what it is. About the lighting, bearded dragons need to bask 12 hours per day.
12 hours per day is way too short …. this will make the dragon think it's winter. 15 hours to 16 hours per day is more like summer in their natural range .

Try to get your beardie outside more time till you get the uvb, or otherwise it might get mbd. If your beardie starts to act strange ask someone on your family that knows about reptiles/animals. If it doesn’t stop acting strange whatever you do, I would recommend taking it to the vet just to make sure :roll:

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A good UV source inside the tank is MANDATORY , must produce about 200 microW UVB / sq.cm at the basking spot and no less than 100 microW UVB / sq.cm at the floor.

I agree that's a spot of shed. And it's always good to order 2 bulbs if you can, when one is not useful anymore you won't need to scramble for one. However since you are actually able to take him in the sun daily that will give him the uvb he needs. An hour would be better, but not at the hottest part of the day. An hour in the sun will give him all he needs.