Help? Our Beardie is losing weight

We got our Bearded Dragon about two months ago he is 3 years old (a friend of ours wasn't giving him the time and care he needed). Over the last few days we have noticed he is losing weight. We are positive he doesn't have parasites, he is eating normal and pretty active so I honestly don't think its Brumation... Any idea what may be causing the weight loss?

LeahM":1od6asg8 said:

We got our Bearded Dragon about two months ago he is 3 years old (a friend of ours wasn't giving him the time and care he needed). Over the last few days we have noticed he is losing weight. We are positive he doesn't have parasites, he is eating normal and pretty active so I honestly don't think its Brumation... Any idea what may be causing the weight loss?

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Run down on his lighting, tank temps, lighting schedule and feeding schedule and what and when is he being fed ?

Weight loss may be just have been a huge poo , has he pooed since you started weighing him ?

He eats around the same time every day around 4pm... he actually hasn't been having many bowel movements.. We've been keeping up with temps and all looks pretty normal, however lighting we are actually a little confused on- been trying to do my research on it to make sure we are doing everything right (the guy we got him from wasn't even using UV bulbs of any sort, but was using a plain amber bulb as a type of UV so we had to buy and replace a lot of things when we first got him)... just found this site a week ago, and finally got around to register.

LeahM":2zn61cvl said:

He eats around the same time every day around 4pm... he actually hasn't been having many bowel movements.. We've been keeping up with temps and all looks pretty normal, however lighting we are actually a little confused on- been trying to do my research on it to make sure we are doing everything right (the guy we got him from wasn't even using UV bulbs of any sort, but was using a plain amber bulb as a type of UV so we had to buy and replace a lot of things when we first got him)... just found this site a week ago, and finally got around to register.

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UVA enhances appetite, your UV light needs to be "desert" rated (ie a minimum of 10%UVA (30%UVA).

What are you feeding him ?

Is he drinking anything ?

I suspect if he's not eating he may have a health issue , perhaps he's impacted (you say he's not pooing).

Can you post some pictures of his set up, lighting, and of him ?

We are feeding him different things, trying to give him a bit of variety- we have fed him carrots, butternut squash, little bit of bellpepper, cucumber, cilantro, items like that. He gets 6 large crickets two to three times a week. He eats regularly and has a pretty good appetite. We've noticed he wont eat out of his bowl, he will only really eat if we hand feed him... I've been trying to keep an eye on bowel movements, and I think he has bowel movements once every 3 days? I'm not really sure how to post pictures on here, but if I can figure it out, I sure will! Also, he falls into a deep sleep during his soakings... is that normal?