MoonMoonLizard
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Hi everyone! Lately I’ve noticed some things out of the ordinary with Lulu so I’ll just make a list to make it easier lol. She goes to the vet in 2 weeks for her 1 year old head to toe check, but I just want to make sure I don’t need to rush her down ASAP because my vet is 2 hours away and extremely expensive for emergency appointments plus I don’t want to waste her time when I’m taking her in a couple weeks.
Possible problems I’ve noticed:
-Looks like she feels poopy
-Doesn’t really move around throughout the day she just lays and watches everything
-Stays on her cold side all day
-Extremely round so I’m not sure if she’s really fat (malnourished when I got her at 3mo so vet has been having me give her appetite stimulants and vitamins) or if she has something else wrong
-Her beard seems extremely large to me like it’s swollen compared to other beardies
-Her lower eyelids seem to have a tiny bit of droop to them
-Only poops once or twice a week
My first girl never ever laid eggs, so I asked my vet how to check if she was gravid just as a precaution and her belly is squishy with no egg feeling lumps/bumps. She gets excited and runs to her food bowl when she sees me walking over with her dubia tub and eats 25 large once a day as well as at least one full bowl of spring mix (no spinach) throughout the day. Just yesterday her head and tail started to lighten to shed so I wasn’t sure if maybe she’s poopy feeling from that or if I should be genuinely concerned. I’ll add some pictures of her from today for reference!
Her setup:
-50gal wide glass tank
-T8 10.0 Zoo Med ReptiSun UVB mounted inside her tank about 8in from the bottom of the tank
- 3 separate heat bulbs equaling 275w (outlets in my room can’t handle one big bulb unfortunately)
-Papertowel substrate soon to be replaced with non absorbant waterproof foam interlocking tiles
-95 to 100 degrees on hot side and 85ish on cool side. I’ve been struggling to maintain her hot side because I have no insulation in my room and it’s been getting colder. I have 3 towels on top and drapes over her tank to keep the heat in.
-She has a log hide, large reptile pool I made into a bed for her, hammock, 2 large branches, and crocheted jungle gym system.
I’m sure she’s ok, but my first girl passed very suddenly at only 6 years old and I wasnt prepared in the slightest bit and was devastated for 2 years before getting Lu, so I’m very paranoid about her health. Thanks guys
Possible problems I’ve noticed:
-Looks like she feels poopy
-Doesn’t really move around throughout the day she just lays and watches everything
-Stays on her cold side all day
-Extremely round so I’m not sure if she’s really fat (malnourished when I got her at 3mo so vet has been having me give her appetite stimulants and vitamins) or if she has something else wrong
-Her beard seems extremely large to me like it’s swollen compared to other beardies
-Her lower eyelids seem to have a tiny bit of droop to them
-Only poops once or twice a week
My first girl never ever laid eggs, so I asked my vet how to check if she was gravid just as a precaution and her belly is squishy with no egg feeling lumps/bumps. She gets excited and runs to her food bowl when she sees me walking over with her dubia tub and eats 25 large once a day as well as at least one full bowl of spring mix (no spinach) throughout the day. Just yesterday her head and tail started to lighten to shed so I wasn’t sure if maybe she’s poopy feeling from that or if I should be genuinely concerned. I’ll add some pictures of her from today for reference!
Her setup:
-50gal wide glass tank
-T8 10.0 Zoo Med ReptiSun UVB mounted inside her tank about 8in from the bottom of the tank
- 3 separate heat bulbs equaling 275w (outlets in my room can’t handle one big bulb unfortunately)
-Papertowel substrate soon to be replaced with non absorbant waterproof foam interlocking tiles
-95 to 100 degrees on hot side and 85ish on cool side. I’ve been struggling to maintain her hot side because I have no insulation in my room and it’s been getting colder. I have 3 towels on top and drapes over her tank to keep the heat in.
-She has a log hide, large reptile pool I made into a bed for her, hammock, 2 large branches, and crocheted jungle gym system.
I’m sure she’s ok, but my first girl passed very suddenly at only 6 years old and I wasnt prepared in the slightest bit and was devastated for 2 years before getting Lu, so I’m very paranoid about her health. Thanks guys