My bearded dragon, Toffee (I've made a few health posts about her here before) has for a few months now had a lack of motivation towards eating. She went from chasing superworms to ignoring them etc. From my knowledge she hasn't exactly been losing weight (the vet always says shes put on weight when I get her examined) , she still occassionally eats 1 to 3 dusted roaches a week if I'm lucky and completely refuses veggies. She has been tested for parasites which has shown no impactful load of parasites (not enough to justify action), she's been slowly recovering from a respiratory illness (slight crackle in breathe - hasn't fully cleared up and I might ask for some more meds soon). She has sufficient uvb lighting - t8 with reflector about 11 inches away from basking spot + furniture and a basking spot with the temp of around 100 - 110 depending on how warm it is in the house hooked up to a dimming thermostat to try to keep it as static as possible.
I'm kind of at a loss to understand why she's stopped eating the foods she typically enjoys - she occassionally goes crazy for waxworms but that's died down a bit too. Could it be that she's just growing up? She's been the most active I've ever seen her for the past few months too. Could it be some form of semi brumation? she's using her hide more often despite being pretty active.
Would also like to mention she still poos with a urate and relativly normal poo, though slightly smaller than before this all started and less frequent as her meals are smaller.
Does anyone know a solution for this or what could be wrong with her? I'm unsure where to go from here as it would be difficult for me to find a herp specialist as scotland is in tiered lockdown right now, and from my knowledge the closest one is in glasgow which is rather far from where I live in scotland + travel to and from Glasgow is limited right now. I can't travel to England either. It would also cost a lot - covid has made this very impractical.
I'm kind of unsure whether I'm worrying over nothing over this as she doesn't show any real signs of stress or anything - though I know they can be pretty resistant to symptoms and not show anything untill they are really far gone. The last time she was irritated was when she drunk way too much water and coughed some of it up.
I'm kind of at a loss to understand why she's stopped eating the foods she typically enjoys - she occassionally goes crazy for waxworms but that's died down a bit too. Could it be that she's just growing up? She's been the most active I've ever seen her for the past few months too. Could it be some form of semi brumation? she's using her hide more often despite being pretty active.
Would also like to mention she still poos with a urate and relativly normal poo, though slightly smaller than before this all started and less frequent as her meals are smaller.
Does anyone know a solution for this or what could be wrong with her? I'm unsure where to go from here as it would be difficult for me to find a herp specialist as scotland is in tiered lockdown right now, and from my knowledge the closest one is in glasgow which is rather far from where I live in scotland + travel to and from Glasgow is limited right now. I can't travel to England either. It would also cost a lot - covid has made this very impractical.
I'm kind of unsure whether I'm worrying over nothing over this as she doesn't show any real signs of stress or anything - though I know they can be pretty resistant to symptoms and not show anything untill they are really far gone. The last time she was irritated was when she drunk way too much water and coughed some of it up.