cdemers111
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I adopted our beardie from my ex, setup and all. There was a uva light for a basking and some infrared light on the other side of tank. About a week ago he seemed to be really lethargic and not himself. Two days ago his limbs started trembling. Different ones at different times. I went on a few sites and found it may be MBD, and what may cause it. He wasn't getting the right light source since August. Went to pet shop bought a UVB tube light, fed him his calcium coated crickets and veggies, and waited. When we woke up he barely shaking, and moving along better. Today, he's almost himself. Chasing crickets and jumping around. From what I heard, that MBD can be hard to shake. Not sure exactly what was going on with him, just wanted to share my story.
I've seen that happen before, and getting them in the sun can help , too. It's not actually MBD initially but is very low calcium.....the calcium can't be absorbed + utilized without proper uvb. So if you catch it quickly the twitching symptoms that can be a precursor to MBD can be halted. So it's not MBD at that stage, but low calcium.
