Some backstory:
I rescued two bearded dragons about two years ago from a store that didn't know how to take care of reptiles. One of them healed and is perfectly healthy, but one didn't recovered completly.
Even before I got him I could easily tell he had MBD, but I didn't know how bad it is until I came home with him. He couldn't walk at all, he only crawled around with his front legs stiffly glued to his body, he was very stiff in general. Sometimes he would roll on his side, but that was rare.
Besides that he had some trouble with shedding and I'm sure he has trouble with vision, since he doesn't react to anything unless it's very far away from him, so he needs help with eating.
Recently, I noticed my beardie has very stiff back legs and has them stretched most of the time. Once I was taking him out of his tank and his leg suddenly went stiff and he raised his hip.. I touched his legs, trying to see what's going on and they were rock solid. I even tried to lighlty move them but they wouldn't budge. Ever since that day he's been doing it more and more and everytime he does it, his beard turns black. He even rolls on his side more often.
What's going on? Is it the MBD getting worse, or is it something completly different?
Information on his terrarium;
1 heat lamp; temperature around 25-35°C, under the basking spot it sometimes reaches 40. At night I lower the temperature to 20-30°C
Humidity; around 38%
UVB ligt; is on for about 12 hours a day, I buy new ones every 5/7 months. I think it's called exo terra, or something like that.
I rescued two bearded dragons about two years ago from a store that didn't know how to take care of reptiles. One of them healed and is perfectly healthy, but one didn't recovered completly.
Even before I got him I could easily tell he had MBD, but I didn't know how bad it is until I came home with him. He couldn't walk at all, he only crawled around with his front legs stiffly glued to his body, he was very stiff in general. Sometimes he would roll on his side, but that was rare.
Besides that he had some trouble with shedding and I'm sure he has trouble with vision, since he doesn't react to anything unless it's very far away from him, so he needs help with eating.
Recently, I noticed my beardie has very stiff back legs and has them stretched most of the time. Once I was taking him out of his tank and his leg suddenly went stiff and he raised his hip.. I touched his legs, trying to see what's going on and they were rock solid. I even tried to lighlty move them but they wouldn't budge. Ever since that day he's been doing it more and more and everytime he does it, his beard turns black. He even rolls on his side more often.
What's going on? Is it the MBD getting worse, or is it something completly different?
Information on his terrarium;
1 heat lamp; temperature around 25-35°C, under the basking spot it sometimes reaches 40. At night I lower the temperature to 20-30°C
Humidity; around 38%
UVB ligt; is on for about 12 hours a day, I buy new ones every 5/7 months. I think it's called exo terra, or something like that.