SilverGravity
Hatchling Member
Hey everyone! Been a long time since I’ve visited (last time was for my rescue beardie Steve I believe) and my beardie is getting older. I was wondering if anyone knew when a beardies eyesight might start to go? I was just feeding my girl Sapphire and she is so horrible at catching the dubias, even when I hold them up to her face. She’ll open her mouth and stick her tongue out a inch or so above the roach, or not see it when it’s on the ground running past her, or lunge for the part of the tongs that doesn’t have the roach. Even when it falls off the tongs and hides on her foot she won’t realize, or when it’s on its back and it’s legs are moving near her. She also loves flowers, and when I left her a hibiscus flower (which is pretty big) next to her for her to eat she didn’t eat it, but was very excited to eat it when I held it and showed it to her again so I have to assume she somehow didn’t realize it was there. Also worth mentioning she often doesn’t eat from her bowl- she’s eager to eat from my hands but what I don’t hand feed and instead leave in her bowl she doesn’t usually eat. She does sometimes but not super often. Despite this she’s still a healthy weight though, so I more so assume it’s just her not wanting to go get it if she’s not hungry.
She’s around 11-12 so I wouldn’t be shocked to hear it’s just age related, but I did want to know if anyone else saw issues in their beardies eyesight and if so, at what age? She had awful care her first few years so I wouldn’t be surprised if she won’t live quite as long as she should have, but she is doing well otherwise! She’s still a happy girl, just sucks at getting the bugs in her mouth.
She’s around 11-12 so I wouldn’t be shocked to hear it’s just age related, but I did want to know if anyone else saw issues in their beardies eyesight and if so, at what age? She had awful care her first few years so I wouldn’t be surprised if she won’t live quite as long as she should have, but she is doing well otherwise! She’s still a happy girl, just sucks at getting the bugs in her mouth.