PixiePaula
Member
Hi all,
My 11 month old bearded dragon is very sick. He has been diagnosed with MBD and given liquid Vit D by the vet but has not improved. He had a black beard most of the time and moves very little as he falls upside down easily. He hasnt eaten for nearly 2 weeks. Our female hasnt eaten for over 1 week either and we do not know why.
He was housed with a female of the same age, but we have since invested in his very own separate setup another 4ft viv. Uvb has always been T8 10% Reptisun. Basking 40C Cool end 30C. we don't know why he developed MBD in the first place as the vet told us the setup is correct, but he always seemed much weeker than Olive. They are fed on crickets or roaches dusted with calcium and spring greens, peppers, squash. Occasionally wax worms as a treat. However they slowly stopped eating all toegther. And peaches health has declined rapidly. He doesn't like me to force feed him but I have done a few times mostly mixed veggies with the syringe. He spits most back out. The vitD liquid i give him dailey. He looks very miserable and is very twitchy. He has spasms on his legs and stomach. Please could anyone give me some advice as the vet didn't even seem that concerned when he was diagnosed and said he would improve and get better. However the fact that both are not eating for so long worries me a lot. He also opens his mouth a lot and seems more agressive than usual as i suspect he's in pain.
My 11 month old bearded dragon is very sick. He has been diagnosed with MBD and given liquid Vit D by the vet but has not improved. He had a black beard most of the time and moves very little as he falls upside down easily. He hasnt eaten for nearly 2 weeks. Our female hasnt eaten for over 1 week either and we do not know why.
He was housed with a female of the same age, but we have since invested in his very own separate setup another 4ft viv. Uvb has always been T8 10% Reptisun. Basking 40C Cool end 30C. we don't know why he developed MBD in the first place as the vet told us the setup is correct, but he always seemed much weeker than Olive. They are fed on crickets or roaches dusted with calcium and spring greens, peppers, squash. Occasionally wax worms as a treat. However they slowly stopped eating all toegther. And peaches health has declined rapidly. He doesn't like me to force feed him but I have done a few times mostly mixed veggies with the syringe. He spits most back out. The vitD liquid i give him dailey. He looks very miserable and is very twitchy. He has spasms on his legs and stomach. Please could anyone give me some advice as the vet didn't even seem that concerned when he was diagnosed and said he would improve and get better. However the fact that both are not eating for so long worries me a lot. He also opens his mouth a lot and seems more agressive than usual as i suspect he's in pain.