Beardie suffering from MBD (Please Help)

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AHBD

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Hi there, sorry to hear about your hardships as well as your beardie's problems ! Did you say that you just now got the proper uvb lights ? If so, that's where you start out along with the calcium supplementation. The condition that she's in can be reversed now, thankfully she is not deformed and as you noted she still has jaw strength. Her refusing veggies is just being picky. Do you offer oral hydration ? If not, start using a eyedropper or spray bottle to drip water on her snout. Take her outside in the sun, just set with her in the grass for 30-40 min.+ that can give her a big boost. She's too weak to run away so you don't have to worry about that.
 

Tailzben

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AHBD":3h6xxjb2 said:
Hi there, sorry to hear about your hardships as well as your beardie's problems ! Did you say that you just now got the proper uvb lights ? If so, that's where you start out along with the calcium supplementation. The condition that she's in can be reversed now, thankfully she is not deformed and as you noted she still has jaw strength. Her refusing veggies is just being picky. Do you offer oral hydration ? If not, start using a eyedropper or spray bottle to drip water on her snout. Take her outside in the sun, just set with her in the grass for 30-40 min.+ that can give her a big boost. She's too weak to run away so you don't have to worry about that.

Thank you so much for the advice! Hearing this brings a lot of stress off my shoulders. I'll try the dropper tactic as you suggested for oral hydration. I've never done anything like that other than the occasional bath and she has a water dish that she never touches but I make sure to keep it filled just in case.
 

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Hello,

If you get a chance, post some pictures of her so we can see! As AHBD suggested,
taking her outside in the sunshine for awhile daily will greatly help out.
They can get extremely picky with their eating, especially with their greens, etc. I think
she will be able to recover, since you have the proper bulbs & supplementation now.
Let us know how she is doing.

Tracie
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
I haft to ask proper bulbs ---- can you tell us what your using for a UVB I want to check to make sure -- NO coils you need a tube fixture -- and a good bulb would be a Reptisun 10.0 T 5 --
Karrie
 

Tailzben

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KarrieRee":20uaadyx said:
I haft to ask proper bulbs ---- can you tell us what your using for a UVB I want to check to make sure -- NO coils you need a tube fixture -- and a good bulb would be a Reptisun 10.0 T 5 --
Karrie

Unfortunately I'm stuck with a coil right now because it was all I could afford but I understand your concern
 

Tailzben

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Drache613":8lm3wsw7 said:
Hello,

If you get a chance, post some pictures of her so we can see! As AHBD suggested,
taking her outside in the sunshine for awhile daily will greatly help out.
They can get extremely picky with their eating, especially with their greens, etc. I think
she will be able to recover, since you have the proper bulbs & supplementation now.
Let us know how she is doing.

Tracie

Thank you for your reply she just woke up and she looks noticeably more energized than previous day's (obviously still weak though)
HTlBBcR_d.webp
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Ok the coil is no good you need to replace as soon as possible- in the meantime get her out into sun as much as possible for at least 15 minutes - she is basically getting no UVB and the coil will cause all kinds of health issues
Karrie
 

Tailzben

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KarrieRee":1ygvdqn7 said:
Ok the coil is no good you need to replace as soon as possible- in the meantime get her out into sun as much as possible for at least 15 minutes - she is basically getting no UVB and the coil will cause all kinds of health issues
Karrie

Ok will do. It's not actually a coil it's one of the ReptiSun 10.0 bulbs but I assume they're about the same UVB wise
 

AHBD

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Thanks for the pics, they're always helpful ! She looks pretty hefty so you can cut back on the insects a little and keep offering greens as often as you can. The bulb you have is not the best but it's not going to hurt her but be sure to get her in the sun because the bulb will not get enough uvb to her. In her condition she needs really good uvb so like I said, 30-40 minutes a day or at least every other day. I think she'll improve just with that as well as regular calcium supplementation, just a very light dusting on her food.
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
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