Arm convulsions?

[JessLC]

I think my beardie is having trouble shedding her front right arm. When she was chasing a dubia, she came to a complete stop and started having this odd arm convulsion.. after about 20 seconds she was back to normal. At first i thought her nail got caught on the carpet until it started happening again while she was basking.. it wasn't as aggressive this time, but still the same motion.

She has a vet appt on the 19th of october.

Does this sound like something serious where i should get her in earlier? Or could it just be from shedding? :?

 

[Claudiusx]

Was she waving the arm in a circular motion?
Or did it seem more like the arm was spazzing out going every which direction.

-Brandon

 

[JessLC]

It was kinda both? It caught me off guard so much i couldn't even examine it.

She's never done it before. It was quick.. and her body was moving back and forth with her other 3 feet planted on the ground with her one front arm going crazy.

 

[Claudiusx]

Hmm, its hard to know from what you explained if its normal bearded dragon behavior of arm waving, or if it was a seizure type thing.

What uvb bulb do you have?
Do you dust with calcium? How often?

I'm leading to believe its just arm waving, can you look it up on youtube and see if the behavior matches?

-Brandon

 

[JessLC]

I looked at a video of the arm waving on youtube, and it was similar to that if you fast forward by like 20x. It looked more like a convulsion. She has done the arm wave before a couple months ago.. but this was so much different.

She has the reptisun 10.0 fluorescent tube.
And she gets calcium 5x per week and multi vitamins 2x per week.
She poops 1-2 times a day and it's all solid.
She eats regularly.
Basking temp is 100 degrees and she's basking all day.
She gets plenty of snuggle time..

This was just so out of the ordinary..