adhdreptilenerd
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This is now my third post about my bearded dragon but I really need the help and I don’t have a vet to go to and my mom doesn’t even want to take him since it would be too much money.
I have a baby beardie who I think is about 3-4 months old, I got him 3 months ago from a chain pet store (which I deeply regret now).
I had him with improper lighting for that whole time since I got the ZooMed tank kit that came with the coil UVB bulb which didn’t give him the right about of UVB and UVA. I know that’s a problem, I got him the new light as soon as I figured out I had a bad one and he’s had that for about 6 days now. I’ve already seen some improvement in him but a i’ve also seen some new issues, one of them being this weird swallowing thing.
My mom first noticed it, he used to do it infrequently but now he does it almost all the time. It looks like he’s swallowing something or hiccuping almost, he doesn’t make any sound though.
Maybe I’m just overthinking this and it’s completely normal but better safe than sorry.
He eats calcium dubia roaches most days, he stopped eating for a few days but is starting to eat again. I feed him bok choi, collard and turnip greens, arugula, pear, brocolli, mushroom, peas, corn, sweet potato, watermelon, apple, carrots, and bell peppers for his salad. I rotate all of those things besides the bok choi every time I feed him so he doesn’t get bored and I put calcium on those too. He doesn’t love to eat his salad but most days I can get him to eat a little bit, though that only started recently.
He has a heat lamp but I currently only have a stick on thermometer but I know his basking temp ranges from about 100-115 depending on how accurate my thermometer is- I move it and place it on his basking spot to see the temp since I don’t have any other methods and my mom thinks it’s fine so she won’t let me get digital one (please someone convince my mom to get one).
Since his lighting was bad I think he has early signs of MBD like walking funny, shaking his head, and now a sagging eye and this weird swallowing thing. I have other posts for those problems, this one is just for the swallowing/weird breathing thing. Please let me know if you have any ideas as to what this is or what I could do to help him.
I have a baby beardie who I think is about 3-4 months old, I got him 3 months ago from a chain pet store (which I deeply regret now).
I had him with improper lighting for that whole time since I got the ZooMed tank kit that came with the coil UVB bulb which didn’t give him the right about of UVB and UVA. I know that’s a problem, I got him the new light as soon as I figured out I had a bad one and he’s had that for about 6 days now. I’ve already seen some improvement in him but a i’ve also seen some new issues, one of them being this weird swallowing thing.
My mom first noticed it, he used to do it infrequently but now he does it almost all the time. It looks like he’s swallowing something or hiccuping almost, he doesn’t make any sound though.
Maybe I’m just overthinking this and it’s completely normal but better safe than sorry.
He eats calcium dubia roaches most days, he stopped eating for a few days but is starting to eat again. I feed him bok choi, collard and turnip greens, arugula, pear, brocolli, mushroom, peas, corn, sweet potato, watermelon, apple, carrots, and bell peppers for his salad. I rotate all of those things besides the bok choi every time I feed him so he doesn’t get bored and I put calcium on those too. He doesn’t love to eat his salad but most days I can get him to eat a little bit, though that only started recently.
He has a heat lamp but I currently only have a stick on thermometer but I know his basking temp ranges from about 100-115 depending on how accurate my thermometer is- I move it and place it on his basking spot to see the temp since I don’t have any other methods and my mom thinks it’s fine so she won’t let me get digital one (please someone convince my mom to get one).
Since his lighting was bad I think he has early signs of MBD like walking funny, shaking his head, and now a sagging eye and this weird swallowing thing. I have other posts for those problems, this one is just for the swallowing/weird breathing thing. Please let me know if you have any ideas as to what this is or what I could do to help him.