Hi
we recently purchased a few baby central bearded dragons. All are thriving and now approx 20 cm long incl tail. One however is still basicallythe same hatchling size. We have had them now for a few weeks and this little fella (or girl) whilst being small has shown no illness symptoms until about five days ago.
He basically just sits there all day, though he will occasionally go for a run. He is eating occasionally but not as much as he should.
The main concren is this... five days ago or so, I picked him up as usual and he started swinging his body around, lke how they would if they didnt want to be held but its not that. The main problem with this swinging seem sto be in his head... his breathing i s so shallow you cannot see him breathing and atleast twice a day I walk in convonced he is dead until I touch him. (no im not poking and proding him every two minutes) Also when he is laying on the sand (making no attempt to bask in warmth) his head is basically held at an angle (ear to the ground)
does anyone have any suggestions on what could be wrong. I dont want to keep him alive if he is suffering but I would also like to offer the best chance of recovery if this is going to be possible...
we recently purchased a few baby central bearded dragons. All are thriving and now approx 20 cm long incl tail. One however is still basicallythe same hatchling size. We have had them now for a few weeks and this little fella (or girl) whilst being small has shown no illness symptoms until about five days ago.
He basically just sits there all day, though he will occasionally go for a run. He is eating occasionally but not as much as he should.
The main concren is this... five days ago or so, I picked him up as usual and he started swinging his body around, lke how they would if they didnt want to be held but its not that. The main problem with this swinging seem sto be in his head... his breathing i s so shallow you cannot see him breathing and atleast twice a day I walk in convonced he is dead until I touch him. (no im not poking and proding him every two minutes) Also when he is laying on the sand (making no attempt to bask in warmth) his head is basically held at an angle (ear to the ground)
does anyone have any suggestions on what could be wrong. I dont want to keep him alive if he is suffering but I would also like to offer the best chance of recovery if this is going to be possible...