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Bearded Dragon Head & Leg Tremor Solution
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[QUOTE="Sarthon, post: 2026585, member: 92876"] Hello, I wanted to make this post for information / education reasons . I could not find a solution / answer online to my situation with my Beardie , and therefore I thought making a forum to help others of my experience would be good ! My bearded dragon , Jack (female , 22 inches , 700 grams , 8 years old, leatherback) was experiencing head tremors and a leg tremor . I was doing research online prior to taking her to the vet because from what I had read - it was diet/ nutrition or calcium related. I was dumbfounded because I was fairly certain she did not have mbd. She has a tube uvb bulb Arcadia (best you can get from Germany ) - I’ve tested her uvb output and she has a perfect gradient across her tank etc : However I resulted to giving her more calcium / vitamins to her diet to try and improve her condition. It did not get better . After 3 months of this- and noticing it progressed and become slowly worse ; I took her to her vet. She had already gotten a vet check up for the year, but of course I took her back because of her condition. The vet had no idea because she was in good health mostly other than being underweight . I know 700 grams is not underweight but her fat pads and tail fat were heavily sunken in. She’s a big boned Beardie . I requested he get blood work from her . Additionally , a fecal was done since she pooped at the vet (I was going to drop poop off later if she went at home, but luckily she went there ) Fecal came back with parasites and so of course she was treated for that (probably reason for weight loss , and she had recently woken from brumation) The blood results came back and said everything looked good other than her calcium being VERY high. For 4 months I did not give her calcium supplement and her head tremors have gone away completely . They were so concerning and scary before ! Additionally - her back leg tremor has gotten so much better and rarely now tremors. I am currently only giving calcium once a week until I can get another blood work done to check her levels . Please take note that too much calcium can cause these tremors. Online info jumps to mbd but if you know that isn’t it - adding more calcium to your beardies diet will make it worse. I truly think this may have effected her nervous system. I am so blessed she’s now back to normal - I will be keeping an eye on her closely . I hope this helps people who may be experiencing something similar. -Kelsey [/QUOTE]
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