- Beardie name(s)
- Licky
Yesterday my 5 year old male bearded dragon was out in my garden with me and he pulled out a green onion that was growing and ate the whole thing, including roots and some dirt clumped on the roots (about 3-4 inches of green onion total). I didn't think much of it at the moment, but today since he's woken up he's had a solid black beard (with the black even stretching down to the sides of his torso) and been extremely lethargic, opening and shutting his eyes and barely moving. I didn't know until googling green onion & bearded dragons that onions are toxic for beardies.
In addition to the lethargy, he also regularly snaps his mouth open and shut in quick succession several times after breathing heavily, almost like he's dry heaving or retching. He'll do this maybe every 2-3 minutes for a total of 4-6 times within an hour. I've attached some videos of him doing this.
Today I've given him activated charcoal mixed with water based on dosing I found on a previous post, but I gave it to him a full 26-27 hours after he consumed the green onion so I'm worried that the green onion has been fully digested and is poisoning his system.
Is there anything else I can do for him immediately? Unfortunately there were no exotic vet appointments available in my area until May 6th -- which I did schedule -- but I'm worried about how far out that appointment is, given how sickly he seems today.
He uses a Repitsun T5 HO 10.0 UVB in his enclosure, with a 75w PAR36 Bluex halogen flood light as his basking light. The cool side of his enclosure is 76 - 81 F and his basking area is 100 - 106 F. He ate 3 superworms about 6 hours after the green onion yesterday but wouldn't eat anything else (including more superworms; his normal amount is 6-8 in a sitting). Today he had a very small poop in the morning that was normal consistency & wetness. He didn't want to eat anything today, whether bugs or vegetables.
In addition to the lethargy, he also regularly snaps his mouth open and shut in quick succession several times after breathing heavily, almost like he's dry heaving or retching. He'll do this maybe every 2-3 minutes for a total of 4-6 times within an hour. I've attached some videos of him doing this.
Today I've given him activated charcoal mixed with water based on dosing I found on a previous post, but I gave it to him a full 26-27 hours after he consumed the green onion so I'm worried that the green onion has been fully digested and is poisoning his system.
Is there anything else I can do for him immediately? Unfortunately there were no exotic vet appointments available in my area until May 6th -- which I did schedule -- but I'm worried about how far out that appointment is, given how sickly he seems today.
He uses a Repitsun T5 HO 10.0 UVB in his enclosure, with a 75w PAR36 Bluex halogen flood light as his basking light. The cool side of his enclosure is 76 - 81 F and his basking area is 100 - 106 F. He ate 3 superworms about 6 hours after the green onion yesterday but wouldn't eat anything else (including more superworms; his normal amount is 6-8 in a sitting). Today he had a very small poop in the morning that was normal consistency & wetness. He didn't want to eat anything today, whether bugs or vegetables.