Beardie from neglective owners WONT EAT GREENS!

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Clover7cuteness

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Hi all!
So I have a female 17" long bearded dragon named Clover. I have no idea how old she is, or what her morph is or really that much about her, but I've had her for about two years. I got Clover from my dad's friend who didn't want to take care of her anymore, her and her whole 20 gallon setup with one hide and about 2 1/2"-3" of sand, ceramic heat emitter and I've bulb was free. I noticed she seemed unhappy in the 20 gal and she didn't eat much, but NEVER EVER ate veggies. One time she got so constipated because of lack of fiber that I thought she was laying an egg...she ended up pooping out blood. I was very worried so I bought her a 46.5 gal tank (was planning on goldfish school but goldfish died) and got rid of all that dusty old sand that was probably never replaced since her previous, negligent owners got her and replaced it with reptile carpet. I made her another hide, got her a huge water tub, found two big rocks for basking and last but not least, a hammock. She seemed happier and she ate more, but Clover STILL doesn't eat greens! I've tried hand feeding, putting bugs in her greens, throwing them around her tank, even force feeding!!!!!! ? she just won't eat! She's very bony and has been lethargic lately and is definatly underweight still. WHAT IS GOING ON?!?! Idk what her previous owners were feeding her but now I feed her mainly Dubia roaches (about 4-6 large ones daily) with an occasional super and ALWAYS offer greens. Please help! She also doesn't poop much and usually sleeps most of the day but this just started about 2 wks ago.
 

SpacialCoogs

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You might want to look into making a green slurry and feeding her via syringe for a bit. Are you dusting the roaches?

What are the temperatures and UV? If those are off it will affect her appetite and ability to absorb nutrients from her food.

It's good that you got rid of the sand and upgraded the tank size. Can you provide pictures of the her and her setup?
 

Clover7cuteness

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Ok I'll try that. The tank temp (although I'm not completely sure bc the thermometer might work right cuz it usually feels hotter than the reading) is 80 farenhiegt but I'm trying to get it hotter, im thinking about getting a heat mat in addition to the basking light. I do dust the roaches like once or twice a week but her basking light produces uv-b and heat like the actual sun instead of just a ceramic heat emitter.
 

Clover7cuteness

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Oh, and I tried to post a pic but it wouldn't let me, I'll try again later though. But her tank currently has paper towel bc she needs a new carpet and I got tired of cleaning it (and we're moving soon anyway), under the basking light on the left is a resin rock hide and her hammock, on the right is a water tub which takes up a little less then a fourth of the tank, and on the left of the tub is a diy hide that she can climb on to get to her water. Oh and she has a uv-a light bulb (no heat) on the right too, I didn't think a full spectrum was necessary bc her basking light is uv-b. And humidity during the day is usually less than 50% like 30% most likely (but it varies) but for some reason in the morning it gets up to like 80% ?. It doesn't seem to bother her though.
 
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