beaniethebeardie
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My beardie usually has a bit of a yo-yo appetite. Some days she’ll have 20 or so bugs, other days she’ll have 6 and leave it at that. She usually stops eating much in the run up to pooping, but her appetite comes back afterwards. She’s also never been overly fond of veggies, having previously come from a home where she only ate crickets or lettuce, but she usually eats a fair bit of it.
For about two or three months now, however, she hasn’t been eating much. She started eating less and less bugs, being a bit more inactive, barely eating veggies. She’s well hydrated and poops about every week and a half (she typically poops twice on her poop days). She’s always been lazy, but she became even more so, except for on days where she would just go crazy, climbing over everything and basking and the lot. She still seems well, no black beard or anything, no signs of being gravid, and I wondered if perhaps it might have to do with the cold weather. Her temperatures average about 93F, she’s just had a new Reptisun 10.0 T8 UVB put in last week because it was due to be replaced, etc. I worry about her calcium levels because she’s barely eating, so she’s not getting her powder. She won’t take bugs at all now, hasn’t had any for about three weeks, maybe even a month. She’ll eat her veggies, but never a full bowl, and she’ll NEVER eat them fresh. If I put them in the viv, she waits until the next morning when they’re crispy and eats them then (unless she’s super hungry). She’s never been any different.
Because of COVID, I haven’t been able to book her a vet appointment because they’re only taking emergencies, and because she’s still moving about her tank and eating some veggies, they aren’t classing it one. Her weight doesn’t seem to have changed too much, and she did poop yesterday. I couldn’t tell the consistency of it because it was while I was out for the day, so it was all dried up by the time I got back. I read about brumation but she seems too active and alert for that. She doesn’t seem lethargic, just lazy.
I’ve also noticed two days ago that the end of her nose is pale like candle wax, and it’s spread up to around her eyes and mouth, so I think she’s going to shed there soon. But her eating issues have been going on for much longer than that, so I don’t think that’s the problem.
For about two or three months now, however, she hasn’t been eating much. She started eating less and less bugs, being a bit more inactive, barely eating veggies. She’s well hydrated and poops about every week and a half (she typically poops twice on her poop days). She’s always been lazy, but she became even more so, except for on days where she would just go crazy, climbing over everything and basking and the lot. She still seems well, no black beard or anything, no signs of being gravid, and I wondered if perhaps it might have to do with the cold weather. Her temperatures average about 93F, she’s just had a new Reptisun 10.0 T8 UVB put in last week because it was due to be replaced, etc. I worry about her calcium levels because she’s barely eating, so she’s not getting her powder. She won’t take bugs at all now, hasn’t had any for about three weeks, maybe even a month. She’ll eat her veggies, but never a full bowl, and she’ll NEVER eat them fresh. If I put them in the viv, she waits until the next morning when they’re crispy and eats them then (unless she’s super hungry). She’s never been any different.
Because of COVID, I haven’t been able to book her a vet appointment because they’re only taking emergencies, and because she’s still moving about her tank and eating some veggies, they aren’t classing it one. Her weight doesn’t seem to have changed too much, and she did poop yesterday. I couldn’t tell the consistency of it because it was while I was out for the day, so it was all dried up by the time I got back. I read about brumation but she seems too active and alert for that. She doesn’t seem lethargic, just lazy.
I’ve also noticed two days ago that the end of her nose is pale like candle wax, and it’s spread up to around her eyes and mouth, so I think she’s going to shed there soon. But her eating issues have been going on for much longer than that, so I don’t think that’s the problem.
