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I can't turn upwards!!! But there he is!
I can't turn upwards!!! But there he is!
he may just be acting like a goober....have you tried moving some things in his tank around? He might be bored in there....BlueDragon09":1h2tczus said:Yeah, the storm was wicked and hopefully the last till winter.
He ate one piece of green and one cricket and a couple squirts of water to help more hydration. He's a prince LOL.
He IS completely out of brumation, just acting sluggish in the tank but outside the tank he has tons of energy...well bursts as he runs short distance and stop to lick things and repeat the cycle.
I know it's nothing Im doing, just why confuse me. If he's out he should tell me LOL.
I read another thread you lost both Gabriel and Nathaniel! Omg both boys and you know males aren't always nice to each other. I hope you find them both that's terrible!! I hope they didn't get outside that would suck so much. We have hawks here but they're ours we raised one, he's tame. He lost his mom young so we had to syringe feed him mashed up worms, he grew up and has a mate. I don't trust him anyway not alone with my lizard. Good on eggs...too bad on 100g I still don't raise females for the egg reason I don't have room for a laybox.
Try to get him to eat basil it will help digestion and can help him to poop. that with the pumpkin and CC, also try a squash puree (pumpkins, yes they are a squash, green and yellow, all seeds removed) to feed him and toss chunks of it in with his bugs to gut load them on it.BlueDragon09":3d4kcrfv said:Ok, I'll find some and give it to him. Oh yeah only filtered water to drink..bathe in tap water. Nothing wrong with it...our dogs and cats drink tap they're fine. I give my hamster/gerbils and Broly filtered water. My frogs/fish use tap water conditioned. Anyway, since the vet check up went well a few weeks back he's just lazy/bored wants to be fed like a prince. He's back to asleep, darn though mint worked for his stomach/intestines if he had a problem.
I'm starting to think maybe he's on Australia time. Idk where he came from. A family dropped him off at Petco, the family could have gotten him from anywhere including online breeder so who really knows where he's from.
Draconis has beardy bites so i know what those are. It seems rather weird mine is being a pig butt while other beardies on here seem to be slowing down. you can puree some dandelion plants roots and all save for the flowers with basil and mint added in and feed it to him that way, he might even take a few bugs made that way with pumpkin and squash puree. just out stubborn him and he'll be fine.BlueDragon09":2wyj821r said:I do but he didn't eat any of it. I had to freshly kill and hand feed crickets (omg eww) he ate that way. I think he's actually brumating as he never actually slept through winter he ate lots then. February he ate loads still. March he put some more items on the "not eat" list. Crickets he won't chase just slept, worms no, greens been no since late last year same with beardie bites (the pink cubes). He was actually active during winter and eating. He went from loads to less now none. He ate two crickets. He just seems a little sleepy. I read the brumation article it says beardies can and will go into brumation when they want no set time. Im upset that he's picking end of April/early May. My boyfriend seems to think it may be the case as he was still eating a lot. I will keep my eyes on him, if he black beards or turns dark in anyway or even loses weight (though already tested) I will rush him back my vet and see what they can do.
see if you can get an organic basil plant preferably Italian broad leaf or holy basil (if you can find it if you lived closer i would grow you a fast track holy basil starter pack) mine loves dwarf Italian basil so maybe try to find that if you can. The basil will kill off parasites and lower the count if it is parasites.BlueDragon09":2wgl025d said:I guess I'll go to my vet he dropped 17g! Still asleep and I fed some puréed food (bby food since nothing else) and he'll need to get checked its probably parasites now. Who knows how he got them but I don't think he can do anything if he doesn't eat enough which means no poop which means no fecal check. He WAS 393g (April 5) he originally lost 18g but got him to gain 1g to make a total of 17g left to gain back. People say they shouldn't lose too much but 17 seems to be a big number to me. I'll be getting some basil tomorrow since I didn't check weight till today and Im totally freaking out! I didn't wanna have to do meds but I might if he gives me a sample. I got some soy yogurt on hand just in case...I'll need ammonia or steam cleaner to kill coccida if it is.
yes please get the plant, the boxed stuff has lost much of its potency. do you have a publix or green house near by? most areas now have organic co-ops you might look into one and if you do stock up on organic herbs and beardy friendly salads fixings.BlueDragon09":2h8ood90 said:Aw thanks that'd be great, only if i lived close. Yeah, my vet or boyfriend can't do anything if he doesn't poop and we can't exactly guess whats up without the poop. Aye....he doesn't look skinny, has good color, no dark beard or tail. He's not indicating sick or distress, it's weird he held weight all winter now he's dropping WTF?! He still has fat pads on his head. You really wouldn't know unless you tested his weight because he looks good. He's not even lifeless, he'll wake up if i talk or go near his tank. Ok I'll find organic though my mom might pick up those in the little box at the store in the produce section. It's still a spice no matter what. I tried mint hoping he had an achey tummy but didn't work though he ate all of the leaf.
Thanks for the tip I'll ask her to get the plant if she can. I'm sure the one in the box isn't too bad and should have the same properties. After calling my vet he did say without poop I can't exactly give him any antiparasitc meds without knowing which ones it is. He did say try some basil maybe that'll help in the meantime till he gives a sample. He hasn't pooped in the tank since he got "ill" and parasites come with poop. I'll disinfect anyway.