Dead babies

[xerioc]

For the past few days babies from my 2nd clutch have started dying off. They get lethargic and stop eating then the next day or so they writhe like theyre in pain then curl their bodies backwards, the back of their head goes towards their back like some sort of yoga move, then their legs go straight out, poop comes out and they get very stiff. After a few moments they seem ok and then they just lie very still and within a few hours theyre dead. I dont know what is going on i havent seen this happen before.

 

[Claudiusx]

We'd need more details to help you.

What morphs are these babies? What were the parents?
How are you housing these babies?
Can you go over their setup?
How about their diet?

-Brandon

 

[Mistyck]

Did you fix anything from the last time you had a clutch that was dying?

http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=198917

If not, then the reasons the others were dying could very well be the reasons these ones are dying.

 

[Claudiusx]

D'oh.

-Brandon

 

[xerioc]

I did. They are being offered crickets 2x a day and im giving them baths every other day. I have moved the ones that are left to a larger tank and they are still given their collard greens. The first clutch is doing fine now while the second is just getting smaller and smaller before when the babies from the first clutch was dying they wouldnt convulse like the second clutch has been doing.

 

[Mistyck]

What are the lights like? Brand and type.

Were the parents related?

 

[xerioc]

The father is an orange bearded dragon i got from a local pet store and the mother is from petco and has an extra toe on one foot she is a light orange color, both of appropriate size and weight and are fed and eat well.

 

[xerioc]

parents are unrelated, and they have the uvb bulb and a heat lamp that i swap between the 2 clutches a few times a day as they share a large tank with a divider between them. one has the heat lamp for a lil while then then they have the uvb for a while.

 

[Claudiusx]

What brand uvb bulb? Is it a tube or a coil?
What are the temperatures in the tanks when the heat bulb is on...

How old are these babies?

Swapping their lights is not acceptable. Each tank needs to have their own lighting setup, you can't just give them lights for a few hours, then take it away for a few hours, and then give it back.

This is exactly the kind of bad stuff that can happen when you aren't prepared for babies, don't have the correct things in order, and are inexperienced.

I strongly urge you to spend the rest of your free time reading here and learning. Along with taking the proper steps necessary to raise hatchlings correctly. These un-needed deaths have to stop.

-Brandon