Eatting problems

[allisonapple]

I've had my BD for about a month and a half now... I'm gonna says she's probably 2 1/2 months and around 8 inches long. When I first got her she was eatting good. Crickets/worms/lettuce.. Anything you put near her should would eat. In the last two weeks she kind of hit a rough spot and the bearded dragon we had her housing with died from a respitory infection we believe and after that she hasn't eaten that much. She has no signs of it, she's really active drinking water constantly and everytimeI put crickets in the tank she stalks them will chase them and just gives up after trying and then she won't eat. We were originally giving her small Phoenix worms, I bumped her up to medium size because smalls were really small and now she will stare at them like she's gonna eat them then walks away. But like I said she's highly active and she has also just shed. I don't know if she's being moody or what. She ate perfect for the first month. We have a reptisun 10.0 bulb and the temp at the bottom of her basking uside is around 95. Trying to boost the temps a little we know it needs to be Atleast 105 at basking. She's in a 20 gallon tank on the carpet. We dust her crickets with multivitamins and calcium. If anyone has any recommendations it would be appreciated! Also she eats some like 2 worms two days ago 4 crickets yesterday. But yeah thanks in advance!

 

[snazzyglasses]

Hopefully your little lady is just being moody Is your ReptiSun 10.0 a coil or a long tube? Coils and compacts aren't too good for beardies and can cause eye problems and lack of appetite/energy.
I know you already said you're working on increasing her basking temps, so that's good! It could help her appetite too, as younger beardies like their basking temps around 105-110*F. 95* is the minimum required temp for them to be able to digest their food, but three-digit temps are best. Also make sure you're measuring the temps with a temp gun or a digital thermometer w/ probe, as the dials and stick-on strips aren't very accurate. Sometimes they're off by as much as 20*!
Make sure to keep her hydrated too, with baths and oral fluids. I also noticed you had been offering her lettuce. Lettuce isn't the best for dragons because it doesn't have enough nutritional value, but this awesome chart has a bunch of other good fruits/veggies on it that you can use instead. I call it the beardie nutrition bible lol- http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html

I might be forgetting something. A bit scatterbrained today lol. But as everyone gets home from work and finishes dinner and such, more people should be online to answer your questions as well!

 

[allisonapple]

Thank you so much for your reply! It's a long tube UVB that we have for her and a probe zoo me temp gun. Also, she's receiving baths pretty much daily and drinking water constantly if she wants. Also, she's getting collards not just plain lettuce. I'm just hoping she's just being moody, especially after dealing with one lizard passing away. I'm being overly precautious now ): but thanks again, I'm gonna check out the nutritional site you sent!

 

[snazzyglasses]

No problem! Glad I could help
And I'm so sorry to hear about your other dragon by the way I'm glad it sounds like your little girl didn't catch whatever he had though
I forgot to mention that some lizards can be more sensitive to change than others, so it is possible that she's a bit moody because her roommate disappeared.
And hooray for baths and drinking and greens! I love that chart, lol. I printed a copy and I keep it next to my big guy's viv
Good luck with your little lady! Human and beardie fingers & toes are crossed that she'll be okay veryvery soon <3 <3

 

[allisonapple]

Thanks again! Hoping she is to. Yeah the other beardie was a friends that we were watching she was bad. ): it was sad she was like my own. But I'm trying to nurse her back to my loving cuddling baby girl! Hoping all is well soon! I'll keep updating if anything changes

 

[allisonapple]

baby girl still isn't eatting like normal... one cricket here or two worms there but not more then that. still is seeming active. got the basking temps to 105 and got her closer to the uv and now she hasnt left that spot... thinking of going to the vet cause I dont know what else to do at this point.