Elderly bearded back legs

[Pwerner]

I have a bearded dragon that is upwards of 13 yrs old. He has been with us since he was barely a few inches. We have multiple rescues and have been doing this a long time. My oldes bearded has over the past 6 months started to not be able to use his back legs. He drags himself with his front legs. Vets cannot find anything wrong with him via exam or labs. I am trying to figure out how to make him a lego wheelchair to better get around. Any thoughts? Old age? He is spoiled and treated as one of the babies.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Sounds like he's arthritic in the back legs.

A "wheelchair" is doable for him.... but he may not like the harness that straps him into it.

Essentially you need a couple very light plastic wheels and leather harness to attach the axle to. Something similar to http://eddieswheels.com/gallery/7/0/Small-Dogs only on a smaller scale.

Here is exactly what you need .... the beardie on this FB page (Lt.Dan) seems to have adapted to having "Lego wheelchair" under his back end very well .... https://www.facebook.com/smallscalereptilerescue/videos/1432399212121/