DanielleGia920
Hatchling Member
I've notice since Saturday that my 6 month old bearded dragon Deka has been acting a little lethargic. Her appetite changed and it takes a lot of enticing to get her to eat. She is still eating, but not as much. I bathe her everyday and also give her about 3-4mls of water through dropper per day. She gets calcium without d3 everyday except Wednesday and Saturday, those are the days she gets her herptivite. She has a 36x18x18 tank with a 100watt megaray mercury vapor lamp and two zoo med t5ho strips. The 24 inch strip is right next to MVB and houses a 10.0 reptisun the other 36 inch t5ho runs along the entire back of the tank and houses a 5.0 reptisun. The 5.0 light was only added for additional white light, I didn't want to put another 10.0 because I thought it might be too much UVB. Anyway, I just had this feeling the past few days that something was not right with her but other than her not eating as much and seeming a little lazy nothing else stood out. She has normal bowl movements everyday, last one was about an hour ago. this morning when I woke up I noticed her struggling to get back up on her rock, right after bowl movement. I took her out to see how she would do on the floor, she's usually very active there, and you can see her limping and her foot was bent inwards. I can also feel a little lump on what I would describe as the "knee". Could you still have a bowl movement and be partially impacted? Or does this look like MBD? I purchased her about 2 months ago from a pet store where she was kept inadequately. I removed the top screen this morning so there's nothing filtering out the UVB. I called this morning to bring her in to see a vet but the only reptile vet in this area is on vacation until Sunday. None of the other vets will even see her since they don't do reptiles. Any suggestions on what this could be and what I could do to help? Here's a link to the video of her walking in living room and also trying to get back onto her rock.
Thanks for your help!
Danielle
Walking in living room...
https://youtu.be/gFbJNvCyAMA
Trying to get back onto rock...
https://youtu.be/plAeibMsnvI
Thanks for your help!
Danielle
Walking in living room...
https://youtu.be/gFbJNvCyAMA
Trying to get back onto rock...
https://youtu.be/plAeibMsnvI