Help! Baby bearded dragon shaking head side to side

[danielleroberson38]

Roan is about 3-4 months old(I think) and he has been doing amazing and was calm with me and I could give him a bath but the past couple days when I try to feed him crickets he shakes his head side to side and acts like he can't see them. He also does this with his lettuce and when he finally gets his cricket or lettuce in his mouth he shakes his head even more violently. He is having a really hard time catching his prey and his stress marks are returning and getting worse than I've ever seen them. His cage is the correct temperature and hes pooping but it'd very stressful. Also, I was giving him a bath today, which he's usually fine and just lays there during baths and today he freaked out and jumped backwards and landed on his back in the water. Please help I love him so much and I've been so stressed out

 

[AHBD]

Hi Daniel, I'm sorry to read this about your baby. It's definitely a neorological problem that can have several different causes. Calcium or vitamin deficiency [ if the lights aren't good uvb he can't absorb calcium ] also inner ear infections [ I doubt but it's slight possibility ] or a terrible disease called atadenovirus.

Can you list your exact type + brand of lights and include pics of your set up ? Someone can help you if you need to make adjustments. Here's how to post pics :
https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then hit the XIMG to attach pics

 

[danielleroberson38]

Hi Daniel, I'm sorry to read this about your baby. It's definitely a neorological problem that can have several different causes. Calcium or vitamin deficiency [ if the lights aren't good uvb he can't absorb calcium ] also inner ear infections [ I doubt but it's slight possibility ] or a terrible disease called atadenovirus.

Can you list your exact type + brand of lights and include pics of your set up ? Someone can help you if you need to make adjustments. Here's how to post pics :
https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then hit the XIMG to attach pics

I am not sure what brand the bulbs are but they are 75 watts each.

 

[AHBD]

Are they all the same , 75 watt bulbs ? Are any of them a coil or compact uvb ? If not, then he has no uvb at all. Even if one WERE a uvb bulb, it probably is not producing enough uvb since the coil + compact aren't strong enough + don't cover enough area.

If those ARE all 75 watt bulbs, it would be much too hot in the tank....is that a 10 gallon ? Hopefully we can help you get things sorted out and hopefully he doesn't have ADvirus.

 

[danielleroberson38]

Are they all the same , 75 watt bulbs ? Are any of them a coil or compact uvb ? If not, then he has no uvb at all. Even if one WERE a uvb bulb, it probably is not producing enough uvb since the coil + compact aren't strong enough + don't cover enough area.

If those ARE all 75 watt bulbs, it would be much too hot in the tank....is that a 10 gallon ? Hopefully we can help you get things sorted out and hopefully he doesn't have ADvirus.

Uhhhhhhh I'm not sure..the UVB bulb came with the tank in the starter kit and I bought the heat and night lamp. It's about 100 degrees in his basking area. He seems like he's back to normal now! Maybe he just ate a bad cricket or something that made him weird for a few days