HELP! CONSTACT BLACK BEARD!

[MBoychuk]

Hi there, all today my beardie has had a black beard and spotted chest, he is not normally like this, his head and body is brighter then usual today as well, though his tail area is a different color then his body/head, its more like a dull yellow/grey/black, with the tail tip black. Another key point is when I offer him crickets (which is loves and has never turned down, EVER), he won't eat not one today....I'm a little worried, any ideas?

Regards,
Mike

 

[RolandKyramere]

Is there anything off with your heat? What are his basking and cool temps? Sounds like your beardie is just showing stress marks, which can be caused by a number of things.

 

[MBoychuk]

I just added a 50W normal everyday light bulb to the basking area because the temps weren't hot enough, it now sits at around 102 instead of say 95-98....also added a 60W everyday light bulb to cooler spot, now sits around 80, instead of 75ish.

Regards,
Mike

 

[tank4102]

I see youare using a temp gauge, those can be off by up to 20 degrees.Get a digital thermometer with probe.

 

[MBoychuk]

Nono, I have two digital thermometers with probes, one on the basking area and one on the cooler side of tank, I just have a gauge in the middle, he was closer to the middle when I took photo.

Regards,
Mike

 

[RolandKyramere]

Sounds like your basking temps are good. What kinda substrate is he on? What do you normally feed him? did you change his diet/terrarium set up at all?

 

[MBoychuk]

He is on plastic tile that I installed when I setup his new cage, this was a few weeks ago now. He usually eats crickets (loves them).

Regards,
Mike

 

[RolandKyramere]

Is it possible that he's shedding?

 

[diamc]

Were the tiles the self-stick type with adhesive on the back? How old is your beardie?

 

[MBoychuk]

Could be possible that he is shedding, though he just came out of a pretty big shed about a week ago. I am using the peel and stick tiles. Just an update, I believe he ate say 2-3 crickets in total today....nothing else.....

Regards,
Mike

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

The peel & stick tiles can sometimes emit fumes from the adhesive. I would recommend that you try to take those out if you possibly can & just use the tiles with no adhesive on the back.
I don't know if that is the problem, but we could eliminate that as a possibility if you change them out just to be sure that no toxic fumes are being emitted int he tank when it gets heated up.

Tracie

 

[MBoychuk]

Yikes! I stuck them on, I don't know if I can get them off the glass, I'll try though, ahhh this might be hard.

Regards,
Mike

 

[Twobeardieguy]

You can use a heat gun to assist to get them off!

 

[MBoychuk]

He ate a few crickets this morning, though his poo is greeny and has a little yellow attached to the white....if anyone knows anything about that!

Regards,
Mike

 

[MBoychuk]

UPDATED: He doesn't have a black beard today and he has ate about 10 crickets today. Though his skin is dark black and his chest has black spots on it everywhere, could this be a sign of bone disease?

Regards,
Mike