Run4life10
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I was outside with my beardie and he tried to eat a big black ugly beetle looking thing. He spit it out after biting into it, which I thought was really weird. It wasn’t until several hours later I was researching and found that this was an American oil beetle, unmistakably. It said that they are very poisonous, and I’m really concerned. Even though he did not actually eat the whole bug it seems like he would still have been exposed to the toxins? I tried to feed him some crickets tonight, he ate one but generally was not interested which is very unlike him. I also offered him some veggies which he did not eat. It is hard to guage how he’s acting now since it’s late at night and he’s sleepy anyway. But I am really worried now that he may have been poisoned, does anyone know if there is anything I can do?