Help!! Sleeps most of the day, possible parasites?!

[Pasakaina]

She has been on and off lethargic for the past week (she's 2yrs old). Some days she sleeps/stays in hide all day, on others, she only does it until late in the morning. She hasn't lost any noticeable weight. Yesterday's poop was normal. Note that they usually only poop in bathes, which they are given every other day or so, but yesterday she pooped by herself. Today she pooped in the bath, but her poop was weird. There wasn't much of it, and it had some greyish sections and some orange ones. I fed them carrots yesterday, plus their pellets are red/orange, so that explains the oranginess. The grey, I don't know. It wasn't there yesterday.

So here is an overview of my setup (they are in separate tanks):
One heat lamp,
One Repti-Sun 10.0 TUBE, changed this April/May; can get 7",
Mesh top cover, but have had similar setup for a year and a half w/ no problems,
Cool side 84-88f; Hot side 95-110f.
Probe thermometer

Diet:
A mix of mealworms, crickets, and pellets, with 11 insects/pellets per day.
Spring greens every day
Blueberries or rasberries a few times a week.
Carrots, tomatoes, or sprouts one or two times a week.

Thanks. Sorry for the long post. If you've already read it, you've probably noticed that I shortened it.

 

[Pasakaina]

:?:

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. I would mount the uvb inside the tank as the screen blocks 40% or more of the rays. Also how are you taking the temps? Most adult beardies don't need a basking temp of 110. I'd lower it to 105 max. Thats all I can see that you might want to change.

 

[Pasakaina]

Thanks for replying .

I use a probe thermometer, though I don't measure unless the temps in the apartment become different than usual. I usually just check the apartment temps, and when they are about 76f it's about 105 or so in the hot side of the tank. I've seen higher temps, like 110, but not often. As for the UVB, I am worried that it will fall/hurt my beardie, and seeing as I haven't had any problems with lack of UVB or MBD, I will probably just keep the UVB as it is. I might try finding a lower wattage heat lamp, but isn't 50 watt the only heat lamp wattage under 75 watt, if that makes sense? I have a feeling that 50 watt is too low, though I have some 50 watt bulbs I could test in a few days.

UPDATE:
She was better yesterday. She wasn't very active, but she didn't sleep all day yesterday. Today she went back into her hide after her bath, but I took her out and she promptly found a nice place under some newspaper to sleep. right now she's just sitting on the sofa and looking around--not as active as usual, but ok. I know that beardies are form Australia, and Australia is under the equator, meaning it's in the Southern Hemisphere, and the seasons there are in reverse from the northern hemisphere, which is where I'm located, therefore it's winter there, and maybe my beardie's biological clock is telling her that it's time to sleep. Sorry. I just had to write that . But could that be possible?

 

[Pasakaina]

She's still acting like this. Any advice? :|

 

[destiny1998]

I would still try mounting that uvb bulb in the tank. Maybe when she goes poop take a sample to the vet and see if she has parasites.

 

[diamc]

Hi, it wouldn't hurt to take a fecal sample to be checked, at least that way, you can rule it out. The lethargy and gray poop is concerning.

Good that you're using a probe thermometer. I noticed you said that the "hot side of the tank" is about 105, what is the actual basking SURFACE temp? Have you been placing the probe so that it is touching the basking log & waiting 45 min to an hr for the temp to stop rising before getting the final readings?

A cool side temp of 84 to 88 is a little too high. In order to allow for proper thermoregulating, the cool side should be in the 78 to 82 range.

Mealworms are hard for them to digest because of their chitin shell. Have you thought about trying some silkworms, horn worms or butters perhaps? How often have you been dusting with calcium & vitamins?