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Hello everyone, I am new here.
My beardie's name is Flint, and she is going to be 13 in January. I have owned her since 2019, since she was 7.
Her previous owner had her equipped with a red bulb and a bulb (not tube) UVB her entire life.
Since I owned her I switched her over to a tube T5 and a regular heat bulb, not colored.
When I first got her, she would chase her bugs and eat on her own. She'd climb in and out of her hammock.
Over time she gradually got slower, I assumed old age. She doesn't move much at all over the last couple years. And when she does, she drags herself and doesn't hold herself up. I used to have her basking platform up on concrete bricks but I removed them because she was having trouble getting on and off.
She has been seeing the vet once a year since she started to get this way. The vet would do an exam, tell me she is healthy, that she is just old.
I want to make sure she is comfortable now in her old age. I was considering getting a bigger tank for her, but since she hasn't been moving much, I didn't know if that would be appropriate for her or more overwhelming.
I feel like her tank is empty and I could be making it more comfortable for her, but I don't know exactly what I should or shouldn't be doing.
She absolutely refuses her greens, even if I try to sneak them in her mouth with a superworm. She will spit them out. I told the vet this and she recommended Critical Care herbivore, which I got from her and give the portions the vet recommended. Flint also gets her calcium and D3 supplements on her bugs.
In the last group I was in, I was told adult beadies shouldn't be eating too much more than 20 bugs per week. She used to eat dubia and superworm, but she now refuses dubia and will only eat the superworms. I do not know what else to do, or if this is a husbandry issue.
Any recommendations would be amazing. I want her to be happy and comfortable. I am unsure if she has arthritis, the vet always just told me she is healthy (and yes, they are an exotic vet).
Temps: cool side 75, warm 85 ambient, platform to bask 90-95 (she doesnt like it hotter than 95 and she leaves the platform)
UVB T5 bulb 24"
36x18x18in enclosure with tile
Thank you for any info and guidance.
Aaron C
My beardie's name is Flint, and she is going to be 13 in January. I have owned her since 2019, since she was 7.
Her previous owner had her equipped with a red bulb and a bulb (not tube) UVB her entire life.
Since I owned her I switched her over to a tube T5 and a regular heat bulb, not colored.
When I first got her, she would chase her bugs and eat on her own. She'd climb in and out of her hammock.
Over time she gradually got slower, I assumed old age. She doesn't move much at all over the last couple years. And when she does, she drags herself and doesn't hold herself up. I used to have her basking platform up on concrete bricks but I removed them because she was having trouble getting on and off.
She has been seeing the vet once a year since she started to get this way. The vet would do an exam, tell me she is healthy, that she is just old.
I want to make sure she is comfortable now in her old age. I was considering getting a bigger tank for her, but since she hasn't been moving much, I didn't know if that would be appropriate for her or more overwhelming.
I feel like her tank is empty and I could be making it more comfortable for her, but I don't know exactly what I should or shouldn't be doing.
She absolutely refuses her greens, even if I try to sneak them in her mouth with a superworm. She will spit them out. I told the vet this and she recommended Critical Care herbivore, which I got from her and give the portions the vet recommended. Flint also gets her calcium and D3 supplements on her bugs.
In the last group I was in, I was told adult beadies shouldn't be eating too much more than 20 bugs per week. She used to eat dubia and superworm, but she now refuses dubia and will only eat the superworms. I do not know what else to do, or if this is a husbandry issue.
Any recommendations would be amazing. I want her to be happy and comfortable. I am unsure if she has arthritis, the vet always just told me she is healthy (and yes, they are an exotic vet).
Temps: cool side 75, warm 85 ambient, platform to bask 90-95 (she doesnt like it hotter than 95 and she leaves the platform)
UVB T5 bulb 24"
36x18x18in enclosure with tile
Thank you for any info and guidance.
Aaron C
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