So in the last few months, my bearded dragon Chomper hardly eats any more. He's about 1 year 2 months old, and seems very healthy. We got blood work done a few months ago. He's about 630 grams and hasn't been losing weight. He rarely naps (though we catch him closing his eyes a little in the evening) and he is very alert and active when taken out, though tends to be really lazy otherwise.
He stopped eating crickets when he was pretty young and wanted dubias all the time. After awhile he stopped the roaches completely, only wanting superworms. It's all we can get him to eat now, but he only eats a couple every few days. We make him a fresh salad every day (collards, endives, chicory, mustard greens, swiss chard, etc) and he seems to nibble at it but never eats a ton. He will rarely eat fruit when offered, and usually only eats a bite or two. He also only poops once a week, in the bath (not surprising, since he doesn't eat much!) We have tried going back to crickets, roaches, and even offer waxworms on occasion.. but nothing makes him happy!
(An older pic).
His blood work has been fine, we recently took him to the vet fearing that he had a respiratory infection (he had some throat popping and mouth opening, but we think it was a threat thing as he was around a dog at the time) and everything was fine. He needs a fecal exam soon but I don't think he is impacted or anything.
Is this just a phase? I am seriously worried about him even though he is very active when we let him out and always seems alert!
He stopped eating crickets when he was pretty young and wanted dubias all the time. After awhile he stopped the roaches completely, only wanting superworms. It's all we can get him to eat now, but he only eats a couple every few days. We make him a fresh salad every day (collards, endives, chicory, mustard greens, swiss chard, etc) and he seems to nibble at it but never eats a ton. He will rarely eat fruit when offered, and usually only eats a bite or two. He also only poops once a week, in the bath (not surprising, since he doesn't eat much!) We have tried going back to crickets, roaches, and even offer waxworms on occasion.. but nothing makes him happy!
(An older pic).
His blood work has been fine, we recently took him to the vet fearing that he had a respiratory infection (he had some throat popping and mouth opening, but we think it was a threat thing as he was around a dog at the time) and everything was fine. He needs a fecal exam soon but I don't think he is impacted or anything.
Is this just a phase? I am seriously worried about him even though he is very active when we let him out and always seems alert!