This will be a fairly long post because so many things have happened and i don't know what will relate to each other.
regular beardy named mica
she is in a 20 gallon hab
she is a girl
she is about 9 weeks old
she has a 150 watt bulb
* a zilla slimline desert fixture with a desert 50 uvb bulb long tube
*her blue bear
*temps are 110-112 in basking, 95ish on hot side and 80ish on cool side, daytime. night time are about 73-75.
*eating (was) crickets (with calcium dust and gut loaded with fluckers orange cricket feed and mica salad. vitamin dust 1x a week) and pheonix worms with mix of kale, turnip greens and mustard (with calcium spray).
*she is on a 11-12 on and 12-13 off on her lights
*was 9g and 6.25 inches long (with tail) 2.25 inches (without tail) and she is now 7g
this started about 2 weeks after i got her. she was eating about 20ish crickets a day and a few bites of salad then suddenly stopped, nothing was changed at all. She stopped eating entirely and of course i freaked but friend who breads beardies said she was probably about to shed and it was normal. 3-4 days later she was eating 1-2 crickets a day then she shed massively, legs arms, belly , back, everything but tail and head. after her shed she started eating about 6-10 crickets a day for a few days then less and less till her normal diet became 3-4 crickets and a few bites of salad and no more worms at all. this went on til last week, and again friend said it coming up on winter and girls get moody then. 7 days ago she dropped to 1 cricket and nothing else. 4 days ago a moth got in her hab and she downed it like crazy but that was all she would eat. 3 days ago i was so worried because again nothing i got a moth from outside to give her and she jumped for it missed and layed down. yesterday i made her eat 2 crickets by putting them in her mouth. she chewed them up but didnt act like she wanted more and tried to spit out the 2nd one. today i went to store and got fluckers repta+boost fed her this afternoon and this evening about 1 1/2 cc a meal.
Her activity levels where similar to the feeding levels. she was lazy and basking in the heat and then when her appetite decreased her activity level and liveliness did as well. right now she will move around her hab but only to go from hot to cold. yesterday she barely moved her head today after feeding she is holding her head high as well as her upper body (yay for improvement) At first (doing all the reading) i thought she might have had a problem with the uvb light (was a zilla desert 50 coil) so we changed it to the slim line about 5-6 days ago. then 3 days ago i noticed her hiding in a corner and behind her tree (she had a tree it is not in there now) so i added that to her symptoms and that came up brumation even tho she is a juvenile. so again called my friend she looked at her and said she was still healthy and probably just winter coming but to keep an eye out. in 3 days she has lost 2 grams of weight so i took her to friend again today and friend said she was dehydrated and we started the repta boost. when we feed her she got really stressed out like from chin to vent dark gray and lines very dark. they were gone when i feed her tonight. after i feed her again the lines came back. i feed her, bathed her (to get food off her and to give her extra water) and put her in her hab. i went back about 30 min later to check on her and the grey spread to her face and head and her eyes looked sunken and grey and her tummy was still dark. so now im freaked out because i have no idea why her face turned grey or if she will be alright. this has taken me a long time to write and now her face is only slightly gray (nose mainly) and stress lines have gone down (feed her a few hours ago) but not all the way. She seems to be improving except the colors on her face. im calling the vet in the morning but i wanted to know if anyone had any ideas for tonight. thanks in advance for any help.
regular beardy named mica
she is in a 20 gallon hab
she is a girl
she is about 9 weeks old
she has a 150 watt bulb
* a zilla slimline desert fixture with a desert 50 uvb bulb long tube
*her blue bear
*temps are 110-112 in basking, 95ish on hot side and 80ish on cool side, daytime. night time are about 73-75.
*eating (was) crickets (with calcium dust and gut loaded with fluckers orange cricket feed and mica salad. vitamin dust 1x a week) and pheonix worms with mix of kale, turnip greens and mustard (with calcium spray).
*she is on a 11-12 on and 12-13 off on her lights
*was 9g and 6.25 inches long (with tail) 2.25 inches (without tail) and she is now 7g
this started about 2 weeks after i got her. she was eating about 20ish crickets a day and a few bites of salad then suddenly stopped, nothing was changed at all. She stopped eating entirely and of course i freaked but friend who breads beardies said she was probably about to shed and it was normal. 3-4 days later she was eating 1-2 crickets a day then she shed massively, legs arms, belly , back, everything but tail and head. after her shed she started eating about 6-10 crickets a day for a few days then less and less till her normal diet became 3-4 crickets and a few bites of salad and no more worms at all. this went on til last week, and again friend said it coming up on winter and girls get moody then. 7 days ago she dropped to 1 cricket and nothing else. 4 days ago a moth got in her hab and she downed it like crazy but that was all she would eat. 3 days ago i was so worried because again nothing i got a moth from outside to give her and she jumped for it missed and layed down. yesterday i made her eat 2 crickets by putting them in her mouth. she chewed them up but didnt act like she wanted more and tried to spit out the 2nd one. today i went to store and got fluckers repta+boost fed her this afternoon and this evening about 1 1/2 cc a meal.
Her activity levels where similar to the feeding levels. she was lazy and basking in the heat and then when her appetite decreased her activity level and liveliness did as well. right now she will move around her hab but only to go from hot to cold. yesterday she barely moved her head today after feeding she is holding her head high as well as her upper body (yay for improvement) At first (doing all the reading) i thought she might have had a problem with the uvb light (was a zilla desert 50 coil) so we changed it to the slim line about 5-6 days ago. then 3 days ago i noticed her hiding in a corner and behind her tree (she had a tree it is not in there now) so i added that to her symptoms and that came up brumation even tho she is a juvenile. so again called my friend she looked at her and said she was still healthy and probably just winter coming but to keep an eye out. in 3 days she has lost 2 grams of weight so i took her to friend again today and friend said she was dehydrated and we started the repta boost. when we feed her she got really stressed out like from chin to vent dark gray and lines very dark. they were gone when i feed her tonight. after i feed her again the lines came back. i feed her, bathed her (to get food off her and to give her extra water) and put her in her hab. i went back about 30 min later to check on her and the grey spread to her face and head and her eyes looked sunken and grey and her tummy was still dark. so now im freaked out because i have no idea why her face turned grey or if she will be alright. this has taken me a long time to write and now her face is only slightly gray (nose mainly) and stress lines have gone down (feed her a few hours ago) but not all the way. She seems to be improving except the colors on her face. im calling the vet in the morning but i wanted to know if anyone had any ideas for tonight. thanks in advance for any help.
