I think I accidentally overfed bearded dragon

[pdugery]

I recently got an adult bearded dragon who was somewhat skinny so I attempted to feed her extra in order to help her gain weight. I fed her a lot of crickets, and now I think I may have overfed her. She seems to be resting a lot and won't eat anything. Her stomach also looks really big and she has had diarrhea twice in the past 24 hours.

What do I do?

 

[Aaradimian]

If she ate the crickets on her own instead of being force-fed, it's probably just a combination of her being stuffed and not being used to that much food and/or crickets. Do you know if that's what she ate before? I wouldn't worry, though encouraging her to bask by putting her under her lamps might not be a bad idea to aid her digestion.

 

[pdugery]

If she ate the crickets on her own instead of being force-fed, it's probably just a combination of her being stuffed and not being used to that much food and/or crickets. Do you know if that's what she ate before? I wouldn't worry, though encouraging her to bask by putting her under her lamps might not be a bad idea to aid her digestion.

Before she was fed crickets and some strange "gourmet" premade bearded dragon food. I don't believe she was fed live crickets to often, but was rather primarily fed the premade food.

And she did eat them on her own, so I suppose that is good. She actually went under the basking spot all day by herself.

She seems a little lethargic, too. Is that to be expected?

 

[Aaradimian]

Full, fat, and content as they say! Probably all good.

 

[pdugery]

Full, fat, and content as they say! Probably all good.

She just ate a few crickets I gave her. So glad she's back to eating! I was so worried. I gave her a nice bath and that seemed to wake her up. Before she was lying down and now she is up and basking.

I was just wondering how many crickets I should be feeding her per day (I am having trouble getting her to eat veggies). She is an adult (3.5 yrs old) and about 18 inches. The only fruit or veggie she's eaten so far is one grape.