sammmycakes
Hatchling Member
hi!
I post on here all the time, but normally my issues are with my female bearded dragon. Now i have a small concern with my male beardie. Osiris is about 2 and a half now, a very healthy dragon according to our vet besides the fact he is kind of small. (Only about 16inches)
Lately he seems to be lazy, or lethargic. I'm not sure. He's never been a big hunter so he generally gets his bugs hand fed to him or his super worms go in a bowl and he eats them from there. He gets lots of exercise when I take him out of his tank and has good muscle on him. He eats salads every day, mainly collard greens. Sometimes he gets dandelion greens. On occasion I'll get kale or swiss chard as well. He loves blue berries and raspberries. He prefers his greens to bugs, and he always has.
Anyways. The past little while he doesn't seem to come out of his sleeping spot during the day. He lays there with his head up, very alert but doesn't want to move. I usually put him into his basking spot and he will become more active but come bedtime he goes back to his spot and will stay there until the next day when I move him. He has no issues walking as he runs all over the couch when he's out of his tank. His coloring all seems normal- no unusual black bearding. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this?
Possible reason, I recently adopted a parrot. I know bird and lizards are enemies and Osiris made it very clear he did not like the bird when it first came home. They are not in the same room and cannot see each other at all. But the bird has been here for almost 3 months now and this just started happening with Osiris. (When the bird first came home he was constantly black bearding, wouldn't come out of his tank and he refused to eat for a day or two and then went back to normal)
I post on here all the time, but normally my issues are with my female bearded dragon. Now i have a small concern with my male beardie. Osiris is about 2 and a half now, a very healthy dragon according to our vet besides the fact he is kind of small. (Only about 16inches)
Lately he seems to be lazy, or lethargic. I'm not sure. He's never been a big hunter so he generally gets his bugs hand fed to him or his super worms go in a bowl and he eats them from there. He gets lots of exercise when I take him out of his tank and has good muscle on him. He eats salads every day, mainly collard greens. Sometimes he gets dandelion greens. On occasion I'll get kale or swiss chard as well. He loves blue berries and raspberries. He prefers his greens to bugs, and he always has.
Anyways. The past little while he doesn't seem to come out of his sleeping spot during the day. He lays there with his head up, very alert but doesn't want to move. I usually put him into his basking spot and he will become more active but come bedtime he goes back to his spot and will stay there until the next day when I move him. He has no issues walking as he runs all over the couch when he's out of his tank. His coloring all seems normal- no unusual black bearding. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this?
Possible reason, I recently adopted a parrot. I know bird and lizards are enemies and Osiris made it very clear he did not like the bird when it first came home. They are not in the same room and cannot see each other at all. But the bird has been here for almost 3 months now and this just started happening with Osiris. (When the bird first came home he was constantly black bearding, wouldn't come out of his tank and he refused to eat for a day or two and then went back to normal)
