Erica582
Hatchling Member
I have a baby bearded dragon. I am guessing she is 4 months old because she is about 8 inches long. I am also guessing she is a female. I have her in a digestible sand substrate, her basking temp is 34C (about 87F)
Up until now I have been feeding her gut loaded crickets and collared greens, but someone who I trust(ED) for reptile advice told me to feed her superworms since they have more nutrients. I am just going to break down what happened:
Wed:I fed her superworms that night and then turned the heat light off shortly after. I realize this is bad for two reasons, one I have learned not to feed a baby superworms, bad for her. And two, she needed the heat and UVB rays to digest
Thurs: She threw up the super worms. They were undigested in big chunks. She didnt eat anything else. I noticed that her toes began to twitch
Friday: I wasnt around much so I Didnt notice anything. She ate a few crickets and no salad.
Saturday:I took her out for a bath. At this time I noticed her muscles were twitching, and after the bath she was twitching violently. It broke my heart to see her in so much pain. So I did some research and decided it was MBC (hopefully not paralysis from the food being too big). I bought a high calcium powder and mixed it with water and fed it to her through an eye dropper. By the end of the night wasnt twitching much
Today (Sunday): minor twitching
Is this MBD or paralysis
Up until now I have been feeding her gut loaded crickets and collared greens, but someone who I trust(ED) for reptile advice told me to feed her superworms since they have more nutrients. I am just going to break down what happened:
Wed:I fed her superworms that night and then turned the heat light off shortly after. I realize this is bad for two reasons, one I have learned not to feed a baby superworms, bad for her. And two, she needed the heat and UVB rays to digest
Thurs: She threw up the super worms. They were undigested in big chunks. She didnt eat anything else. I noticed that her toes began to twitch
Friday: I wasnt around much so I Didnt notice anything. She ate a few crickets and no salad.
Saturday:I took her out for a bath. At this time I noticed her muscles were twitching, and after the bath she was twitching violently. It broke my heart to see her in so much pain. So I did some research and decided it was MBC (hopefully not paralysis from the food being too big). I bought a high calcium powder and mixed it with water and fed it to her through an eye dropper. By the end of the night wasnt twitching much
Today (Sunday): minor twitching
Is this MBD or paralysis