Hey everyone, my bearded dragon is almost 2 years old and last month he’s been constantly hurting himself. He fractured his jaw from pushing a rock which I’ve been injecting him with antibiotics and medicine from the vet to heal. But lately there’s just more cuts and bruising on his face and he broke 2 of his nails fully removed to the nerve. Please I don’t know what’s wrong with him. He’s in a 70 gallon tank with a food bowl, water bowl, 100 watt bulb and a red night light
The red light is causing the behavior please get rid of it- please post a pic of your tank and tell me what your using for your lightingHey everyone, my bearded dragon is almost 2 years old and last month he’s been constantly hurting himself. He fractured his jaw from pushing a rock which I’ve been injecting him with antibiotics and medicine from the vet to heal. But lately there’s just more cuts and bruising on his face and he broke 2 of his nails fully removed to the nerve. Please I don’t know what’s wrong with him. He’s in a 70 gallon tank with a food bowl, water bowl, 100 watt bulb and a red night light
The basking bulb, and his cage is usually 90-95 degrees. I only turn the red light on at night to sleep, he has a cool side to the left of his tank whenever he feels its too hot.is the 100 watt bulb your basking bulb or your UVB bulb? and what are your temperatures? those two things are the most critical for their health and are the first place to start when troubleshooting problems. if those are on point you can start looking at other causes.
please stop using the red bulb. they should have no colored bulbs at all. they need it cool and dark to sleep. if your temps drop below 65° at night, use a ceramic heat emitter. they are heat only, no light.
You want surface basking temps of 95-100 taken w/ a digital probe thermometer- they are the most accurate - please cool and dark for night time 65-75 unless he's sick then a ceramic heat emitter would need to be used - they produce heat No light- your uvb tank temps basking temps and basking bulb all control the overall health and behavior of your dragonThe basking bulb, and his cage is usually 90-95 degrees. I only turn the red light on at night to sleep, he has a cool side to the left of his tank whenever he feels its too hot.
Where is the uvb?View attachment 74017Attached above is65-70 gallon tank
Dragons need cool and dark to metabolize his system - if lights are on 24 hrs not necessarily in his tank but the room itself he will get no sleep - another reason for the behavior - night lights are not good - colored bulbs can cause all kinds of damage to the dragon and especially the eyesHis current meds since last week are ceftazidime injections, metacam oral, chlorhexidine oral solution, carnivore and herbivore critical care(two separate bags I mix together with water to feed him every day). He's not able to eat at all since the fracture of last week, so I've been using a syringe of 4ml split between morning and night of his liquid mix food. Im a student so I dont sleep and Its the first time I havent turned on his night light, everything seems peaceful for him
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