I have a 2 year old beardie and she poops roughly every 4 days and yesterday she pooped like normal and than fell alseep on my bed but than pooped again and she was like asleep when she pooped and and didn’t do her little tail up waddle away she was just asleep. And than this morning she wouldn’t move and when I was making her breakfast she pooped again and it wasn’t a lot, and now she’s not moving Her front legs, like when I put her in water she’ll get herself up to walk around but she didn’t and her chin is completely black. Basically I’m wondering if I should go to the vet
This does not sound good at all ---- what are you using for a UVB brand and bulb? coil or tube and where in the tank is it? What are her basking temps and how are you taking them ? NO sitckons
Karrie
That's an odd set of symptoms. It may be a calcium deficiency causing her leg problems. What exact type + wattage lights do you use and what is her diet ? Do you use calcium powder on her food, how often ? Can you post pics of her , of her total set up , here's how :
I use 10.0 uvb 13 watt, I don’t use her 100 watt night heat lamp during the night because it gets hot where I live, most of the time she is out of her cage roaming my room or outside. I use calcium on her crickets and mealworms, as of yesterday she’s had around 30 mealworms, carrots, apple. And peeled cucumber. She hasn’t eaten today
I would get her a better staple feeder as well --- crickets dubia roaches I recommend them or silk worms -- those are good feeders --- here is a website for nutrition ignore the kale thing it is a good staple feeder also lay off the cucumber that is a good reason for real runny stools plus no really nutritional value http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
If you would like websites for insects worms etc please ask I will post some for you
Karrie
O.K. thanks for getting the pics up so fast ! She's a nice looking dragon, seems good weight and alert but as you know the dark beard indicates stress. You'll need to get the good bulb that Karrie mentioned and cut out the apple + cucumber, both can cause diarrhea. You mentioned that she spends a lot of time out of her tank, that is also contributing to her leg problem, she'll get no uvb at all . Taking her outside is good so keep that up , at least 30-45 minutes a day. Just set with her in the grass, she needs the sunlight badly right now. She won't be able to run off in her condition but you need to stay with her for her safety. Never on concrete though unless it's cooler out and she can sit on your lap.
When we go out side she’s normally on my lap, ever since she was little she would run around my room or stayed in the same place for a long time. She was moving fine up until this morning the last time she moved was around 10 after she pooped and got comfy on my bed, I later moved her to her cage to sleep and she wasn’t moved since she can move her head.