caseylynn623
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- Beardie name(s)
- Liz
Hello.. looking for help/advice from anyone who may have experienced/seen anything similar to my beardie’s story.
My 2 year old bearded dragon named Lizard, (odd name I know lol, Liz for short) fell about 2 feet off of my couch and onto carpet. He has taken this leap a few times in the past and usually just takes off running and explores the living room. However, this time was different. He fell and was stunned for about 20-30 seconds, his mouth was wide open, his body was puffed out, and his beard was very black. After this behavior was done, he became very limp and lethargic. I set him back in his tank and let him rest for a while. All of his limbs appear normal, he has intact reflexes, and he has no swelling any where from the incident.
However, now it is 3 days since this incident and he isn’t any better. He is showing no interest in his insects or veggies, he hasn’t been moving much at all, his beard gets black on and off all day long, he is not grasping onto my hand when I pick him up, and he is just very limp overall. He is also doing this weird behavior that I have never seen before, it is almost like he is swallowing or hiccuping and throwing his head back at the same time. But he has no stress marks on his body and he looks bright and normal from the neck down.
His basking area is around 90-100 degrees and his cool side is around 75-80 in a 40 gallon reptile tank. However, he isn’t really moving much. If I set him in the basking area, he will stay there unless I move him to the cool side, and vice versa.
I was able to force feed him kale and super worms, I opened his mouth and set it on his tongue and he immediately chewed and swallowed the food with no problems. But he just isn’t going after it like he used to.
I don’t know if Liz is just being dramatic from the fall incident or if there is really something going on.. a lot of other threads I’ve been reading point to signs maybe of a URI but I find it hard to believe that it would be this coincidental with the timing of it all. Prior to the fall, he was perfect and amazing. Active, always ready to eat, he would grab onto my hand with all his limbs and hold his tail tight to my arm, he would never get black, and I have never seen him swallow/hiccup before like this ever!
I attached some pictures for reference of how happy and good he was before all of this.
I just want my Lizzie back to his normal self and I don’t know why he is acting this way
My 2 year old bearded dragon named Lizard, (odd name I know lol, Liz for short) fell about 2 feet off of my couch and onto carpet. He has taken this leap a few times in the past and usually just takes off running and explores the living room. However, this time was different. He fell and was stunned for about 20-30 seconds, his mouth was wide open, his body was puffed out, and his beard was very black. After this behavior was done, he became very limp and lethargic. I set him back in his tank and let him rest for a while. All of his limbs appear normal, he has intact reflexes, and he has no swelling any where from the incident.
However, now it is 3 days since this incident and he isn’t any better. He is showing no interest in his insects or veggies, he hasn’t been moving much at all, his beard gets black on and off all day long, he is not grasping onto my hand when I pick him up, and he is just very limp overall. He is also doing this weird behavior that I have never seen before, it is almost like he is swallowing or hiccuping and throwing his head back at the same time. But he has no stress marks on his body and he looks bright and normal from the neck down.
His basking area is around 90-100 degrees and his cool side is around 75-80 in a 40 gallon reptile tank. However, he isn’t really moving much. If I set him in the basking area, he will stay there unless I move him to the cool side, and vice versa.
I was able to force feed him kale and super worms, I opened his mouth and set it on his tongue and he immediately chewed and swallowed the food with no problems. But he just isn’t going after it like he used to.
I don’t know if Liz is just being dramatic from the fall incident or if there is really something going on.. a lot of other threads I’ve been reading point to signs maybe of a URI but I find it hard to believe that it would be this coincidental with the timing of it all. Prior to the fall, he was perfect and amazing. Active, always ready to eat, he would grab onto my hand with all his limbs and hold his tail tight to my arm, he would never get black, and I have never seen him swallow/hiccup before like this ever!
I attached some pictures for reference of how happy and good he was before all of this.
I just want my Lizzie back to his normal self and I don’t know why he is acting this way
