I just purchased my first dragon, I bought her from a young boy (maybe 12). I got her home with "all her accessories" and set up the tank only to find that the UV bulbs were burned out so i dont know how long she has been without them. The only heat source they had was a red bulb so she has essentially had no UV light source for an unknown period of time. I just purchased a 60w ceramic overhead heat source and a 10.0 UVA/UVB 26w bulb.
She was nervous when her previous owner tried to handle her but she has been very calm for me so far. When I got home today, she was excited to see me and came to the front of her tank then appeared to have a seizure for appriximately 1 minute. I googled this and found information on MBD. I am concerned that this may be what she is suffering from. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Its too early to know exactly what temperature my tank is because I also just got home with thermometers for the basking and cool ends of her tank (long 20 gallon, I am shopping for something larger... long 75-150 gallon.) She is young, approximately 1 year old.
Previous owner had purple sand in her tank, I threw that out and replaced it with turf so I can disinfect it during tank cleanings and I worry about her ingesting the sand. I am feeding crickets, meal worms, Rep-Cal Juvenile Bearded Dragon food, spring mix salad, and sprinking Rep-Cal Calcium with Vit D3. Her tank had one plastic log/rock tank decor piece and a scraggly fabric plant with wire supports to keep it vertical. I threw away the fake plant, disinfected the plastic decor piece. I purchased a nice large wood log and a flat stone from out local Petco and added those to her tank.
Im still learning, but I want to provide the best care for my beardie and quite concerned about the seizure I witnessed this evening.
She was nervous when her previous owner tried to handle her but she has been very calm for me so far. When I got home today, she was excited to see me and came to the front of her tank then appeared to have a seizure for appriximately 1 minute. I googled this and found information on MBD. I am concerned that this may be what she is suffering from. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Its too early to know exactly what temperature my tank is because I also just got home with thermometers for the basking and cool ends of her tank (long 20 gallon, I am shopping for something larger... long 75-150 gallon.) She is young, approximately 1 year old.
Previous owner had purple sand in her tank, I threw that out and replaced it with turf so I can disinfect it during tank cleanings and I worry about her ingesting the sand. I am feeding crickets, meal worms, Rep-Cal Juvenile Bearded Dragon food, spring mix salad, and sprinking Rep-Cal Calcium with Vit D3. Her tank had one plastic log/rock tank decor piece and a scraggly fabric plant with wire supports to keep it vertical. I threw away the fake plant, disinfected the plastic decor piece. I purchased a nice large wood log and a flat stone from out local Petco and added those to her tank.
Im still learning, but I want to provide the best care for my beardie and quite concerned about the seizure I witnessed this evening.