jmarie0227":1zuuhcbm said:We were reluctant to get the sand, but the shop we got her from said that was what they were using, so we just kept it the same. She is not doing well. I just went downstairs to check on her and she is laying limp in the sand, not moving, but I can see her belly moving in and out so I know she is breathing. I wonder if we should take her to the vet tomorrow?
jmarie0227":2tk84bo4 said:We just bought a female BD two days ago. She is approximately 3 years old. When she got home she was beautifully colored and ate 10 Dubia Roaches.
The following morning she had pooped and seemed alert and healthy. We tried to feed her greens and two roaches dusted in calcium powder. She ate the two roaches then seemed uninterested in any other food. We took her out of the cage and let her sit in our son’s lap for about 20 mins. We put her back and everything seemed fine. When we went back to check on her, her beard was dark black and she had pooped again and vomited. All of the roaches were in the vomit and even a cricket from prior to us getting her. She is completely lethargic with her eyes barely open and seems very weak. We are extremely worried... we have already done the following things:
1. Soaked her in lukewarm water with pedialyte for 20 mins
2. Massaged her belly while she was in the bath in case the cause was impaction
3. Fed her one syringe full of baby food applesauce with lactobacillus probiotic in it
4. Gave her 3 syringes full of water/pedialyte in case she was dehydrated
She was not interested in eating or drinking anything we gave her.
<<< 10 roaches is a big meal if they are large roaches. How big were these roaches ?
-She is in a 75 gallon tank
-Calcium sand is the substrate
-Her basking temp is 105 degrees
-Her ambient temp is 85
-We are using a repti sun t5 5.0 UVB bulb
-2 daytime heat bulbs: 1 is 100 and 1 is 75 watt
-1 night time 100 watt bulb on the opposite side of the tank
-She has a hide on the cool side of her tank and a basking log on the hot side of her tank
-We have fed her dubia roaches and collard greens
-The calcium dust is Flukers repta calcium
-We had standing water in the tank for a day, but have since removed it
We are extremely concerned and any help would be appreciated!
jmarie0227":3jixnrgx said:They were a mixture of small and large roaches. We had some bearded dragons a long time ago (about 15 years ago) and we never fed them roaches, but again, the pet store said it was the best nutrition for them and then he proceeded to tell us that because she is large she should be eating 10 roaches or so a day. Do you think she is impacted from too many roaches?
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