Dragonfury866
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So my beardie Talon has always been a great eater ever since a few months ago. I figured he was brumating (although this is the first year he’s been an adult) so I took him to the vet to be sure. They told me it wasn’t hot enough and that infrared thermometers were only accurate for seeing the temp of surfaces and that I needed to put aluminum foil on the top of his cage because heat escapes from mesh. So I did all that, and I also closed my blinds and curtains since then. They gave him a shot of something (I forgot but it was to make him gain an appetite they said). And so far it’s been 4 days and he’s actually eating less, and his beard is usually black. Not crazy dark black but definitely not normal. He seemed to be eating better beforehand and now he’s eating absolutely nothing. The vet also said that supplements are dangerous and I should crush up bearded dragons pellets in his salads (that he also doesn’t eat lately).
But before you ask, his basking temp is 95 degrees, cool side is 75. 50 gallon tank, uvb is 10.0 T5 reptisun in a reflector fixture on top of mesh, 9 inches away. My temps were taken with an infrared thermometer that the vet says don’t measure correctly, and I just wanna know if all this is right and if the aluminum foil on top of the mesh is right because so far I don’t know what to do for the guy and it’s not helping.
But before you ask, his basking temp is 95 degrees, cool side is 75. 50 gallon tank, uvb is 10.0 T5 reptisun in a reflector fixture on top of mesh, 9 inches away. My temps were taken with an infrared thermometer that the vet says don’t measure correctly, and I just wanna know if all this is right and if the aluminum foil on top of the mesh is right because so far I don’t know what to do for the guy and it’s not helping.