BigPapaMoai3
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Big Papa has been acting strange the last month. I just got him this summer and he had been doing great, eating plenty, very active. Now, he doesn't seem himself. He's been basking but not eating much of anything (no bugs, crickets or greens), his bowel movements are puny, and his skin seems pretty wrinkly. Is there something in my husbandry that is causing his lack of appetite? I've been an avid reader of this website and thought I was doing it right for the most part. Please help me.
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/ww192/jpfei410/
To top it all off I've noticed that his hands look pretty roughed up. He snuck into the wall last week and I'm not sure if they're just scratches from that or if I should be more concerned. He doesn't seem to mind when I touch his hands.
How old is your dragon? Not positive, I would guess he's about 11 months to a year old
How long have you had your dragon? 8 months
How long is your dragon? 19 inches
What is the sex of your dragon? I'm pretty sure it's a male but I haven't had him sexed
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 4 X 2 X 2
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? Tile
Do you use UVB lights? Yes
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? Fluorescent tube
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? Reptisun 5.0 but I've got a Reptisun 10.0 on it's way
How old is your UVB bulb? 3 months
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 13 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Yes, Zoo Med 75 watt basking spot lamp bulb
What are the basking temps? 105
What is the cool side temp? 74
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? digital thermometer (cool side) and a digital thermometer with a probe wire (basking spot)
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? Where he basks
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? No
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. He hasn't been eating, so I've been trying to vary his diet. Usually he has mustard greens and collard greens and occasionally tulip greens when I can find them. Once every couple of days he'll get some fruit like strawberries or blueberries. He never really has gone all out on veggies but he's stopped eating them completely now. For live feeders, he gets a combination of superworms, mealworms and waxworms but he has eaten no more than 4-5 at a time now. I recently got him crickets, which he used to go for when he was younger but he didn't show much interest in those either.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? He gets fed once early in the day, around 10am and again at 5pm
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? Not normally. He doesn't usually get crickets.
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? I use powdered supplement (Repashy Superfoods Bearded Dragon Calcium Plus) with vitamin d3 every other feeding.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? He has been pooping about every other day but the bowel movements are a fraction of their normal size.
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Since he's been acting strangely, I try to give him one once a day.
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? I offer him water from a dropper every 2-3 days.
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? When I first got him he had coccidia and was treated with albon, then I gave him acidophiliz but he had gotten yellow fungus already, so I treated him for that, too.
http://s719.photobucket.com/albums/ww192/jpfei410/
To top it all off I've noticed that his hands look pretty roughed up. He snuck into the wall last week and I'm not sure if they're just scratches from that or if I should be more concerned. He doesn't seem to mind when I touch his hands.
How old is your dragon? Not positive, I would guess he's about 11 months to a year old
How long have you had your dragon? 8 months
How long is your dragon? 19 inches
What is the sex of your dragon? I'm pretty sure it's a male but I haven't had him sexed
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 4 X 2 X 2
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? Tile
Do you use UVB lights? Yes
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? Fluorescent tube
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? Reptisun 5.0 but I've got a Reptisun 10.0 on it's way
How old is your UVB bulb? 3 months
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 13 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Yes, Zoo Med 75 watt basking spot lamp bulb
What are the basking temps? 105
What is the cool side temp? 74
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? digital thermometer (cool side) and a digital thermometer with a probe wire (basking spot)
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? Where he basks
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? No
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. He hasn't been eating, so I've been trying to vary his diet. Usually he has mustard greens and collard greens and occasionally tulip greens when I can find them. Once every couple of days he'll get some fruit like strawberries or blueberries. He never really has gone all out on veggies but he's stopped eating them completely now. For live feeders, he gets a combination of superworms, mealworms and waxworms but he has eaten no more than 4-5 at a time now. I recently got him crickets, which he used to go for when he was younger but he didn't show much interest in those either.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? He gets fed once early in the day, around 10am and again at 5pm
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? Not normally. He doesn't usually get crickets.
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? I use powdered supplement (Repashy Superfoods Bearded Dragon Calcium Plus) with vitamin d3 every other feeding.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? He has been pooping about every other day but the bowel movements are a fraction of their normal size.
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Since he's been acting strangely, I try to give him one once a day.
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? I offer him water from a dropper every 2-3 days.
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? When I first got him he had coccidia and was treated with albon, then I gave him acidophiliz but he had gotten yellow fungus already, so I treated him for that, too.