NeilMcGrane
Member
Hi,
Basically, a few days ago my beardie seemed to be a little on the lethargic side. He sometimes does this every now and then but snaps straight out of it when he's being fed or when I take him out of his tank. Anyway, yesterday I was going to feed him I noticed his behaviour was strange, his head was down low sitting on the tank floor and didn't react much when I showed him his yellow tweezors (usually goes bezerk or really alert when he sees this). I showed him his food and out of nowhere he missed the worm completely, he tried again and the same thing but his head kind of swooped off to one side. I went to pick him up to take him out and his head was extremely weak as if his neck could not support it. He then seemed to lose balance quite abit and sway to the side. It was something I'd never seen before or even heard.
Today it's the same story. He's eating but I have to hold the food right in front of his mouth so that he doesn't miss it when he tries to 'bite' it. When he has the food in his mouth he then smashes his head side-to-side which is disturbing to watch because it's not his normal behaviour at all. I've had to remove everything from his tank that could hurt him when he goes into this 'frenzy'. I've tried to give him water via a syringe through the side of his mouth. He has also 'pooped' today which is always good. He looks really healthy and when I pick him up he's still feels as 'solid' as he has always been, just seems extremely fatigued. His head movement is really upsetting to watch as it seems to just sway around as if his neck has lost complete power or something
Does anyone know what could be wrong with him or what I could do to help him?
Thank you.
Extras:
His arm is fine it's just tucked under him slightly
Basically, a few days ago my beardie seemed to be a little on the lethargic side. He sometimes does this every now and then but snaps straight out of it when he's being fed or when I take him out of his tank. Anyway, yesterday I was going to feed him I noticed his behaviour was strange, his head was down low sitting on the tank floor and didn't react much when I showed him his yellow tweezors (usually goes bezerk or really alert when he sees this). I showed him his food and out of nowhere he missed the worm completely, he tried again and the same thing but his head kind of swooped off to one side. I went to pick him up to take him out and his head was extremely weak as if his neck could not support it. He then seemed to lose balance quite abit and sway to the side. It was something I'd never seen before or even heard.
Today it's the same story. He's eating but I have to hold the food right in front of his mouth so that he doesn't miss it when he tries to 'bite' it. When he has the food in his mouth he then smashes his head side-to-side which is disturbing to watch because it's not his normal behaviour at all. I've had to remove everything from his tank that could hurt him when he goes into this 'frenzy'. I've tried to give him water via a syringe through the side of his mouth. He has also 'pooped' today which is always good. He looks really healthy and when I pick him up he's still feels as 'solid' as he has always been, just seems extremely fatigued. His head movement is really upsetting to watch as it seems to just sway around as if his neck has lost complete power or something
Does anyone know what could be wrong with him or what I could do to help him?
Thank you.
Extras:
His arm is fine it's just tucked under him slightly
