PLEASE can someone help .... iv now ran out of ideas

[msanders35]

I wonder if someone can help me ..... i have two Rankins, one male and one female housed together in a 15inch wide - 56inch long tank with a 60W ceramic bulb and repti-glo 10.0, (both brand new bulbs) its heat reg with a habistat:

................ hot ...............cold
Day...... 33.5c - 37.7c ..... 26c - 28c

night....... 29c - 31c .......... 21c

i have two therm sensors one in cool end and one directly on the basking spot, the habitstat sensor is next to the therma sensor on the basking spot.

i bath them twice a week -- Tues/Fri, they have lots of fresh veg and mealworms on offer, they wont eat crickets etc (trust me iv tried!) they have a good sized water bowl. they are on Calcisand which neither have been eating plus a small bowl of calcidust on offer too.

I have had them about 2 weeks, i bought them from a lady who said they are about 6 months old although i think they maybe a month or so older as the male has suddenly over the past few weeks grown and now has a very wide head and his beard is darkening! my boy is growing up lol the male is very lively and very healthy eating plenty of mealworms even from hand but the female is starting to concern me the last few days she has not seemed very happy ... she will spend most of the day in her water bowl !! i take her out and place her in the warm and she perks up but then returns back to the water 10 mins later, she will go a day where she is fine and perky then a day when she is quiet and hides! i have noticed during her hiding times her beard get darker so obviously not very happy although her beard settles down and lightens up when i take her out and sit her on my chest. i have not seen her eat but i have been out most days and a lot of the veg has been eatten but not sure by who!!

At the moment she is asleep in her water bowl again!! im not sure if its stress as their viv was changed etc but the male is VERY happy and very cheeky!! on her good days she will tap at the glass to get your attention and to make it known she wants to come out so not quite sure what to make of it!

Any advise would be welcome she is well hydrated as is bathed twice a week and sits in it all day!!

I have just weighed them Male - 97g and Female - 75g they are both the same age

UPDTAE - i bought a 2nd viv to put the female in yesterday but she still insists on staying in the water bowl!! i have kept her hydrated by feeding her water and i have also been feeding her small amounts of veg baby food with nutrabol and calci powder in to see if this helps

 

[doe222]

they are only 6 months you should NOT be feeding them mealworms that much. mine was 6 months and i fed mine 5 mealworms and he became impacted. they are a HUGE impact threat at only 6 months. you must find a different live feeder for them. i guarentee thats why hes black bearded all the time because hes impacted. stop feeding them mealworms right away and feed them crickets. you gotta do it, they wont eat crickets because your steady everyday food are mealworms. which is like a treat for them. they will get hungry enough to eat crickets. give them some warm baths make them poop and start feeding them somthing besides mealworms. big mistake there. try reptiworms.com i did alot of research on this forum about them and just orderd 500 earlier. use the coupon code hungry20 and 500 large only cost me 24$. they dont need to be fed u just leave them in the container they come in. but whatever u do stop feeding them mealworms. shes not eating because she cant poop. stop feeding them entirley untill they both pass bowel movments and then start feeding them somthing besides mealworms. its a huge no no trust me i learned. i dont give him any at all anymore because the huge scare he gave me. put them in a nice warm bath and let them soak for 20-30min. softly rub thier underbellys and stop feeding them mealworms! i cant stress it enough especially at 6 months.

 

[msanders35]

Thank you for replying, I will do that, I'm will to try anything at the moment as she is clearly not happy! I will run a warm bath for them today and hopefully she poops and perks up! Thank you again

 

[doe222]

no problem. mealworms can be the death to a young beardie. i dont know how long its been since they both pooped but personally if my beardie took more than 5 days to pass waste id take him into the vet to get an enema. always be carefull of impaction. mealworm impaction can be serious but normally you can get it to pass at home. if you are using sand as a substrate or wood chips i highly recomend getting rid of that as well. a sand impaction is not somthing you want to deal with.

 

[msanders35]

Well Lilo has now perked up!! I have increased the viv temps to 38-39c and both have picked up! Stitch pooped about 30 mins ago after 3 days of nothing and Lilo is yet to do one but fingers crossed! She has deffo perked up a lot and was basking earlier which she has not done at all the past week or so!! So fingers crossed!!

 

[doe222]

just stop feeding mealworms. at 6 months id recomend no more than 1-2 a day. but beardies should be pooping at least once a day at thier age. so if they arent pooping everyday somthings up