Thanks for the info, AHBD has already responded saying it's fine, I didn't mention that that the company of a male was brief like a 30 min visit. She is also showing no pain and in fact her beard is very very orange but thanks for the info.EllenD":3f7xecyg said:How old is she? Were you trying to purposely breed her, meaning you know she's been mated? She may be carrying eggs, she may be impacted as well if you feel lumps, but if she's of age and you know she mated, and you see/feel lumps, then she's most likely gravid. I don't quite understand what you mean, is she digging in her enclosure? If so, start a tunnel in her lay box and let her in the lay box for a while with a basking light over her for heat. There are worries here that will certainly require an experienced reptile vet ASAP if found to progress...
The fact that she's only passing urates and her appetite has gone, combined with the pacing/galas surfing and restlessness is a serious worry, as she may very well be egg-bound, these are all symptoms of egg-binding. As long as she's restless I'd keep putting her in the lay box for a few hours at a time, and try warmer than average soaks periodically, but the moment she becomes lethargic or black beards she absolutely must get to an experienced reptile IMMEDIATELY or she'll die if she is in fact egg-bound. It's an extremely painful way to die, and there is no home remedy for it in bearded dragons, surgery is usually required to save their lives. So you will have to drive to the nearest reptile vet or 24 hour animal hospital, you have no choice if she is egg-bound. Euthanasia is much more humane in that situation than letting it happen. Hopefully she will lay her eggs with time in the lay box and warm soaks. AHBD bred dragons for years, hopefully he will respond with what he thinks and some ideas. I hope you are not breeding dragons without having access to an experienced reptile vet, as that's a very risky and potentially catastrophic situation to put yourself and your beardies in. Egg binding can happen to beardies gravid with infertile eggs too, so that's no one's fault, but if you have no access to a reptile vet for her, then please keep her away from all male dragons because egg-binding is just an agonizing way for them to die, I saw a breeder English budgie die this way, and I rushed her to my local 24 hour emergency animal hospital within 15 minutes of noticing she wasn't acting normally while laying on her already laid clutch of 4 eggs. The 5th one killed her, and I grew up in a bird-breeding home and have bred and hand-raised parrots for over 20 years, and there actually is some intervention you can do at home for birds, with beardies soaking them in warmer than normal bath water is about it. Be careful about massaging her tummy, as you don't want to break an egg inside her. If she is in fact impacted, as she is only passing urates, the baths will also help that as well, and you can try normal impaction protocol, like laxative slurries.
AHBD":znvpp999 said:Hi there, that is all normal behavior right up to the time they lay. Can you post a pic of her and a pic of the lay box ? Is the sand that deep or are those the dimensions of the laybox ? Here's how to post pics :
https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ The n use the XIMG to upload them
Sometimes if you start a " tunnel " for them by hand they will continue digging in that spot. She will lay when she's ready, nothing sounds out of the ordinary.
I'm not planning on breeding her we just had someone over who we thought was a girl for just a stop bye but maybe not ?EllenD":1ekd5l78 said:Yeah, just an FYI, as it's still very possible that it can happen now or in the future, and if you have no access to a reptile vet I would think twice about breeding her. Egg-binding is a very real problem that all people with a female beardie need to be educated about, and even if this is normal behavior for her just before laying, which I also indicated that I too assumed it was in my first post, egg-binding can happen at any time, and there is absolutely nothing you can do at home to help them. As someone who has seen the agony an animal goes through with egg-binding, I try to educate EVERYONE with a female beardie about how serious it is, what the signs and symptoms are, the fact that it can happen at any time during the laying process, and what needs to be done if it does happen. So ease, be very observant during the laying process, and again, if you see any sudden lethargy or black beard do not hesitate in getting her to a reptile vet IMMEDIATELY.
I've got one ready I thought I'd just try it without first and I've made it a slope tooAHBD":3fejelm6 said:Yes, some females will just pass small poos right up until laying day, some don't.And they usually eat like hogs and suddenly stop abruptly, then the mad pacing + digging starts.
Signs of eggbinding would be a beardie going from all this activity to suddenly very lethargic, just laying in one spot with possible half closed or closed eyes, probable black beard and just looking very sick.
So the frantic running around is them looking for the" perfect " spot to lay the eggs. Sometimes even with a nice lay box they end up laying them in the tank or somewhere else. One member here had a dragon lay eggs on her [ the owners ] stomach while she ws snuggling with her !
As for your laybox , it looks good but you might try piling the sand high up on one side, then digging the tunnel as if it's the side of a hill. If the tunnel collapses you can eve get a large shoebox [ or similar box ] and cut one end out, set it in the sand as her tunnel and pile it half way with sand. Then when she digs the sand out the box will keep her tunnel from collapsing.
Yep ?AHBD":2yrots3l said:Yes, your laybox looks pretty good, she may dig right in. Or decide to drive you crazy for a while yet.
Gtxollie1":267hkdhm said:I've got one ready I thought I'd just try it without first and I've made it a slope tooAHBD":267hkdhm said:Yes, some females will just pass small poos right up until laying day, some don't.And they usually eat like hogs and suddenly stop abruptly, then the mad pacing + digging starts.
Signs of eggbinding would be a beardie going from all this activity to suddenly very lethargic, just laying in one spot with possible half closed or closed eyes, probable black beard and just looking very sick.
So the frantic running around is them looking for the" perfect " spot to lay the eggs. Sometimes even with a nice lay box they end up laying them in the tank or somewhere else. One member here had a dragon lay eggs on her [ the owners ] stomach while she ws snuggling with her !
As for your laybox , it looks good but you might try piling the sand high up on one side, then digging the tunnel as if it's the side of a hill. If the tunnel collapses you can eve get a large shoebox [ or similar box ] and cut one end out, set it in the sand as her tunnel and pile it half way with sand. Then when she digs the sand out the box will keep her tunnel from collapsing.
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