Hi,
I'm new to the site and I joined as I have a concern with my beardie. I have looked online and I haven't been able to find anything about this issue.
For the past month or so, my bearded dragon, Venus, has been shedding repetitively. She will do a full body shed, then a few days later the process will begin again. So far she has done this at least 4 times. I'm really not sure what is causing this and I am beginning to worry a little. The only thing I can think of is maybe the cold weather. She has been very sluggish and lost a bit of weight, and I heard you are supposed to hibernate them during the winter, but I was a bit anxious to do this as I have never done that to her before (she is about a 1 1/2 years old and fully grown, I believe).
I also made the mistake of buying the incorrect tank (too tall with a mesh top) so I have trouble keeping her warm inside of it. So I will be buying a new, lower vivarium and lighting equipment as soon as possible to see if this helps. Venus also has a very limited appetite - I have tried her on lots of different fruits and veggies but she will not touch them. The main foods she eats at the moment are watercress, wax worms and the occasional dubia roaches and locusts. I try to bathe her every few days, usually she poops while bathing and nothing seems out of the ordinary.
If someone could give me any advice, that'd be wonderful.
Sorry for the long post, thanks for reading!
I'm new to the site and I joined as I have a concern with my beardie. I have looked online and I haven't been able to find anything about this issue.
For the past month or so, my bearded dragon, Venus, has been shedding repetitively. She will do a full body shed, then a few days later the process will begin again. So far she has done this at least 4 times. I'm really not sure what is causing this and I am beginning to worry a little. The only thing I can think of is maybe the cold weather. She has been very sluggish and lost a bit of weight, and I heard you are supposed to hibernate them during the winter, but I was a bit anxious to do this as I have never done that to her before (she is about a 1 1/2 years old and fully grown, I believe).
I also made the mistake of buying the incorrect tank (too tall with a mesh top) so I have trouble keeping her warm inside of it. So I will be buying a new, lower vivarium and lighting equipment as soon as possible to see if this helps. Venus also has a very limited appetite - I have tried her on lots of different fruits and veggies but she will not touch them. The main foods she eats at the moment are watercress, wax worms and the occasional dubia roaches and locusts. I try to bathe her every few days, usually she poops while bathing and nothing seems out of the ordinary.
If someone could give me any advice, that'd be wonderful.
Sorry for the long post, thanks for reading!
