SHAKING BEARDED DRAGON

[dragon2nick1]

My baby, Saphira is shaking after she eats her first cricket for the day. She goes on her belly and puts all four of her limbs in the air and starts shaking them and her whole body shakes too. She is is a 75 gallon tank i feed her squash every day with some carrots. she has a ubv light her basking spot is 110 degrees and she is around 5 to 6 inches please help

 

[lillybd2008]

What size crickets are you giving your bearded dragon? and when was the last time she took a poo?

 

[cristinahancock]

The feeders should be no bigger than the space between her eyes. Also I have seen babies do this with impaction or lack of calcium. I would try to give it some liquid calcium. Also a 75 gallon is pretty big enclosure for that little of a baby. But as long as she is eating and pooping okay you should be okay with the enclosure.

I will try to help, but first I would need a bit more info.
What size feeders are you feeding?
When was the last time she pooped?
Are you offering any leafy greens?
How often do you bath or spray her?

 

[dragon2nick1]

She eats squash
I give her a bath once a week
i mist her 2x a day.

 

[diamc]

Actually bathing once a wk isn't enough for a baby. What type of thermometer are you using to check the temps? What UVB light do you have, brand & is it a compact, coil or fluorescent strip?

 

[dragon2nick1]

Actually bathing once a wk isn't enough for a baby. What type of thermometer are you using to check the temps? What UVB light do you have, brand & is it a compact, coil or fluorescent strip?

I use a Exo Terra infrared heat lamp for heat 75 watts and Exo Terra ubv light thingy 75 watts they are not coil.
i also use a zoo med ubv bulb i have 2 uvb bulbs in total. can there be susce a thing as 2 much ubv?

 

[dragon2nick1]

also i use small crickets

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

What sized crickets are you feeding her?? How small is small? Are they smaller than the space between the eyes? Is she going to the bathroom?

Tracie

 

[diamc]

Is yhe basking bulb white or colored? Is the UVB a Repti-Glo 10.0? How far away is your beardie fro teh UVB? What type of thermometer are you using?

 

[dragon2nick1]

Hello,

What sized crickets are you feeding her?? How small is small? Are they smaller than the space between the eyes? Is she going to the bathroom?

Tracie

she is going to the bathroom ok i last saw a new poop pile this morning sometimes she gets a cricket a little bigger than the space between her eyes but for the most part they are smaller than the space between her eyes

 

[dragon2nick1]

she is 9 inches from the lights

 

[boxers]

ive seen them shake like that when they try to throw up, but it might be something different...

 

[dragon2nick1]

Is yhe basking bulb white or colored? Is the UVB a Repti-Glo 10.0? How far away is your beardie fro teh UVB? What type of thermometer are you using?

ima take everything i see off the box and post it here
75W
Sun glow neodymium basking spot lamp its Exo Terra brand the bulb is white

 

[dragon2nick1]

on the heatting bulbd box it says

75W Heat glow
Infrared heat lamp
and its Exo Terra
red bulb

 

[dragon2nick1]

i kept telling my mom to get the non contact temp gun but she got the not so accurate stick on thermometer