Suddenly Lethargic

[Hoppy819]

Hello! I am a new bearded dragon owner and I have been having some troubles. I have a six month old bearded dragon named Griffin, earlier today he was acting fine, he had pooped, it's not runny, normal sized, although it doesn't have much urate. He was very energetic and ate around 12 crickets a day (he also poops daily). I hadn't had time to put in any fresh veggies recently due to school and today I put some in, acorn squash, bell peppers, a few snap peas, and some kale, I put one meal worm on top to get him interested in the veggies and sprinkled it with some calcium powder. He ate a little of it an the meal worm as well as around 7 crickets today. I left to complete some homework and then came up to check on him and his head was down on his rock and he was resting it on his rock that is under his heating lamp. He picked it up and sat up a bit when I walked in and watched me move around the room although I did notice almost like a ripple with his beard when I was watching him, it kind of looked like maybe a burp or something, when I left to do some more homework then checked to see if anything had changed his head was back on his rock, picking it up when i entered. He had this issue around Christmas time and I removed the veggies and replaced his heat lamp and UBV tube and it all cleared up. I'm wondering if anyone has any clues to what this could be/ mean, i'm very confused and don't know what to do. Please help! Thank you!
Cage size: 20g, upgrading soon
Heat lamp: 100w
UBV: Tube, Zilla 50 UBV
Heat rock/ pad? No.
Veggies: Acorn Squash, Kale (Ran out of collar greens).
Treats (maybe once - twice a week): Bell pepper, sugar snap pea
Cricket size: Medium, had a larger one yesterday but he's pooped since them.
Hot side of tank: 90ishF (I don't have a temp gun, so it's probably not right seeing as i'm reading it off the wall of his tank.)
Cool side: 80F
Substrate: Reptile carpet
Shedding? Yup, his legs are just getting ready to shed
Nose or eye goo? Nope.
I can answer more if you have any, these are just the ones off the top of my head. Thank you!

 

[ruben0311]

really got to get a temperature gun or digital thermometer... makes all the difference. If you have like a thermometer for people, like just a alcohol tube type, that'll work so you can check the basking spot temp (although don't leave it in there, just use it to check the temp a bit). the analog dial thermometers measure ambient air temperature so that is why people say they are inaccurate for determining basking temps. Stretching beard just usually means he either is just stretching or maybe is clearing his throat, mine does that after eating a lot. having the right temps will make the world of difference in how he is able to digest his food so look into that first and foremost. next the 5.0 UVB should be changed to the 10.0 as the former is designed for tropical or shaded environments while the 10.0 is for direct sunlight or desert species. keep us informed of how he does

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

I agree, the temperatures are very important so definitely try to get either a temp gun or a digital probe. The basking temperatures need to be in a range of 95-110 & your cooler end around 78-82.
Is your Zilla 50 UVB a tube bulb style or a compact/coil light?
If you have any pictures you can post them here so we can see your dragon & your setup.
That is good he is eating right now.
Have you gotten a fecal done on him to see if he has worms or parasites?

Tracie