Tintin1945":3priuek3 said:Hey guys, I am new to the bearded dragon forum and created an account today. My Bearded dragon Nelly George is a year and two months old have had her for six months. She loves sitting on my shirt while I do homework, Xbox, and other activities. Yesterday evening she crawled up my shoulder to get on the back of the chair(she had done it before and never had any problems) however she was having a lot of difficulty getting up. She lost her grip on the wood and fell on our carpet. I immediately picked her up and put her on my thigh so she wouldn't try climbing again. Everything was fine until I picked her up and noticed her beard was black and her tail tip was black as well. Thinking she was just mad and hungry I put her in her cage. When I got back home with her wax worms I put them in her cage and noticed a large lump on her back and that she was paralyzed in her hind legs. She slept well last night and this morning had many tremors trying to make her legs work. I am new to bearded dragon pet owning. She has an appointment with the vet at two. Is there anything I need to do for her? Take her climbing stuff out?
Tintin1945":1jcyv0xu said:
Sort out beardie's injury at the vet first , note there are some problems with the setup as is
>> dial style thermometers like shown are so inaccurate as to be worthless
These http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aquarium-LCD-Electronic-Digital-Thermometer-Fish-Tank-Water-Detector-Practica-BU/252762165947?_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D6ac464a2a1b24339be32c744b2ff5cf9%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D201577608563 are loads better and accurate as well (with 1 degCelsius !!) and dirt cheap.
>> the red basking / heat light needs to go , the red glow effects the colours of the foods and this may well be why she became fussy with eating .
>> the T8 reflector hood needs to be moved UNDER THE LID and positioned about 6 - 8 inches from her viv floor (she's needs to have no climbing until the vet gives her clearance to climb) , I'd get hold of some wire coat hangers and modify them to become hangers for the T8 reflector hood .
Careful she's apt to want to climb ontop of it at that distance.
I strongly recommend retiring the T8 reflector hood and upgrading to a T5HO reflector hood and T5HO 10 - 12% UVB tube , which will give appropriate UVB at 10-12 inches from her floor, so you will need to hang it under the lid to get this distance floor to tube.
These are the lights I use, the brand of worms, calcium I use, Tempratures, and a close up(the bulge is where the tail and the back meet but it seems the swelling has gone down). She didnt like meal worms so we were trying these. She also recently decided she didn't want to chase crickets. I hear that it's normal for them to stop eating mealworms and crickets as they get older but she always seemed hungry so we were finding a way to compensate. As for UVB I got it from petco here is the one I bought. https://m.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/reptile/reptile-heating-lighting/light-fixtures-hoods/zilla-slimline-desert-50-uvb-t8-fluorescent-fixture
She wouldn't eat worms and crickets with calcium powder so we got her a spray to go on her veggies.
Thanks for the replies!
Tintin1945":mfyh5rwn said:Yep! I forgot the calcium picture in the last post here it is.
Tintin1945":f27ri4ro said:Good News! Got back from the Veterinarian and he said that there was nothing broken or fractured. He said there was a small sublubrification on the spine( slightly out of line) and she is good on calcium and her bones are good and healthy. I am going to get a black heat lamp for the evenings so she can sleep better at night and get a new UBV bulb. Thanks all!
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