usually active beardie now sleeps day two

[princesssparkles]

ive recently purchased two dragons there one week old to us both about 6in long one was very active and a good hunter now two days just sleeps in basking area 100wat basking two 26 compact florencent uvb in 40 gal 75 degrees on cool side 90 to 100+ in basking area depending how high on branch they climb feed crickets with calcium and vitamin powder last night gave two meal worm only cuss it would not go after crickets neither really eats greens yet just lick them they are offered cumumbers carrots bok choy letuce collard and cantelope they have a water dish but i give them water with a baby med syringe drops on nose and lick off they each had a bath this morning they are both going to the bathroom fine and it looks normal "puff" the usually lazy one is getting bigger and waving like always apears great "avitar" the spunky one now for two days dont want to chase crickets or move just sleep" what could be the problem ??? ive become attached to the lil fellow and do not want to return him to the pet store "petsmart" how do i make him better or is he just being a baby dragon

 

[Forte]

I would suggest a vet visit as pet stores aren't necessarily very good at caring for baby dragons. There could be a number of things wrong with him.
Your temps seem a little low also. He is too young to brumate, so you need to keep babies nice and warm. You also need to get some food into him. I would suggest syringe feeding him, turkey baby food is best or just greens put in a blender. If the dragons are both kept together (which isn't good for long term anyway) I would suggest separating them as if it is an infection or parasite you may end up with two sick dragons.

I don't normally recommend compact fluro UVBs but what type are they as they need both UVA and UVB full spectrum. Reptisun 10 is normally the best bulb to go with but these are the tube type. If you could tell me whether it is full spectrum or not as I'm not too familiar with the compact fluros or the brands of them.

Baby dragons are very hard to look after and once you can't get food into them you need to try quite hard as they will go down hill quite quickly.

 

[quigleysmom]

I would agree that you replace it with a reptisun 10 asap. I made the mistake and got the wrong one and my baby went nuts. Not eating, hiding, and frantic glass dancing. He was also suddenly freaking out everytime we got near his tank. We got the reptisun about a week ago and and he is acting much better. Also, make sure they are in separate enclosures too. The active one could be dominating the other one.

 

[princesssparkles]

thank you for your responses have the 10 reptisun tube 30 in cant find the ballast for a 30 in still looking dragon seems better today syringe fed both organic soy yogurt plus ate mealworm another bath last night still not as active but head is up got med from pet store for bacteria i put it in the yogurt also the dragon is starting to shed i resd somewhere online they may act like this when this happens... i hope that is the case any thoughts on that i also moved lights closer to increase temp bout 111 in center

 

[princesssparkles]

day five still alive seperate and in a differernt room from puff the posible bully 12hours hours now last night got him his own 55 gallon but still in the same room with puff this morning seen puff puffing head bobbing and wave staring down avitar when to gether they seemed like they got along same age size sleep next to each other ... i would not suggest for anyon eto keep two together even if young yah there together at the pet store but what is really going on??? i syringe fed bannanas(baby food) mixed with the soy yogurt pedialite and the anti bacti and parasite... not an easy task hard to open there mouths any one trying this it took two hours got enough in him to make his belly fat again and me happy i but him in his warm bath and for some reason this made him open his mouth wide enough to get syringe in i still had to coax him alot but when i got the magority in he opened his mouth on own beware they apear weak but can still bite luckily the lil guy was just fustrated with forcing his mouth open and did not want to hurt me and he only got my finger nail hes sleepin with his head up now will keep every one updated for any one having same trouble also sheding is going well almost done.

 

[Forte]

I think you possibly just have a very stressed beardie on your hands. It could be the change in environment and now he's not getting along with his friend and shedding also doesn't help. Just keep an eye on him. I know your worried but now he's got some food in his tummy you will see lots of improvements. Do keep us updated and if there is anything else you need to know just ask. There are lots of knowledgable people here and we will be able to find any answers.