Very worried. Baby beardie. New owners. Please help.

[Seyka]

Hi Beardie community. We have two new baby beardies (approx 10 weeks old). One of them is thriving (Little Foot) and the other is not at all (Peatree). Peatree is why I'm writing you. She(maybe female we don't know yet?) does not seem to be doing well. They were both the same time size when we got them but Little Foot has grown much bigger than Peatree even though there seems to be no dominance issues going on. We have started feeding them separately but Peatree barely eats while being fed many calciumed crickets. She sees them and just leaves
them. She seems to shake when lunging for crickets. She has a shaky wobbly walk when trying to make precise movements. She could race across the cage still though. Today she has seemed very lethargic and has even been leaving her head on the ground in an alarming manor. We're very worried. Any suggestions would help. We love them!! Thank you.

 

[diamc]

Are you using a UVB light, if so, what brand? How often are you dusting their crickets with calcium?

It would be a good idea to separate them, even though you may not think there are dominance issues going on, they can get very stressed when housed together. High stress levels can increase the coccidia level which can make them very sick or worse.

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. I just wanted to say I took in a little one 2 weeks ago . She was housed with her sister and they were in a 20 gallon tank sand , heat rock just a bad set up. Anyway when I first got her she was only 9 inches and 36 grams the other one was twice her size and the guy said he bought them in march or April. Anyway since she has been here she now weighs 50 grams and grew 2 inches. Its just amazing how they flourish in the right environment.

 

[Sheena]

Yeah you need to separate them ASAP, the larger one is dominating the little one even though it doesn't look like it. You can't house beardies together because of this reason. They also need uvb don't buy the coil light they cause eye problems, get the long tube lights.

But they really need their own enclosures if they are going to do well, I can't stress that enough.

 

[Seyka]

@destiny1998 @sheena @diamc thank you so much for your help. We do have a coil UVB light. We will get a better tube bulb and a new cage so they can each have their own home. Hopefully this will make her better. Thank you again.

 

[Sheena]

Yep get rid of that coil asap you will see a massive improvement in its well being

 

[diamc]

Yep get rid of that coil asap you will see a massive improvement in its well being

I totally agree.

 

[Sheena]

How is he doing?