Why does my beardie do this?

[KevinMcG]

Let me know how he is after his bath. He may act tired because it is his bedtime but hoping that his eyes perk up a little.

He perked up a little, water was about 80 degrees. When he walked around in his bath it looked like he was trying to roll over onto his bath. I pat dried him a bit and he is not back in his home. I will leave the light on another hour and hopefully he's better in the am.

 

[diamc]

He's very weak and being dehydrated can make them off balance. Hope he is better in the morning. Would be a good idea to give him another bath tomorrow. I've always found it helpful to use the inside of my wrist to test the temps, not too cold, not too hot. You could even use your temp gun held 2" away.

I don't remember if we discussed using heat at night. Are you using anything overnight now?

Please be sure to let me know how he is tomorrow and good luck.

 

[KevinMcG]

He's very weak and being dehydrated can make them off balance. Hope he is better in the morning. Would be a good idea to give him another bath tomorrow. I've always found it helpful to use the inside of my wrist to test the temps, not too cold, not too hot. You could even use your temp gun held 2" away.

I don't remember if we discussed using heat at night. Are you using anything overnight now?

Please be sure to let me know how he is tomorrow and good luck.

I use a heat lamp(red bulb) on the cooler night and will place it on very low this evening and wil give him another bath in the morning. Hopefully the worst doesn't happen, he doesn't look real good to me right now

 

[diamc]

No, he doesn't look good. Might be a good idea to lay him down on something on the bottom now so he doesn't topple over. Wouldn't want him to flip on his back & not be strong enough to right himself.

Usually we don't recommend colored light at night because it can disturb their sleep. But, I agree that he does need some heating at night to help boost his immune system so what you could do is put the light so that it is shining toward his back rather than in his face, that way it shouldn't affect his sleep. Also, make sure it isn't right over him as they did need it cooler at night. Would be a good idea to order a low wattage ceramic heat emitter that gives off heat but no light so that you have it on hand.

Good idea giving him another bath in the morning. Hope he can be doing better tomorrow.

 

[KevinMcG]

No, he doesn't look good. Might be a good idea to lay him down on something on the bottom now so he doesn't topple over. Wouldn't want him to flip on his back & not be strong enough to right himself.

Usually we don't recommend colored light at night because it can disturb their sleep. But, I agree that he does need some heating at night to help boost his immune system so what you could do is put the light so that it is shining toward his back rather than in his face, that way it shouldn't affect his sleep. Also, make sure it isn't right over him as they did need it cooler at night. Would be a good idea to order a low wattage ceramic heat emitter that gives off heat but no light so that you have it on hand.

Good idea giving him another bath in the morning. Hope he can be doing better tomorrow.

I will surely do all those things, thanks again. I placed him down of his log and he crawled into his cool side hide and looks like he is resting.

 

[diamc]

You're welcome. Good that he is resting, hopefully he will be doing better tomorrow. Thanks for listening to my suggestions, I always look out for what is best for the beardie and hope I didn't offend you in any way.

 

[KevinMcG]

You're welcome. Good that he is resting, hopefully he will be doing better tomorrow. Thanks for listening to my suggestions, I always look out for what is best for the beardie and hope I didn't offend you in any way.

In no way offended at all. I welcome all suggestions for the well being of my little guy.

 

[diamc]

 

[Brezzy99]

I lay my babies on a blanket and fold the blanket (small piece of fleece) over them at night. This keeps them pretty warm. I sure hope your little one is going to be okay.

 

[KevinMcG]

Looks a "little" better this morning, instead of giving him a bath I placed a shallow dish with some warm water and placed him into that under close supervision. I don't really want to stress him out more than he is by placing him in another surrounding.

I will head to the store shortly for some chicken/turkey/sweet potato/squash baby food.

 

[diamc]

I was thinking about him. Glad that he is doing a little better. His eyes look nice & wide open in his bath water.

Good that you will be getting some baby food. Did he show any interest in food this morning?

 

[KevinMcG]

I was thinking about him. Glad that he is doing a little better. His eyes look nice & wide open in his bath water.

Good that it.

u will be getting some baby food. Did he show any interest in food this morning?

No interest as of yet, I did place a little on his nose but haven't witnessed him kicking it off. I will place some more on his nose in a bit
Ended up getting a chicken/sweet potato.

 

[diamc]

That baby food will be fine. Since he's so young, use a larger amount of chicken and a smaller amount of sweet potato because he needs the protein from the meat. If he won't lick it off, you can gently pull down on the side of his mouth (lip area) to squirt a small amount of the baby food on the side so that he gets a taste of it. After that, hopefully he will willingly start licking some off his nose. Make sure the mixture isn't too thick or too runny.

 

[KevinMcG]

Setup a webcam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2610901

 

[diamc]

I can see the webcam now, good idea. Does he move around at all? Any luck with feeding.