Won't eat >anything<! Help!

[Gragrac]

My bearded dragon Robert has completely refused all food for around 4 days now. It happened very suddenly, one night she couldn't get enough, the next nothing. She closes her eyes and shakes her head and stress marks if I so much as show her a bug. Other than that she seems mostly normal? Moves around and seems pretty happy when I'm not forcing food on her. Only other things of note are that she seems rather more docile than average, maybe a bit bloated, and she recently laid eggs for the first time. (thought she was a boy for the loooongest time lol) I'm new to the whole egg business! I found some buried under her bed in some dried veggies, so I went out and threw together a laying box, but she didn't want to use it so I assumed she was done laying. I keep finding new eggs though, so I'm going to put the box back.

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Females can have more than one clutch, and they go off their food and pooping schedule each time. So it probably means she is ready to lay again pretty soon.

 

[Gragrac]

Ah, I see... Any idea when she might start eating again/how long she can go without before it's bad? And maybe things I can do to encourage her appetite? Even turned down waxworms.

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Hmm. If she looks like she is loosing weight, then it wouldn't be eggs. I'd let it go for about a week, and if she hasn't layed by then... it might be something else. Watch her pooping sched for when she just starts pooping urates. Thats a sign its close. Hope it's just eggs again!

 

[Gragrac]

Update: Still hasn't eaten anything! I think she's about done laying, she layed a coulple odd eggs here and there after I added the laying box, but no more for a couple days. I'm going to clean up her cage, give her a nice long warm bath, and see if she'll eat any squash babyfood. If not I think it might be a good idea to think about a vet visit...

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Glad to hear she layed without many diffculties. A vet visit might be good if she still isn't eating. Just in case ya know.

I hope everything is ok!