Yellow feet and spots on belly

[sdny96]

Last night we thought our Dragon died. He was fine in the morning, moving around and he ate his crickets like normal. Before bed he was not moving, eating or even act as if he was breathing. We put him back in his cage thinking he was dead and would decide what to do with him in the morning. When we woke up he had moved from where he was and was obviously still alive. We bought our dragon about 3 weeks ago from Pet Co and bought the bearded dragon kit they sell that has the tanks, lights and everything in one package. There is sand on the bottom of cage. We have been feeding him crickets usualy only once a day, about 10 a day. He has fresh greens in his dish everyday but shows no sign of intrest in them. His water gets changed everyday. After reading some on here I realize he should be eating more than once a day and that giving him a bath is a good thing also. This morning we let him soak in warm water for a while and he also opened his mouth for water drops out of a dropper. We put him in his crate to feed him and he did not eat anything. He slowly moved over to his log, climbed up it and has been laying there since. He is all brown in color normally but now his feet are all yellow and he has yellow spots on his belly. We are new to BD's and were going by what the pet store told us we should do for him. He is still not acting normal and we do not want to lose him. We could use any real advice we can get to help him make it. Thank you in advance.

 

[EmilyRussom]

Sand = BAD. Ditch it immediately. You can use a paper towel as a substrate (I do) if you have no other options - the beautiful slate I see on here so much can be pricy - just lay some paper towels flat. Sand causes impactions, because dragons lick to explore, and they'll lick up a ton of sand and get impacted.

Would you mind posting some pictures of your dragon so that the community can better help?

If your little dragon is a baby (I'm just guessing he is since you bought him from a store - and they sell babies there), and only having 10 crickets a day, this is not good. Babies can eat 80-100 crickets a day!! He needs more food! Babies need MUCH more protein than vegetative matter.

You can try phase one chicken baby food or squash through a syringe to help him out with nutrition as well.

Let us see some pictures, please

 

[randommonks]

Go into the search bar on this site and type in yellow fungus. It might be what your dragons have, it might not, but there are quite a few pictures that you can compare to what your beardie looks like.

 

[sdny96]

Unfortunately we lost Bernoulli this afternoon. Thanks for the suggestions and support. We are planning to head to Pittsburgh on the 31st for more education and to hopefully pick out a new Bearded Dragon. Until then, we'll be reading all we can from this site. Looks like we've found a very knowledgeable and caring community!

 

[EmilyRussom]

I am so very sorry for your loss. <sends hugs and sympathies through the Internet>

Stick with us here should you ever decide to get a new dragon for your home. All the best,

Emily