Bearded dragon tail twitching

[manic marley]

Hi

I’m a bit worried about my beardie. I’ve had him from an egg and he’s now 7 so I’m a newbie as such. All of a sudden his tail keeps twitching rapidly, even when he’s a sleep like it’s a nerve twitch, it’s very fast and small twitching. Any ideas on why this could be happening.

Thanks

 

[manic marley]

What are using for a UVB? Coil or tube? Are you giving calcium? How often is he doing the twitching

I’m using a T5 12% uvb and yes he has nutrobal. I’m replacing his T5 today as it’s been 5 months so see how he goes

 

[manic marley]

The UVB bulb is good for a year ----------- where is the UVB placed? Placement is key here --- it needs to be 12-15 inches from basking decor if its inside the tank -----------if its on top of screen it either needs to be 6-8 inches from decor or 8-10--- it depends on the screen itself --- fine mesh like a screen door for the 6-8 or 8-10 for a screen that is wide holed ----------- the screen will filter out 30% of the rays ------------ what is nutrobal??? I have never heard of this ------------ I would get some Repti calcium w' D3 --- does the nutrobal have D3 in it ? If it does you should be ok if it does not I would get the Repti calcium I suggested -- I would be dusting the bugs w/ the D3 -- your UVB does not have the D3 like the Arcadia bulbs do - if you had a T 5 Arcadia bulb I would then suggest to only use the Calcium w / D3 like 3 times per week w/ the Nutrobal 2 times per week -- its confusing I know I have the Arcadia bulbs and use the D3 w/ and w/ out those times I mentioned --

Thanks for the feedback.
The T5 is in the viv with a reflector and is a D3+ and is about 12 inches from basking spot and nutrobal is multi Vitamin with D3 also, total of 208mg calcium per gram . I’m not a noob as I’ve had him 7 years with no issues. I’ve replaced his bulb today so hopefully that might help. If not it’s vets time.