BobTheBeardling
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hello everyone
I’ve got an old beardy who has been acting off for a while now, I’ve been back and forth from the vets a few times over the last few months but we can’t pin point what’s wrong. I’m not ready to give up on him just yet so hoping some folks here can help.
Fella is a male and around 10 years old.
2/3 months ago he started to go off his food. Usually would wake early each day, bask, poop eat some veggies (usually some butternut and greens) then rest on his favourite rock. As time has gone by he’s completely lost his appetite. First the appetite for veggies went, now live food (even wax worm treats). The main worrier was the yellow urates (like proper yellow) which would also be quite solid. We assumed that this might be due to a lack of dehydration and we visited the vets.
He’s been home for a few weeks now and the appetite is still not there. I thought maybe the problem might be more environmental (our other beardie is also a bit lethargic atm although eating well but shedding which might be the issue), so I checked the UV levels with some cards that turn purple but they were fine (thought the bulbs might have been a bad batch or something).
Right now we’re doing multiple water feeds a day and some reptile feed every other day (he’s not taking much of the feed though). I can sometimes get him to eat some butternut by cutting it into long triangle shapes and gently push them into his mouth, he munches it up but spits it out 50% of the time.
Here’s the viv setup:
Thanks in advance!
Luke
I’ve got an old beardy who has been acting off for a while now, I’ve been back and forth from the vets a few times over the last few months but we can’t pin point what’s wrong. I’m not ready to give up on him just yet so hoping some folks here can help.
Fella is a male and around 10 years old.
2/3 months ago he started to go off his food. Usually would wake early each day, bask, poop eat some veggies (usually some butternut and greens) then rest on his favourite rock. As time has gone by he’s completely lost his appetite. First the appetite for veggies went, now live food (even wax worm treats). The main worrier was the yellow urates (like proper yellow) which would also be quite solid. We assumed that this might be due to a lack of dehydration and we visited the vets.
- They felt an impaction and we managed to clear this at the vets (they kept him in for a couple nights)
- Took an xray - looked OK apart from impaction
- They gave him some fluid injections
- Stool sample check for parasites - came back clean
- Took some bloods - everything OK
- He dos have a slight heart murmur
He’s been home for a few weeks now and the appetite is still not there. I thought maybe the problem might be more environmental (our other beardie is also a bit lethargic atm although eating well but shedding which might be the issue), so I checked the UV levels with some cards that turn purple but they were fine (thought the bulbs might have been a bad batch or something).
Right now we’re doing multiple water feeds a day and some reptile feed every other day (he’s not taking much of the feed though). I can sometimes get him to eat some butternut by cutting it into long triangle shapes and gently push them into his mouth, he munches it up but spits it out 50% of the time.
Here’s the viv setup:
Thanks in advance!
Luke
I think the vet did say he was slightly over weight before but that still alarms me
