Still worried

[Monkeys563]

Is my dragon fat or bloated, it's very squishy? He's been like this for a week and there's no white in his poop. He gets bathed at least every other day I'm trying to hydrate him.

His beard is also getting darker than usual.
He has a 20 something watt reptisun mini UVB light
A 100 watt heat bulb
He eats 20-30 crickets a day with a mixture of romaine and and collard greens with an occasional bearded dragon bites
His basking temp is 95 ish, I have a 150 watt bulb but feel like that would be to warm?
Don't have money for a vet right now please help

 

[PatsyB]

He doesn't look fat or bloated to me. His basking temp needs to be higher 105-110 degrees. Romaine lettuce doesn't offer any nutrition but the collard greens are real good. Check out the nutrition chart at beautifulbeardies.com it's gives a good idea as to what kinds of veggies to feed.

When you say there is no white in the poop do you mean there is no urate? That's the white part that comes out attached to the top of the poop. I know with my guy sometimes he will just pass the urate with no poop, could it be possible your guy is doing that? Not sure what your UVB bulb is. Repti sun 10.0 t5 bulbs are good. Those are long florescent type bulbs. I don't think the coil bulbs offer adequate UVB coverage and are bad for their eyes....I could be wrong about that but you can do a google search and find the info.

 

[Monkeys563]

Do you think a 150 watt bulb would be too hot for him?

 

[PatsyB]

Not if it gets the basking spot to the right temp. In one of my tanks I have a 150 watt and it's perfect. In my other tank a 150 is too hot and I use a 75 watt.

 

[PatsyB]

I always find with basking lights it's always trial and error. I've tried so many different wattages and types of bulbs before I found what works for me.

 

[Monkeys563]

Seems to be getting it a bit too warm in a couple spots but the rest are fine the 100 watt doesn't get it warm enough. I assume that he will pick a spot at a temperature he likes best

 

[PatsyB]

How warm is too warm? He will find his favorite spot too. My big girl actually sits just to the side of her basking area and I catch her regulating, rarely do I ever see her in the spot I picked.

 

[Monkeys563]

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[PatsyB]

That's not horrible, he'll find his spot.