soobie
Bearded Dragon Egg
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I think Critter has it, and it doesn't seem to be improving much.
We got him from Petco three weeks ago, where he had entirely inadequate UVB lights. After he came home, he was under the also entirely inadequate 18" T8 5.0 UVB light (that they told us to buy) for one week, then I wised up and got a 22" Reptisun T5 HO 10.0 bulb for his tank. So he's had good light for two weeks, and we take him outside a few times a week to get real sunlight. When I first put the Reptisun in the tank, I thought there was some improvement in the first couple days, but now I don't think there is.
He won't eat veggies yet, but we offer them daily. He gets mainly dubias dusted with a rotating schedule of calcium and vitamins with calcium and D3. We also feed un-dusted black soldier fly larvae (Nutrigrubs) 4-5 times a week. His tank is a 40 breeder with carpet, basking side at 105-110, cool side 80-85, high 60s at night (with a CHE if it gets colder). He eats and poops well, but his fecal two weeks ago showed coccidia and pinworms so he got a week of Panacur and three doses of Albol spaced two weeks apart (he's had two doses of the Albol so far). I got a probiotic powder to help with recovery after the meds.
My concern is that he has a hard time keeping his legs organized, and sort of flails a lot of the time, with his legs in awkward positions and folded under. He can still move around and climb his logs, but it doesn't look normal. What can I do? How long does it take to see improvement?
We got him from Petco three weeks ago, where he had entirely inadequate UVB lights. After he came home, he was under the also entirely inadequate 18" T8 5.0 UVB light (that they told us to buy) for one week, then I wised up and got a 22" Reptisun T5 HO 10.0 bulb for his tank. So he's had good light for two weeks, and we take him outside a few times a week to get real sunlight. When I first put the Reptisun in the tank, I thought there was some improvement in the first couple days, but now I don't think there is.
He won't eat veggies yet, but we offer them daily. He gets mainly dubias dusted with a rotating schedule of calcium and vitamins with calcium and D3. We also feed un-dusted black soldier fly larvae (Nutrigrubs) 4-5 times a week. His tank is a 40 breeder with carpet, basking side at 105-110, cool side 80-85, high 60s at night (with a CHE if it gets colder). He eats and poops well, but his fecal two weeks ago showed coccidia and pinworms so he got a week of Panacur and three doses of Albol spaced two weeks apart (he's had two doses of the Albol so far). I got a probiotic powder to help with recovery after the meds.
My concern is that he has a hard time keeping his legs organized, and sort of flails a lot of the time, with his legs in awkward positions and folded under. He can still move around and climb his logs, but it doesn't look normal. What can I do? How long does it take to see improvement?
