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grimesy · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: Think... I've got a sick beardie

ok firstly im trying to sort out a trip to the vets.

ok the male i got was small when i got him and he dosent seem to b growing at all while the female is thriving.

im in a rush!!!!

ok he's very limp its like he doesent have the power to lift him self with his arms n legs he hardly moves and is very slow he lie's on his arms in ways that look very uncomfortable to me (the kinda way that would give me pin n needles)

his hands and feet r like a brown colour (he's citrus colour head is beautyful yellowie green n limeie colour) then his body appears to be normal beardie colour but his hand and feet really worry me.

his eyes seem very strange they just dont have that spark like my other beardie.

he wont bask he just sit in the shade direct on heat mat

when its feeding time (i dust with nutrabal calcium formula) he becomes very quick and turns into another reptile. he has normal crickets mealies and an asortment of veg n fruit.

clean water every other day and poop cleaned out reg.

whats wrong with my beardie????????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

grimesy · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

there viv is ok size (got a huge one in the pipeworks) i use repti sand keep every thing clean have 5.0 uv arcadia strip bulb w/ starter basking lamp heat mat plenty to clim on and play poop seems normal cept today as he looks worse its very watery (not the poop the area round it like hes wee'd on it or could be her evan).

fed plenty i keep eye on em to make shure there getting there fair share i make shure they get supplements also... and frsh clean water every other day.

Scott W · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

so let me get this right...

He feeds fine when food is offered, but the rest of the time he is withdrawn and subdued?

Is he in the same cage as the female?
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grimesy · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject:

yes... its like his arm are so weak

and yes he is housed with the female but... she aint dominating him or being aggresive towards him.

Scott W · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:12 am Post subject:

what size are they both?

Sounds like either he has a MBD of some degree or is dominanted by the cage mate (doesn't always show by aggression, can be demostrated by one hiding most of the time).

Can you seperate them at all? just to see if he improves. If you're still not convinced, take him to the vets for acheck up.
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grimesy · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:20 am Post subject:

yes im already in the proccess of seperating them, and there only young still i'd say hes about 3-4 mnth and shes 5-6 mnth.

MBD!!! Sad

they have UVB lamp and have access to sufficent amounts of supplaments....

god i hope he gets better. Sad

Scott W · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:33 am Post subject:

what is that in length?, with reptiles age really doesn't mean too much, I have bearded dragons reach adult size and produce fertile clutches at 6 - 7 months old.

Good luck at the vets.
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grimesy · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

roughly 10-11cm (female) male aint really growing hest still like 8-9cm

Scott W · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

is that a SVL? (tip of snout to vent) or TL? (tip of snout to end of tail)

10 - 11 cm's is the rough TL size of an average 4 week bearded dragon.
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grimesy · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject:

its TL and i've had them for about 6 week, i think there about 2mnth old actually.

he keeps rubbing his head also like his eye is itchy so i bought artificial tears from chemist and his eye is really improving.