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13-Oct-05, 03:48 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: caloundra | | | HELP!!! breadie not eating
help my young breared dragon won't eat he went of his food a week a go only eating small amounts and now he won't eat anything at all and is really slugish.
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13-Oct-05, 03:53 PM
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VET VET VET (lacking calcium maybe?)
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13-Oct-05, 03:53 PM
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Is it warm enough? is its breathing strange or mouth open alot?
Im thinking canker, or general mouth infection maybe, barring not warm enough. If its enviroment is all aok then id take it to a vet, see whats wrong.
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13-Oct-05, 04:31 PM
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it's not breathing strange just slow the enclosure should be warm enough i have a basking spot lamp and a heat rock that are working fine and i give it calcium on its crickets once a month but it willl only eat crickets is that the problem. it is also with another lizard of the same size form the same batch
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13-Oct-05, 04:39 PM
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is it getting UVA and UVB light source? beardies need this to help produce D3 take him out in the sun ASAP
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13-Oct-05, 04:39 PM
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Could it be being bullied by the other one while your not around? one will tend to dominate ive found,
perhaps separate it for feeding or altogether for a while and see how it goes.
If its behaving strangly or you have any reason to think it might be sick, then VET, VET, VET as Paul said.
P.s Im not sure why only eating crix would be a 'problem' as such, there a great source of food. If its young it wont be too inclined to veg/fruit etc.
You will likely find if you feed in an empty tub, i.e no substrate for woodies to hide in, it will likely eat them.
You could try mixing choped or shredded veg/fruit and mushed dog food, and chill some woodies in your freezer for about a minute or so just till they stop moving. Mix the woodies with your dogfood/veg mix, and as the woodies warm up and start kicking, the lizard will gob up a mouthful and get a taste of the dogfood/veg.
Eventually itll get used to eating all of it. This worked for me anyway.
good luck mate, let us know how it goes. 
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13-Oct-05, 04:50 PM
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the other beardie in there with it is smaller and at freading time i watch i usualy give them five or six crickets and they both eat the same amount usualy i just dump the crickets in there for them to hunt themsleves and usually a couple hide so he could get one of them later on if he wishes. they only get uva light because my budget didnt reach a uvb light i am finishing a out side playpen sought of thing i get it done tomorrow and get him in to the sun
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13-Oct-05, 06:19 PM
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it is also with another lizard of the same size
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the other beardie in there with it is smaller
| Is the other beardie the same size or smaller. I have had a beardie die due to bullying. I never noticed it much either. Feed him up with woodies/crickets, get him closer to the heat source and make sure their is fresh water (sorry if I am making you sound like an idiot which I am sure you are not), and if condition doesn't improve, then straight to the vet. Your beardie sounds exactly the same way mine was just before it died. Good luck |
14-Oct-05, 08:14 AM
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the other lizard in the is just a little bit smaller
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