brucebeardeddrag
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5 Days ago (Monday) I noticed my bearded dragon was just laying on its stomach and not moving. Searched the internet and came up with MBD (calcium deficiency). Realised the lights hadn't been changed in over 12 months and that he hadn't received any calcium supplement in approx a month. Changed the lights the following day. Brought some crickets and ordered in some liquid calcium. Seemed to pickup a little once the new lights went in, was eating lots of crickets coated in Repti-cal powder. Next day (Wednesday) his stomach bloated up really bad and he stopped eating. Did more research and found impaction. Proceeded with warm baths and belly rubs. The following day (yesterday) he did a poo of totally undigested crickets. He has not eaten since and just lays on his stomach and doesn't move. His poo today was very runny and he is looking very skinny. I have also noticed since the new lights were installed that he tries to hide and has his eyes closed all the time. I'm sure that my old bulbs were only 5.0 each making a total of 10.0 but the pet shop told me to buy 2 x 10.0 making a total of 20.0. Are these to bright and hurting his eyes?
The details of his enclosure are as follows:
New lights installed - Reptile One tubes 10.0 x 2
Temp - 32degrees
Substrate - reptile carpet
Usual foods - moths, crickets, carrot, cucumber, dandelion flowers & leaves
Please help as he is my 4 years old sons pet and i'm scared he is going to die. Oh yeah he would be approx 2 years old. Has been receiving the liquid calcium twice daily since yesterday.
The details of his enclosure are as follows:
New lights installed - Reptile One tubes 10.0 x 2
Temp - 32degrees
Substrate - reptile carpet
Usual foods - moths, crickets, carrot, cucumber, dandelion flowers & leaves
Please help as he is my 4 years old sons pet and i'm scared he is going to die. Oh yeah he would be approx 2 years old. Has been receiving the liquid calcium twice daily since yesterday.