5 month old beardie with a violent head sheke to the right when eating.

[Ryan Taylor]

Hello all!
I have a bit of an issue with a Orange/Red beardie.. Best we can tell as of now is that she is well a female. She is very lazy most of the time and is growing, just not the same as her friend that we purchased at the same time back in May/June. She is 13.25 inches and her partner in crime is about 16.5 inches. She looks healthy, shes well filled out with no signs of any deformities. However she has a violent head shake to the right when she eats and pretty much reqires live food to be put in front of her or hand fed. She will eat on her own she just waits for them to cross her path (Dubia, Phoenix worms and crickets)and she will seek out and eat fruits and veggies fro the bowl.
They are together in a 40 gal Glass enclosure at this time till I can complete the new one in order to seperate them. Lighting is all ZooMed. 1) 150 watt spot basking bulb and a 24" T5 10.0 UVB bulb mounted inside so no screen obstruction, and decorations allow them to get within 8 inches of the UVB bulb. Crickets are dusted with Rep-Cal calcium without D3 most days and once or twice a week with D3 just in case. Once a week Rep Cal Herptivite multivitamin. IM not sure what is going on here but it appears to be neurological hoping someone has seen this before.
Any help would greatly be appreciated..

 

[Sadie]

Hello all!
I have a bit of an issue with a Orange/Red beardie.. Best we can tell as of now is that she is well a female. She is very lazy most of the time and is growing, just not the same as her friend that we purchased at the same time back in May/June. She is 13.25 inches and her partner in crime is about 16.5 inches. She looks healthy, shes well filled out with no signs of any deformities. However she has a violent head shake to the right when she eats and pretty much reqires live food to be put in front of her or hand fed. She will eat on her own she just waits for them to cross her path (Dubia, Phoenix worms and crickets)and she will seek out and eat fruits and veggies fro the bowl.
They are together in a 40 gal Glass enclosure at this time till I can complete the new one in order to seperate them. Lighting is all ZooMed. 1) 150 watt spot basking bulb and a 24" T5 10.0 UVB bulb mounted inside so no screen obstruction, and decorations allow them to get within 8 inches of the UVB bulb. Crickets are dusted with Rep-Cal calcium without D3 most days and once or twice a week with D3 just in case. Once a week Rep Cal Herptivite multivitamin. IM not sure what is going on here but it appears to be neurological hoping someone has seen this before.
Any help would greatly be appreciated..

Please get the dragons separated ASAP--- dragons should never be kept together and the female sounds sick --- its possible she is not getting enough UVB w/ one of them taking the prime spot for basking --- if your using a T 8 the 8 inches is good w/ NO clear plastic cover over the bulb and inside the tank -- if your using a T 5 and its inside the tank 8" is too close -- if its on top of screen and the screen is fine screen like a screen door it needs to be inside the tank approx 12-15 inches from decor -- if its a wide holed screen 8-10 inches is good --- please make sure the distances and placement is correct and get them separated

 

[HoomanSlave]

Please quarantine the dragon in question, she may have ADV and your other dragon is at risk of catching it. Please take your dragon to the vet to get some tests done.