Bearded dragon; Sleeps all day, weak, doesn't eat, very skinny. Help?!

[Michelle]

I've had my bearded dragon for about 1 year and half. I bought him from a previous owner when he was a year old. He's a male juvenile, when I first bought him he was very skittish and ate only lettuce,carrots,some crickets. Now i've been feeding him lettuce, carrots, and rarely crickets, the crickets i've been buying at Petco have been dying on me so it's hard to maintain them. His temperature is at 90 degrees, his lightbulb is a Reptile UVB150 EXO-TERRA light. His basking light is, 150W Repti Basking Spot Lamp. It's been a week since i've noticed him change, he doesn't eat at all, or doesn't go out of his heat cave, (i took him out just now), and he's always sleeping. He looks very weak, doesn't want to walk like before, and his body looks very limp. I'm unsure if it's because of brumation. It's been very cold lately here in the east coast but I always keep the room at a warm temperature. I remember him going through brumation a while ago and he slept outside of his cave but it only lasted for 1-2 days and he was up and running again. But what concerns me is that he is very skinny and looks weak..


Please help me figure out what could be the cause of him acting like this. If anyone needs additional information please let me know.

 

[Hdrydr31]

Welcome to the forum! Your little one is looking pretty rough you came to the right place.. Know that you may need to take him to a reptile vet as it looks he may need some additional help.
Please check out the link that is by my signature line it is a general information link that has a ton of information that we have gathered for people to help..
Diet is going to be a big one...Lettuce is only moisture it really gives no nutrition Collard, dandilion, among some others are much better.. In that link you'll find 2 food links that most of us use.. Carrots can lead to vit A toxicity and should only be fed occasionally.. If you live in a state that allows Dubia roaches those are very good staple foods packed full of moisture and you can gut load them as their gi tract is super long..If you can't get Dubia you can get discoid roaches and those are very similar. Other feeders are crickets, superworms (although your little one these might be too hard right now) butterworms, waxworms (really good for sick dragons) hornworms.
Your temps could be the big thing.. Basking spot should be up to 100-110F UVB hot area 85-95F cool side 70F They have to have the heat to digest they have to have the UVB to absorb the nutrients. He needs to be able to get closer to the basking and UVB lighting 6" is the closest to avoid burns.. I don't think that he's getting the heat that he needs to be healthy.
What kind of supplements are you giving him? He looks small for over a year, do you know what his living arrangements were prior to you?
In his condition he is too skinny to brumate and I would be concerned that he wouldn't wake up from it if he did.. They need the fat stores to go thru brumation.
Do you have a reptile vet? I would have him looked at he looks like he needs additional help..
please keep us posted..

 

[PatsyB]

I agree with Hdrydr31. Please read the links in our signature, you will find helpful information there. You need to take him to a reptile vet like yesterday. I don't think this happened to him overnight, a 2 year old dragon should be much bigger than this. It sounds like your UVB light is a compact light which doesn't give off enough UVB for bearded dragons and your basking light isn't getting him warm enough to digest food.

Here is a link to find a vet near you http://www.aemv.org/index.php/find-an-aemv-vet

 

[Hdrydr31]

Please take him to a vet please keep us posted on him