kaybird
Bearded Dragon Egg
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My beardie was a little over a year old when I rescued him 6 months ago. I rescued him from people who had his tank lined with wet cardboard, were feeding him iceberg lettuce/ non-dusted crickets, and were heating him with a single tiny walmart lightbulb and NO UVB. Despite being fed pure crap food, he was overweight and barely moved.
Here we are, about 6 months later....
This morning I was showering and smelled something awful, which I thought was poop. Turned out he was throwing up all over the cage. His beard and tip of his tail were blacker than anything he has shown before. I immediately cleaned his cage tiles and put him in the bath to rinse him off. I originally put him on my heating pad (wrapped in a towel), and he started pulling himself up--- only to start throwing up again and shaking it everywhere. I put him in a warm bath again and then put him up on the window sill to get some fresh air and sunlight. After checking up on him for two hours, he seemed to only get worse. He couldn't prop his head, hold himself up, or really move. I was afraid to leave him alone, but had to go to class. I put him on his favorite hammock with the basking lamp and UVB right over him. My boyfriend rushed home right after I left, but just within that small amount of time is when he passed away.
My question is--- can anyone help me figure out what happened?? He was fine, starts throwing up and then just dies? I've had a beardie before that my ex now has and that beardie had thrown up before and went right back to normal. I thought maybe the new kale he had eaten the past two days had something wrong with them, or maybe he had parasites from some bad worms a while back? I'm just completely devastated...
Tank/diet info below....
Tank size: 75+
Diet: Dusted super worms, would change between mustard greens/turnip greens/ kale, a few berries every other week
Lighting: UVB 26W, 100 watt basking
Here we are, about 6 months later....
This morning I was showering and smelled something awful, which I thought was poop. Turned out he was throwing up all over the cage. His beard and tip of his tail were blacker than anything he has shown before. I immediately cleaned his cage tiles and put him in the bath to rinse him off. I originally put him on my heating pad (wrapped in a towel), and he started pulling himself up--- only to start throwing up again and shaking it everywhere. I put him in a warm bath again and then put him up on the window sill to get some fresh air and sunlight. After checking up on him for two hours, he seemed to only get worse. He couldn't prop his head, hold himself up, or really move. I was afraid to leave him alone, but had to go to class. I put him on his favorite hammock with the basking lamp and UVB right over him. My boyfriend rushed home right after I left, but just within that small amount of time is when he passed away.
My question is--- can anyone help me figure out what happened?? He was fine, starts throwing up and then just dies? I've had a beardie before that my ex now has and that beardie had thrown up before and went right back to normal. I thought maybe the new kale he had eaten the past two days had something wrong with them, or maybe he had parasites from some bad worms a while back? I'm just completely devastated...
Tank/diet info below....
Tank size: 75+
Diet: Dusted super worms, would change between mustard greens/turnip greens/ kale, a few berries every other week
Lighting: UVB 26W, 100 watt basking
I definitely know that feeling of trying to make him as comfy as possible as I watched it happen. Before I got him I never understood how people could actually love reptiles. Now I've cried like a baby over losing my sweet Brad. 