choppedlivi
Bearded Dragon Egg
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I'm a new beardie owner and I'm kind of scared. One day I came home and Mushu (my dragon) was wedged in a corner, looking scared. I tried to go and pick him up to see if something was wrong, but as soon as I removed the top of the enclosure, its almost like he started seizing up. At first I thought he was just pooping, but he looked like he was in pain and his eyes shut and his mouth opened. He looked almost blocky, and I wasnt sure what to do. He couldn't move his legs and he had a bump near his lower back.
We went in to the pet store to see if they could do anything, and they told us they had given us the wrong light. Apparently they didn't give us the UV bulb, just the heat lamp. We think he's only still alive because he was able to get light from the sun.
We set up his new bulb immediately, and gave him baby food and olive oil like all of the websites I visited said to do. He's much better now, and he can walk and he isn't seizing up or laying flat on the floor anymore. He even went after some mealworms. However, he still looks bloated and I'm pretty sure he hasn't pooped. He also doesn't drink water when I give him baths. I'm also still not sure about the exact issue.
If someone could give some insight as to if this is egg binding or impaction, and some other things I can do, that would be
awesome.
(We aren't entirely sure about Mushu's age or sex. We know he's under a year old, but the pet store never told us how old or if he was a boy or girl so we've just been calling him a "he". We don't have loose substrate, we have a reptile carpet, so if Mushu is a female, this could be the cause of the egg binding.)
We went in to the pet store to see if they could do anything, and they told us they had given us the wrong light. Apparently they didn't give us the UV bulb, just the heat lamp. We think he's only still alive because he was able to get light from the sun.
We set up his new bulb immediately, and gave him baby food and olive oil like all of the websites I visited said to do. He's much better now, and he can walk and he isn't seizing up or laying flat on the floor anymore. He even went after some mealworms. However, he still looks bloated and I'm pretty sure he hasn't pooped. He also doesn't drink water when I give him baths. I'm also still not sure about the exact issue.
If someone could give some insight as to if this is egg binding or impaction, and some other things I can do, that would be
awesome.
(We aren't entirely sure about Mushu's age or sex. We know he's under a year old, but the pet store never told us how old or if he was a boy or girl so we've just been calling him a "he". We don't have loose substrate, we have a reptile carpet, so if Mushu is a female, this could be the cause of the egg binding.)
