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Help Not eating or moving, black tail

jose Coelho

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I think my bearded dragon is sick.
From one day to the next he stopped reacting to touch, he has been still for more than a day and has not eaten. And his tail has started to turn black.
Does anyone know what it could be?
 

Sadie

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I think my bearded dragon is sick.
From one day to the next he stopped reacting to touch, he has been still for more than a day and has not eaten. And his tail has started to turn black.
Does anyone know what it could be?
Post a pic of the dragon please --- black tail?????????? Are there injuries to the tail -- like bite -- pinch -- cut etc ----------
 

jose Coelho

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Post a pic of the dragon please --- black tail?????????? Are there injuries to the tail -- like bite -- pinch -- cut etc ----------
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No injuries, at least visible. Is just the color of the tail
 

Sadie

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No injuries, at least visible. Is just the color of the tail
Looks like the tail is going into shed--- when you said black I thought infection but its not infected-- please go over all your lighting UVB coil or long tube fixture placement of the UVB --- surface basking temps and how your taking them -- NO stick ons they are inaccurate you want a digital probe thermometer
 

remiwillingham7

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I think my bearded dragon is sick.
From one day to the next he stopped reacting to touch, he has been still for more than a day and has not eaten. And his tail has started to turn black.
Does anyone know what it could be?
mine went thru something similar.wouldn't poop,didn't respond to touch,wouldn't eat,and looked like he was gonna die.sometimes tails darken when they get ready to shed or just happenes.nut, the rest:try water.warm him up a place to soak and just let him soak.warm helps them poop and sometimes they get backed up.that can kill them quickly.warm bath three times a day for just over a week and my beardie was up and running.before that he wouldn't open his eyes and was basically dying.try giving him more calcium also.
 

remiwillingham7

Bearded Dragon Egg
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mine went thru something similar.wouldn't poop,didn't respond to touch,wouldn't eat,and looked like he was gonna die.sometimes tails darken when they get ready to shed or just happenes.nut, the rest:try water.warm him up a place to soak and just let him soak.warm helps them poop and sometimes they get backed up.that can kill them quickly.warm bath three times a day for just over a week and my beardie was up and running.before that he wouldn't open his eyes and was basically dying.try giving him more calcium also.
this is bob.7 and a half months old and look how small.only weighs 4.25 grams and 10 cm long.tail already growing back,despite being told it wouldn't.thats him in a regular cereal bowl.
 

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