Taiotai
Bearded Dragon Egg
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hi my beardie is 8months old and recently I’ve noticed that his front arms are slightly swollen. As you can see
He’s been very lazy , always lying around. And whenever he does move it’s with a limp his front legs are limping and his back legs kinda just drag from behind.
I have a bad feeling that this could be the start of grout which is very painful for bearded dragons. As for his diet it consists of just proteins (which I NOW know can cause grout, I didn’t before hence why I’m kinda panicking) it’s usually just wax worms , crickets & locusts. I douse the crickets in calcium and reptivite now and again around twice a week , I feel as if I may have overdone it? I know too much calcium can cause swelling? .he poos around every other day and honestly there’s not much of it especially for an 8month old beardie his poos should be of a fairly large size and should be daily right?
he’s also going into shed , two days ago he shed his arms + legs , could that be the reason they’re swollen?
as for water , I bathe him only when he’s shedding , but other than that I will spray him with water around 2 times a day.
I’ve heard of black cherry and allopurinol , should I try these to help?
He’s been very lazy , always lying around. And whenever he does move it’s with a limp his front legs are limping and his back legs kinda just drag from behind.
he’s also going into shed , two days ago he shed his arms + legs , could that be the reason they’re swollen?
as for water , I bathe him only when he’s shedding , but other than that I will spray him with water around 2 times a day.
I’ve heard of black cherry and allopurinol , should I try these to help?