Lay Box Help

[Sadie]

Vet Update: ABSOLUTELY POINTLESS. She said she suspects it is a hormonal thing, and pretty much went on a rant about what female beardies go through when they want to lay eggs, etc. The only thing that came out of it is that she provided with some sort of powdered food that I have to mix with water and force feed it to her.

ALSO I was worried because my beardie came out of that vet looking very stressed and dark and she was so lethargic on the ride back and it made me regret the whole vet trip BUT 20 minutes of being in her enclosure and shes her hyper self again.

Melissa please go over the distance you have your UVB --- I am not understanding why she is acting this way in the tank --- and she is not eating????? Did the vet give you any indication she had eggs? Did they do X rays ? Did the vet go over the husbandry w/ you? What did you get out of this visit besides food ----- ? It sounds like nothing---- time to find a new vet? www.arav.org

 

[Melissam517]

Melissa please go over the distance you have your UVB --- I am not understanding why she is acting this way in the tank --- and she is not eating????? Did the vet give you any indication she had eggs? Did they do X rays ? Did the vet go over the husbandry w/ you? What did you get out of this visit besides food ----- ? It sounds like nothing---- time to find a new vet? www.arav.org

We did go over husbandry and she did not advise to do X-rays, like I said she suspects its a hormonal thing, and no no indication there were eggs. The UVB light is right on the lid of the standard 40 gal tank with a strip cut off so the light can hit directly. Either way, I dont believe that I am making any type of husbandry mistake that bad that she would start acting this way from day to night.

 

[Sadie]

We did go over husbandry and she did not advise to do X-rays, like I said she suspects its a hormonal thing, and no no indication there were eggs. The UVB light is right on the lid of the standard 40 gal tank with a strip cut off so the light can hit directly. Either way, I dont believe that I am making any type of husbandry mistake that bad that she would start acting this way from day to night.

It could be hormonal it is breeding season- and I have never had a female dragon only males -- is she doing head bobbing or arm waving? Is she eating? What kind of food did the vet give you?

 

[Skybug]

Exotic vets are really hit or miss, especially reptile vets! im sorry you went through all of that im really Surprised that she didn’t recommend an x-ray to even just see, they would’ve got more money out of you that’s really weird. (if you are 100% convinced your husbandry is accurate) then you might need to wait out the behavior, as long as she’s not black bearding.

 

[Zontar’s Mom]

We did go over husbandry and she did not advise to do X-rays, like I said she suspects its a hormonal thing, and no no indication there were eggs. The UVB light is right on the lid of the standard 40 gal tank with a strip cut off so the light can hit directly. Either way, I dont believe that I am making any type of husbandry mistake that bad that she would start acting this way from day to night.

How old is the dragon?

 

[Melissam517]

Exotic vets are really hit or miss, especially reptile vets! im sorry you went through all of that im really Surprised that she didn’t recommend an x-ray to even just see, they would’ve got more money out of you that’s really weird. (if you are 100% convinced your husbandry is accurate) then you might need to wait out the behavior, as long as she’s not black bearding.

She only recommended blood work which I dont think I am going to do for my beardie because she just didnt give me a good reason, it was more of a "just to be safe".

 

[Melissam517]

How old is the dragon?

1 year old

 

[Zontar’s Mom]

1 year old

Did I read right before? Is she in a 40 gallon tank?

 

[Melissam517]

Did I read right before? Is she in a 40 gallon tank?

Yup

 

[Skybug]

That might be why ur seeing stir crazy behavior, they really should be in a 120 : /

 

[Melissam517]

That might be why ur seeing stir crazy behavior, they really should be in a 120 : /

Yeah thats def not the reason for the crazy behavior, she acts crazy in and out of the enclosure and also wont eat, although she will be getting a larger enclosure at some point, I dont think this behavior happens from one day to the next because of the enclosure size, since its not that small to begin with.