My beard is really isn’t eating much

[Rebecca E]

He’s now over 2 years old. His weight is dropping. At the vet he was up to 434 grams last June. He went through his first odd brumation late October - early December where he would eat and then sleep for 3-4 days straight and then wake up and eat and go back to sleep for 3 days or so. I kept notes on all of it so I know sort of what to expect next time. By January he had stayed awake, eaten voraciously and was up to 469 grams. We did get 2 kittens around this time and we keep them away. At this point they have zero interest in him but the first few weeks definitely stressed my beardie out. Then i realized maybe some of my bulbs needed to be replaced etc. but he just really has no appetite. He will eat some salad and some worms once or twice a week maybe. I’ve read that sometimes they just eat less as they go into adulthood.

I’m trying to offer variations of foods to see if any peak his interest. He’s just not excited about food at all. His weight is also dropping. March 10 he was 442grams, April 2 he was 423 grams and today 410 grams.

I am concerned.

I have the Zika pro sol that include 3 6aatt tropical uvb/uva and houses 2 50watt day white mini halogens for day
I also have a long reptihome T5 39w 10.0 bulb
And a 100w teki zoo basking lamp
Hot side is 90 31% humidity and cool is 81 and 48%

See tank pic

 

[Sadie]

He’s now over 2 years old. His weight is dropping. At the vet he was up to 434 grams last June. He went through his first odd brumation late October - early December where he would eat and then sleep for 3-4 days straight and then wake up and eat and go back to sleep for 3 days or so. I kept notes on all of it so I know sort of what to expect next time. By January he had stayed awake, eaten voraciously and was up to 469 grams. We did get 2 kittens around this time and we keep them away. At this point they have zero interest in him but the first few weeks definitely stressed my beardie out. Then i realized maybe some of my bulbs needed to be replaced etc. but he just really has no appetite. He will eat some salad and some worms once or twice a week maybe. I’ve read that sometimes they just eat less as they go into adulthood.

I’m trying to offer variations of foods to see if any peak his interest. He’s just not excited about food at all. His weight is also dropping. March 10 he was 442grams, April 2 he was 423 grams and today 410 grams.

I am concerned.

I have the Zika pro sol that include 3 6aatt tropical uvb/uva and houses 2 50watt day white mini halogens for day
I also have a long reptihome T5 39w 10.0 bulb
And a 100w teki zoo basking lamp
Hot side is 90 31% humidity and cool is 81 and 48%

See tank pic

I have never heard of the Reptihome UVB - the basking lamp is it a solid clear bright white basking bulb? I see the fixtures and noticed one is a Zilla- is that a UVB if so is there a cover over the bulb? Your dragon was displaying semi brumation which is normal mine does the same thing sleep for a week or so come out bask sometimes eat and by screen eats a lot -- but yours losing weight is not good--- please get a fecal into the vet for testing NO enemas!!!!!!!!!!! As far as your lighting I would recommend getting a Arcadia Pro T 5 12% bulb I have two others I can recommend not all UVB's are of good quality and that Reptihome I have never heard of -- any cheap China made are poor quality bulbs --- you need your surface basking temps up to 95-100 taken w/ a digital probe thermometer - stick ons are good for ambient temps only - your tank looks nice but I would upgrade the UVB and make sure your using a solid clear bright white basking bulb examples are Flukers basking - Exo Terra Intense -- or Arcadia Halogen bulbs - they give off UVA and he needs this they go in domes - my guess hes got parasites for the losing of the weight but you need a test done for that --

 

[Rebecca E]

I have never heard of the Reptihome UVB - the basking lamp is it a solid clear bright white basking bulb? I see the fixtures and noticed one is a Zilla- is that a UVB if so is there a cover over the bulb? Your dragon was displaying semi brumation which is normal mine does the same thing sleep for a week or so come out bask sometimes eat and by screen eats a lot -- but yours losing weight is not good--- please get a fecal into the vet for testing NO enemas!!!!!!!!!!! As far as your lighting I would recommend getting a Arcadia Pro T 5 12% bulb I have two others I can recommend not all UVB's are of good quality and that Reptihome I have never heard of -- any cheap China made are poor quality bulbs --- you need your surface basking temps up to 95-100 taken w/ a digital probe thermometer - stick ons are good for ambient temps only - your tank looks nice but I would upgrade the UVB and make sure your using a solid clear bright white basking bulb examples are Flukers basking - Exo Terra Intense -- or Arcadia Halogen bulbs - they give off UVA and he needs this they go in domes - my guess hes got parasites for the losing of the weight but you need a test done for that --

Sorry that repti home is just a t5 uvb. In my long repti zoo 39w light. The basking i may need to increase to 150 w
I’ll also contact the vet.

 

[Rebecca E]

Sorry that repti home is just a t5 uvb. In my long repti zoo 39w light. The basking i may need to increase to 150 w
I’ll also contact the vet.

Where do they pick up parasites?

 

[Sadie]

Sorry that repti home is just a t5 uvb. In my long repti zoo 39w light. The basking i may need to increase to 150 w
I’ll also contact the vet.

Ok so the Repti Zoo fixture is ok you can use it but I would replace the bulb - you want a good quality bulb so either a Reptisun 10.0 T 5 or a Arcadia 12% + D3 bulb - those are really good bulbs - what are you feeding for a main staple insect? Crickets are nasty little buggers that can give parasites - dragons have a normal amount of parasites anyway its the incorrect surface basking temps and UVB that can prevent the dragon from being able to naturally keep them at bay -- so I would get a fecal done and go from there - too many of the parasites will cause weight loss - lethargy behavior - stools that smell so bad it makes you leave the room

 

[Rebecca E]

Ok so the Repti Zoo fixture is ok you can use it but I would replace the bulb - you want a good quality bulb so either a Reptisun 10.0 T 5 or a Arcadia 12% + D3 bulb - those are really good bulbs - what are you feeding for a main staple insect? Crickets are nasty little buggers that can give parasites - dragons have a normal amount of parasites anyway its the incorrect surface basking temps and UVB that can prevent the dragon from being able to naturally keep them at bay -- so I would get a fecal done and go from there - too many of the parasites will cause weight loss - lethargy behavior - stools that smell so bad it makes you leave the room

As far as carnivore items he’s not really been into Dubia or crickets so mostly large meal worms or super worms. He has an appointment with our vet first thing Monday morning day. Hopefully we get him back to normal soon.

 

[Sadie]

As far as carnivore items he’s not really been into Dubia or crickets so mostly large meal worms or super worms. He has an appointment with our vet first thing Monday morning day. Hopefully we get him back to normal soon.

No enemas at the vet please-- have you tried BSFL or silk worms? Both are staple insect feeders

 

[Rebecca E]

No enemas at the vet please-- have you tried BSFL or silk worms? Both are staple insect feeders

I just ordered some more BSFL and should have within a week
I ordered some before and they showed up tiny and he had no interest but hopefully the next round will be good. I have not tried silk worms but will see if I can find some. As per vet, I’m pretty sure ours does not do Enemas but i have confirmed with them not to. Thank you.

 

[Sadie]

I just ordered some more BSFL and should have within a week
I ordered some before and they showed up tiny and he had no interest but hopefully the next round will be good. I have not tried silk worms but will see if I can find some. As per vet, I’m pretty sure ours does not do Enemas but i have confirmed with them not to. Thank you.

Silk worms can be ordered online I have websites for those and bsfl should be large they have different sizes I can post websites for those as well