Possiable parasite or lazy dragon?

[Darrell Asper]

My wife got me a baby for my birthday back in april. Sunny was 6" when we got her, looked good other than seemed like a very shy eater. She's grown to 9" shed a couple times but now we've hit a plateau, and we seem to be stuck on 9" 17-19 grams. This little lizard drives me crazy, because very seldom do I see it eat, but it poops, I don't think enough for a baby but that end is working. The past few days she doesn't move around as much either, just likes to lay under the heat lamp. Now one thing I've noticed since we had her is, say if you are holding her, and put her back in her cage she will stay stiff as a board for a min or two and then usually climb back up on her log under the lamp, the temp there is about 100 degrees, and yes I have a uvb lamp too. Trying crickets, meal, wax, and phoenix worms, even dubias. Greens I make a mix up for them(we have another one) kale, dandelion greens, mustard, collard, arugula, and anything else depending on what the store has when I go in, and I dust that with calcium +d3 powder as well. I've been trying to get her to drink Flukers Repti-boost also treating it as severe 1 spoonful to 1cc water.

I ordered actual wormer Panacur Liquid (Fenbendazole) 10% Dewormer
last week and hoping it comes early this week. The one pet store sells a generic(holistic) across the board product, but I'm kind of leary on using that.

 

[Darrell Asper]

Here's Sunny on the scale last week, this morning she was at 17, and yesterday 18. She's been bouncing between the 3.

 

[PatsyB]

She looks a little on the thin side. Try to bump up her basking temp to the 110 range. Little ones need the higher temp to digest their food. Keep trying with the Repti-boost. Maybe mix it with some turkey flavored baby food that might get her to eat it. I think a vet visit would be a good idea, especially to make sure there is something going on before you start giving her antibiotics.

 

[Darrell Asper]

Will do never gave a Thought to mixing the boost with food

 

[PatsyB]

I also used to mix it with pedialite instead of water when my leopard geckos weren't eating. It gave them a bit of a boost.

 

[Elemental Dragon Lord]

Looks dehydrated and you may need a better uvb bulb. Do you know her genetic history because she might be a vittikin or a rankins dragon which means you will have a smaller dragon.

 

[Darrell Asper]

I wish I did, all I know is it's a petsmart lizard. I was going to take it back and the sales girl said their vet is horrible with lizards, so why bother

 

[Noella]

Find another vet that'll take her. Don't take her back to the petsmart. That's just ensuring a quick death possibly.

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Seems dehydrated like dragonloard said..... Lots of baths with pedialyte. Drip it on its nose and let it drink.

As patsy said raise temps to 110.

Please post up pictures of your enclosure..... So we can see what u have and maybe guide you some more.

Also make sure you dust anything and everything you feed it with calcium with d3. And multivitamins everytime.

You should take one of those poops and get a test done to it for parasites..... And also I think it could have MBD.

keep us posted.

Cheers

 

[Darrell Asper]

I'll take a pic when I get home. It's a eco-terra 18-18-18 tank, I've been using a 75w day lamp with a desert uvb, then a black night lamp 75w for nights. This morning I up'd the bulb to 150w. I also noticed something, he was trying to poop,and it looked mostly white and liquidish, and after the poop it was like a new lizard for a couple min up and running around then just that quick back to lathargic

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Why do you have a night heat source for? Do your temps drop below 65 degrees? Because if they don't you do NOT require night time heat source..... Beardies need to cool down at night.....

 

[Darrell Asper]

Guys I hate to say it but I think the little one is passing on. He's stiff as a board, doesn't do anything if you put him on his back, occasionally he'll take a deep breath, but his tails getting black and it doesn't look good. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Guys I hate to say it but I think the little one is passing on. He's stiff as a board, doesn't do anything if you put him on his back, occasionally he'll take a deep breath, but his tails getting black and it doesn't look good. Thanks for the advice.

Yes I'd agree with you.... So to ease it's suffering picnic in the freezer..... Save it and take it back to petsmart......

 

[PatsyB]

Sorry for your loss.....it's hard when we try our best but our best just isn't quite enough.

 

[Canicke]

It's always hard – I'm sorry too