Shaking hips question

[Ben Rivera]

I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced this. My 9 month old female is shaking her hips occasionally. She still has a hearty appetite and eats her crickets voraciously. I sprinkle calcium every other day and multi vitamins 2 times weekly. She is in a 75 gallon tank and her basking light is a reptisun 100 watt bulb. I'm wondering if it either has to do with either her in the shedding stages, pre-egg laying, or hopefully not some more serious issue. She is pooping normally and consistently so I'm not sure if perhaps I'm not feeding enough crickets. Any help would be appreciated...I'm concerned.

 

[Ben Rivera]

Well Gina the Dragon has momentarily stopped shaking her hips. I've increased her multivitamin and calcium w/d-3 intake switching each every other day. She is still extremely rambunctious moving all over her 75 gallon home and climbing over every piece of branch and rock. She poops everyday and sometimes twice a day.

 

[PatsyB]

Not sure what would cause the shaking hips. Are you using a separate UVB? You said she is eating her crickets, are you also feeding her a healthy salad? She gets hydration plus vitamins from the greens that she eats.

You should have a basking light and a UVB light. Unless you have an all in one like a PowerSun bulb. Most people use a tube style UVB bulb but there are some that use a mercury vapor bulb. Coil bulbs are not the best to use for UVB for bearded dragons. You want something that is going to give them a wide area of UVB coverage and a coil bulb is only going to concentrate it to one spot.