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I'm pretty new to being a breaded dragon owner really. I was given my first breaded dragon (her name is Chalupa) I would say 2 years ago? She was from an owner who couldn't take care of her anymore, and when I got her she was about 2 years old? Regardless tho, I did my best to research what she needed as a beardie. I gave her plenty of veggies, fruits, and superworms in the beginning. I also tried giving her baths weekly, but she didn't like it and I didn't ever get the hang of it. I'll get onto that later, but right now, I feel she's in critical health and I don't know how exactly to help. I'm worried because I can't tell what's wrong really? Like, she's currently going through brumation mostly because it's very cold where I live and it's been that way for the past 2-3 months. But because of that, I haven't seen her poop at all for awhile now. I tried giving her blueberries, but she isn't eating them. I tried giving her veggies of course too, but days go by where she doesn't eat anything.
Another issue I'm realizing (now that I took her out fully) is that she's still shedding and was currently shedding before the brumation. So I feel because she was shedding before then and didn't finish, she may possibly have stuck shed, but I don't know that to be true because I don't know what stuck shed looks like considering it varies from beardie to beardie. But in that case, I don't know how to exactly help with stuck shed either. I saw some videos where you can pick it off with pliers, but I'm afraid I may hurt her. I saw others where you let the beardie soak in warm water to loosen the shed, and of course I'll try that because I don't want her to possibly be dirty just because I'm afraid of being intrusive, and I don't want that possible stuck shed to be there.
But the whole reason I make this post is to ask for y'all's evaluation on the situation. Like, can you tell me if there's anything wrong that you can see from her? Can you tell me how I can help her or point me into the right direction with links, videos, or articles? Can you suggest to me what I can do to prevent this from happening next time around? Is she going to be ok?
I also want to show if the enclosure she's in is best suited for her. I didn't pick out this enclosure, it came with her and one of the bulbs went out. Of course I'll look into getting her a new replacement bulb, and additionally what kind of bulbs do I require specficially for her?
I added images of her, as well as what the enclosure looks like. Sorry for the mess within it, I hadn't gotten around to cleaning due to the snow over here (I usually take the mat out and wash it outside). But that's really no excuse, I do have a bathtub that I can wash it in, and I'll definitely do that today considering she was relatively fine when I moved her out of the enclosure for a bit just to really see her.
Another issue I'm realizing (now that I took her out fully) is that she's still shedding and was currently shedding before the brumation. So I feel because she was shedding before then and didn't finish, she may possibly have stuck shed, but I don't know that to be true because I don't know what stuck shed looks like considering it varies from beardie to beardie. But in that case, I don't know how to exactly help with stuck shed either. I saw some videos where you can pick it off with pliers, but I'm afraid I may hurt her. I saw others where you let the beardie soak in warm water to loosen the shed, and of course I'll try that because I don't want her to possibly be dirty just because I'm afraid of being intrusive, and I don't want that possible stuck shed to be there.
But the whole reason I make this post is to ask for y'all's evaluation on the situation. Like, can you tell me if there's anything wrong that you can see from her? Can you tell me how I can help her or point me into the right direction with links, videos, or articles? Can you suggest to me what I can do to prevent this from happening next time around? Is she going to be ok?
I also want to show if the enclosure she's in is best suited for her. I didn't pick out this enclosure, it came with her and one of the bulbs went out. Of course I'll look into getting her a new replacement bulb, and additionally what kind of bulbs do I require specficially for her?
I added images of her, as well as what the enclosure looks like. Sorry for the mess within it, I hadn't gotten around to cleaning due to the snow over here (I usually take the mat out and wash it outside). But that's really no excuse, I do have a bathtub that I can wash it in, and I'll definitely do that today considering she was relatively fine when I moved her out of the enclosure for a bit just to really see her.
