Bearded Dragon

budgy73 · 09-30-04, 06:20 PM

Hi every one I have a 15 month old bearded dragon. He seem to be impacted he dosnt go to often (once every 3-4 weeks) its hugh when he goes. He seems to be heathy i have tryed to give him warm bathes every night but dosnt make a difference. I was just wondering if any one could help me thanks.

V.hb · 09-30-04, 07:03 PM

whats his/her diet?

budgy73 · 09-30-04, 07:06 PM

he eats super worms and romaine lettuce

concept3 · 09-30-04, 09:10 PM

lettuce is a very bad choice for beardies. Try giving him bok choy, collard greens, radish greens, brocoli, and their is many more. I would also try him on crickets for a while, just to switch things up.

budgy73 · 09-30-04, 09:37 PM

he is a very picky eater and usual wont eat any thing else i was told maby caster oil or maby mineral oil or ebson salts

concept3 · 09-30-04, 10:31 PM

due to the fact romaine lettuce contains no food value you might as well not feed him. Try bok choy because I have nevere seen or heard of a dragon that wont eat bok choy. How old is he? What kind of substrate is he on?

budgy73 · 10-01-04, 12:52 PM

he is 15 months old and has the house to roam around dosnt have a cage. He gets lots of sun light and we put him under lights as much as possible (heatlamp and 8.0 dessert light) will try bok choy

TheWulf · 10-01-04, 02:42 PM

If he's running around the house who knows what he's eating. You may want to confine him to a terrarium to

1) make sure he's only eating what he's being fed
2) give him more exposure to uvb and heat lamps.

ICULIZARD · 10-02-04, 01:45 AM

There are so many problems with this dragon's care, that I do not know where to start. I realize that you may be new to Bearded Dragons and for this reason, I will not judge you in the poor husbandry that has so far been provided to this dragon.

1) Free-roaming is a terrible idea, spend the money and get your dragon a proper enclosure with the correct lighting. A basking bulb to maintain a 80 degree ambient temp and 100-115 basking temp.
2) His diet is COMPLETELY wrong. A dragon needs a varied diet and since he is basically just living on superworms....impaction is a huge possibility, especially when he doesn't have access to the proper heating and lighting. You cannot provide proper conditions when he is not in an enclosure. He should be fed a varied diet of crickets, silkworms, butterworms, occasionally mealworms and waxworms, and a mixture of veggies every other day. (such as dandelion greens, Kale, collards, mustard greens, bok choy, romaine, squash, grated carrots etc.)
3) Take him in to the Vet and have a fecal done

How many times a week are you supplementing him? and with what? What substrate is he on?

ICULIZARD