Is my Beardie okay? He sleeps all day and all night, and does not eat as much as usual.

Question

His temps are 75-85 F in the cool end and 95-105 F in the hot end. He is shedding right now, but last time he shed he just had a loss of appetite. He hasn't defecated in a week. I feed him greens, meal worms, and crickets. He gets calcium too. He sleeps all day, but if I pick him up or move him around he seems to wake right up. I'm confused. do i need to take him to a vet?

Answer 1

hes might be dying

Answer 2

is it winter??? in australia it is and thats were the beardies are from and i tryed to keep the temps up in winter but it need it natural habitat it cant survive being like summer all year long people do that and it leads to unhealthy beardies other then that i have no idea

hope i helped

Answer 3

Most likely it's from the shedding maybe... They do sleep a lot and they're very cranky at this time. But if it continues AFTER his shedding (maybe a full day after his shedding) Then I'd reccommend seeing a vet ^___^

Answer 4

sounds a bit like hibernation but it shouldnt be going into hibernation if you have heat in the enclosure maybe you should call a vet

Answer 5

What are you feeding him?

What kind of UVB are you using?

And uhm...cage bedding? What do you have him on?

The only acceptable loose substrate for a beardie is washed play sand. It sounds like you have something other than that and no other loose bedding is acceptable including reptile sands. If he is on something else it could have caused an impaction.

Mealworms are not something to feed a beardie they can also cause impaction. they are too high in exoskeleton for a beardie.

Answer 6

First do not try to reproduce summer all year long, and Berdies do like a little bit of vegies in the diet as well, do not feed processessed meat like devon snail and cockroaches are yummy too. and try not to handle him during winter, let him relax and do what all good dragons do that is chill out and sleep.