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Kimberlyann

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So my friend gave me a female bearded and saids she is pregnant and asked me to watch her while she had her eggs and incubate the eggs, so i researched everything and ive read they are usually pregnant for around 30-40 days but ive had her for around 2/3 months now and she looks like her legs are disabled, she just sits in one spot (on top of the heat rock) in her tank and will kinda army crawl to her water when she can, im really starting to worry about her not being able to use her legs and her being posibley egg bound? I only have one baby beardie and she has been a angel, my friend said she is just lazy and with her last pregnancy she fell asleep half way thru egg laying and started again the next day. Any advise would be great thanks :)
 
beardies hate they're back legs being touched and will pull away if she can feel you touching them she should make some sort of strangled effort to pull away, this means she still has feeling in them but if she doesn't then take her to a vet and tell the vet what your friend said. what husbandry did your friend keep her in??? did she have her food dusted?? was they're a UVb light??? all the things to consider before a vet visit. how old is the beardie in question, a young gravid beardie can suffer detrimental effects as it gets older
 
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