My Beardie Suddenly Died Today :((((

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Hey Guys,

I have 3 Bearded Dragons that are roughly 4-6months old, two of them are significantly bigger than the little one. Yesterday the two bigger ones were bobbing heads and fighting, I watched the whole thing and I dont think it was to serious, im assuming it was either territorial behavior or play behavior. Due to a sudden work injury i had not fed them crickets for two days ( i know his is bad, i just could not get money together, all good now though), i was still feeding them veggies.
I woke up this morning and one of the big ones was curling up in a ball and his tail was twitching and his whole body shaking, im using coconut husk as a substrate and there was some in his mouth. I cleared it out and then he open his mouth and looked like to take his last gasp for air and then died. I cried for like an hour
I fed the other two today as i was paid in the afternoon and they seem fine. I am running a reptiglow 10.0 uvb light and two exoterra infrared 60w heat lamps.
He also has two black spots on his head. .

can anyone tell me why this happened????

thanks in advance.

 

[JKretzs613]

Hello,

I am very sorry to hear you lost your dragon. It sounds like he may have choked on the substrate, just based on your description. Are you sure that he was not injured by the other one? I am assuming he did not have any blood on him from fighting that could have injured him?
It is never a good idea to house dragons together, it almost never works out well.

Tracie