strange behaviour from my baby beardie

[kelbel]

no ill take a picture of how it is, and ill put it up as soon as i can.

 

[Bearded_Penguin]

i just bought the UV bulb, cost me around $40, and its about 30cms up from where he sits, i will get a temp of the heat today when i can i have been feeeding him crickets, they both are eating and staying away from eachother so they are not picking on eachother.

Is that your tank in your avatar picture, guessing from the shadow type am I correct that you have one of the little curly UV lamps.

Here's some problems to fix up in your tank:

1.) 30cm is really at the limit of the effective range of little curly flouro UV lamp. I recommend lowering it a bit, or getting a good quality reflector for it.
2.) Two lizards in one tank with a small UV source and the lizards are keeping away from each other. My guess, the big guy is hogging the UV and the little guy gets very little. It's time for a second tank.
3.) I guess you already had the light in the tank for the larger lizard, so how old is the light. If it's older than 6 months, it may not be providing any UVB at all to your reptiles.

Tending to those issues can only help the little one.

 

[Manda1032]

Or an outside inclosure that they can take turns in during the day. Some outside time is loved by all my babies, both snake and lizard alike

 

[kelbel]

Is that your tank in your avatar picture, guessing from the shadow type am I correct that you have one of the little curly UV lamps.

Here's some problems to fix up in your tank:

1.) 30cm is really at the limit of the effective range of little curly flouro UV lamp. I recommend lowering it a bit, or getting a good quality reflector for it.
2.) Two lizards in one tank with a small UV source and the lizards are keeping away from each other. My guess, the big guy is hogging the UV and the little guy gets very little. It's time for a second tank.
3.) I guess you already had the light in the tank for the larger lizard, so how old is the light. If it's older than 6 months, it may not be providing any UVB at all to your reptiles.

Tending to those issues can only help the little one.

sorry no, the picture in my avatar is my boy buddy and that is his enclosure. i havent had the little ones long enough to have taken pics and formed the bond i have with buddy. i had them both set up in a enclosure together and have been told it was perfect for them both to live in. they both stayed together until the one was getting sick. i had spoke to several people about what was wrong and what was happening, and was advised on what to do. i was not told to take him to the vet as there was nothing they could do for what they thought it was. he died yesterday morning. im posting this so people know i did what i could for the little one. the other sibling i have is healthy and eating well. im hoping people will have the decency not to yell, abuse or make me feel any worse then i do. i did everything i was told, but it wasnt enough, i have shed plenty of tears over this, and still feel like a bad mother..

so please dont make me feel any worse.

 

[Bedella]

sorry for your loss. what did you/everyone suspect was wrong?

 

[Chicken]

Chin up mate, it happens to everyone at some stage, the important thing is you clearly did your best to keep him going so don't be to hard on yourself, it just happens

 

[kelbel]

sorry for your loss. what did you/everyone suspect was wrong?

this is the confusing part. i had one very strong response from the vet and the breeder from which i bought them from, and both have said it sounds like compaction, as i explained his stomach was very bloated when he passed away. then the other freind of mine has told me sounded like a parasite.

Chin up mate, it happens to everyone at some stage, the important thing is you clearly did your best to keep him going so don't be to hard on yourself, it just happens

i am trying to tell myself that, but then i think its a cop out. i still think there was more i could do even though they all tell me there wasnt. i hated seeing him/her suffer. i hadnt even named them yet. i still havent a name for the sibling..

 

[KaotikJezta]

I feel for you, the same thing just happened to me, one, one day I was posting pics of my cute new black soils, a week later one had died of impaction. I felt so angry at myself and sad for the little guy as in my case it was an avoidable mistake, but the other one is powering on. Don't be to hard on yourself, these things do happen to the best of us.

 

[kelbel]

I feel for you, the same thing just happened to me, one, one day I was posting pics of my cute new black soils, a week later one had died of impaction. I felt so angry at myself and sad for the little guy as in my case it was an avoidable mistake, but the other one is powering on. Don't be to hard on yourself, these things do happen to the best of us.

thank you very much, and im sorry to hear about your little guy. i am hoping its sibling will make it through

 

[CathFord]

Sorry for your little dude.

 

[miss_mosher]

My favourite bearded dragon ever died from a similar thing. I hatched him myself and raised him after he lost a leg after being attacked by a sibling when he was a baby. He died at a good age but I couldn't take him to the one specialist vet in Toowoomba the night he got sick. I also suspect a parasite got to him as he looked like he was in a lot of pain or even worse, the bug sprayer man sprayed near this room, which we bloody told him to stay away from! I'm still really cut over it be strong mate, sometimes there's nothing more you can do, I'm sure you did your best!

 

[kelbel]

My favourite bearded dragon ever died from a similar thing. I hatched him myself and raised him after he lost a leg after being attacked by a sibling when he was a baby. He died at a good age but I couldn't take him to the one specialist vet in Toowoomba the night he got sick. I also suspect a parasite got to him as he looked like he was in a lot of pain or even worse, the bug sprayer man sprayed near this room, which we bloody told him to stay away from! I'm still really cut over it be strong mate, sometimes there's nothing more you can do, I'm sure you did your best!

thank you for that, im sorry to hear about your boy, i wouldnt be able to take it if something happened to my older male, hes the sweetest thing, as i call him mummys boy. the loss of a vet is a horribel feeling.. its not easy. i hope your doing okay.