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BDlvr
at Wed Jun 20 06:18:34 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BDlvr ]
I think first I'd find a good vet. www.arav.com is a good place to start. I would bring in a fecal sample and discuss your observations. When vets do a fecal flotation they are looking for coccidia, although this could be a problem I would consider the other parasites as well such as pin worms and tape worms.
1) No Beardies do not ever Brumate for a year. 4 months is about the longest.
2) Unlikely, beardies eat like crazy while the eggs are forming and growing inside of her, then they pretty much stop one day. Then they lay the eggs a day or 2 later if the conditions are right.
I like you spirit though. That's what I do, I try everything until I find out what solves the problem.
3) I have plenty of experience with brumation and gravid females but I just don't have anything that I think is similar to your circumstances. Sorry. Maybe others do.
In general, changing climate conditions cause Beardies to brumate. Things like shorter days, changes in humidity, barometric pressure, or lower temperature. Even though we regulate light and temp. they still are aware of the season and some will brumate anyway regardless of my best attempts to stop them. But again I really don't feel this is your problem.
The basking spot temp. should be 105. The ambient temp (air temp.) on the hot side should be high 80's to low 90's. The cool side should be 75-80. I mention this because you say "it's about 105 in there" and I don't know what that means. You need to measure your temps accurately. Buy a couple of digital thermometers with separate probes and put one on the basking site and adjust the lighting to get 105. One reason she may not be eating is she cannot get warm enough to digest her food properly or she is too warm and just to uncomfortable to eat.
For posting a pic. I use photobucket.com it is free. I download the pick there and then copy the "URL Link" from there into the "Image URL" below.
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