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My female bearded dragon is in trouble. About two months ago she started to have her first spasm when I handle her. I didn't think much of it because it only happened once in awhile. Now it happens every time I take her out to bask in the sun or bring her back to her tank. She would arch her neck fully and when I release her she goes into some kind of spasm or shock. Now it's taking her longer to recover from her ordeal. She doesn't eat as much as before and I am afraid she just might not come out of next one. Please help!
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I would take her to the vet, I don't kow anythng about stuff like that, and it could probably be a number of things so I would take her to the vet to be on the safe side, anyone can tell you it may be this or that, but without seeing her really know one will know for sure,,,I hope she is o.k

what is her setup like? do you supplement with calcium with D3? do you have UVB lighting? what is her diet? give us all the information you can, at this point your best bet is to take her to the vet and have her checked out, like said there could be a number of things that are going on with her.. let us know what you find out

>>I would take her to the vet, I don't kow anythng about stuff like that, and it could probably be a number of things so I would take her to the vet to be on the safe side, anyone can tell you it may be this or that, but without seeing her really know one will know for sure,,,I hope she is o.k
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reiko
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I have a 40-gallon tank coverted for their (pair at 7 months old) housing at night. I take them out everyday to bask in the sun so there shouldn't be any problem in getting the nature UV from the sun. Their main diet consists of crickets but once in awhile I will feed them green. Crickets are fed with fish food that contains spirulina. The sand is digestable with calcium. The male is really thriving under this condition and never show any signs that the female is showing. I am planning to take her to a vet and will let you know what the diagnosis is.
Thanks for your help.

calci sand = bad...i would get rid of it

do you know if you have male/ female, female/female, male/male?? i would seperate the two for certian, even if you have two females one might be causing the other stress. at 7 months they need to be offered greens every single day, and their food should be dusted with calcium, if they are getting enough outside time, just plain calcium should do without the D3. how many hours do they spend outside each day? a 40 gallon tank is also too small for 2 7 month old dragons in my opinion, a pair of females should be houses in nothing less then a 4x2 enclosure. i would also not feed my crickets fish food, i know that some sites do reccomend this, isnt spirulina just a color enhancer? get the crickets on a good gut load, im sure some here can reccomend one,,, i feed my crickets all the veggies that my dragons eat including repcal pellets all dusted with calcium, they are always good and plump and full of good things for my dragons. do you use a good multivitamin for your dragons also?

please let us know how she makes out

>>I have a 40-gallon tank coverted for their (pair at 7 months old) housing at night. I take them out everyday to bask in the sun so there shouldn't be any problem in getting the nature UV from the sun. Their main diet consists of crickets but once in awhile I will feed them green. Crickets are fed with fish food that contains spirulina. The sand is digestable with calcium. The male is really thriving under this condition and never show any signs that the female is showing. I am planning to take her to a vet and will let you know what the diagnosis is.
>>Thanks for your help.
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reiko
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hi
yep like reiko say i have a feeling it have some thing to to with uvb lightning and calsium dusting and vitamines.
what is her set up and what is her diet and what does she dust with??
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