I have a dragon that's almost two years old and is acting rather lethargic. He's done this before, last year and it was about this time then as well.
I don't use the calci-sand, I do use a heat rock and have live plants and other things in his cage. Unfortunately the cage is about four and a half ft tall and was used years ago for birds by my dad. Of course I cleaned everything throughly and used a different kind of wire. (He had chicken wire, which I promptly scrapped.) And I live in MO where the weather can be quite tricky, which I suppose is part of the problem.
I've never seen him drink since I placed the cactuses in his cage- he attacks them rather vigorously.
However I was worried about him because he was solid to the touch in the stomach and seemed to be either cold or hot- never his normal temperatures. I gave him a rather long bath and cleaned some of the loose dirt and pollen from his scales and cleaned some blood off his scales from the worms that he devours.
This afternoon he did his business which I promptly cleaned and he felt less solid but no less lethargic. I took him outside on the lawn and kept a close eye on him because we have two dogs, one of which might harass him.
In about a half hour of basking, he opened his eyes for the longest I've seen for a couple of days and actually became more active for about ten to fifteen minutes- I also tried to feed him which didn't work either.
Taking him inside he basked until I gave him a vitamin/electrolyte appetite stimulant- he drank about half of a 5 cc syringe. The left over stuff was then placed in his cage for later use.
When I left he seemed to be slightly more active but is there anything more I can do to get him to eat? He refuses to eat his veggies, opting for the cactus; and forget about the pellet food. I've tried everything to get him to try it, but if it don't move- he ain't interested...
