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hey guys im just curious what MBD is and how a beardie would get it

Metabolic Bone Disease. It is due to a lack of blood calcium. It causes calcium to be withdrawn from stores in the bone. This causes the bones to become brittle. Calcium is a very neccesary mineral (ion) for the body. For nerve cells to work properly and for muscles to contract properly there has to be sufficient blood calcium levels. Some signs of it are twitching toes/feet, brittle bones/jaw, trembling, and seizures. The cause is in a lot of cases is insufficient dietary calcium, and/or inadequate levels of vitamin D3 (dietary or proccessed from cholesterol by UVB and the kidneys). There can be other causes, however inappropriate diet is usually the cause. Hope this is what you were looking for.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
dekeaffexotics.com

what would a beardie look like with this?? please post pics, i will try to get a pic of him up soon!

A lot of the time there are no visible deformities. They come in later stages of the disease.
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Derek Affonce
DeKeAff Exotics
dekeaffexotics.com

hope this helps

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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com