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dragonvet Aug 13, 2005 11:55 AM

my beardie is falling over on her back,the first time i noticed this was about a month ago.she would be setting on her log then she would make a quick move and she would freeze mouth agap eyes closed and splat right onto her back and on the sand.for a few seconds she would just lay there not move but some times she would have shakes.the first time i saw this i thought she was dead.this usually happens right after she eat's she is about 100g 13-14 inches,and about6-7 months.she eats lg crickets,and sm-lg mealworms,i dust the insects with jurassical,reptivite vitiamens,and icb dust once each so 3 day's of the week.she has uvb-uva lighting.temps are around105-120 9hours, 9-9she is on filtered playsand i took her back to the guy's i bought her from and they told me she is healthy. after she runs around for a couple of seconds she will drag her front legs. they feed her a droplet full of bone-aid liquid calcium. i am so tierd of worring about her, i dont wanna leave the house to long cause i am afraid she will not be able to turn her self back over if she fell again. what else can i do/she is pooping reg. what else is there to do?

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b22 Aug 13, 2005 03:09 PM

Hi
it could be he get impacted from the mealworms .
i would rather give the bigger worms i forgot the name i called them morioworms,also gutloaded cricks r better to digest and then he wil poop better .
they have a hard sceleton and r hard to digest.
then the impaction inside pres on his spinal inside and then he can get reactions like that.
also lack of calsium/uvb/uva can also cause symptoms like that.
a fluerscent licht need to hang close by in 12 inch from animal.
i dunno what kind of brand you use???
bye

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