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I have and AWD that I have had for nearly 2 years and has been doing great up until about 2 weeks ago. I recently moved my lizard to another terrium that is 3'6" by 3', with proper lighting, a heat rock, water tub, etc. and he had been doing extremely well. I had been feeding him adult crickets, super worms, and frozen pinkies (thawed of course). He stopped eating the Superworms first, but would eat the pinkies down in a matter or minutes (after I left the room). I haven't been able to feed crickets due to them escaping from his enclosure, drowning in his water, and having a hard time keeping them alive. Now, he just lies around, I can pick him up and hold him without him squirming, he looks as if he's lost weight, and has no desire to eat. Could it be he's too cold? Needs food to chase? is he trying to hibernate? (hes now next to a window when he wasn't before) Stress? he's lower than before. I also have 2 baby beardies and to make the best use of my space was to built one cage above the other. Any suggestions?

Thanks TMS

The best thing you can do is of course, bring him to a vet. Weightloss is bad, a Healthy adult AWD will take months of fasting before showing signs of weightloss. If you can post a picture.

Looking at him more closely, and taking into account that he did just shed recently, I don't think he's actually lost weight, but b/c he's not really eating, I am worried. I got him to open his mouth last night and was able to get him to eat about 5 superworms and today he's much more active, although not as much as normal. He's been in and out of his water a couple times.

Ive been looking at where he lives as well, he's only about 2 feet off the floor and close to a vent where cold air comes out from the A/C, could this be making his enclosure too cold? Also, there isn't much humidity in my house right now either...

Here's a pic...sorry it's not the greatest.

He looks pretty fat to me. It's normal for them to fast once an while, they will do so if they get to fat or to fight off parasites. Stress can also be cause. You definetly do not want any drafts, they can take cool temperatures, but drafts will still get them sick. Keep an eye out for any discharge or other symptoms, and check that everything is okay with the environment. If everything else is okay, don't force feed him you will only be increasing his sense of stress. With the way he looks now, he could easily go six months without eating.

Thanks for the info...My husband just recently had a Bearded Dragon that was only about 3 years old that started to not want to eat and she had just been shedding, and we tried giving her one of those liquid supplements, but one morning, she was stiff as a board and dead. That was only about 3 mos ago and now I'm a little paranoid...But he is much more active, last night he ate a pinkie, and tonight he is hugging his heat rock and acting very aware. Thank you again.