***My Beardie Isn't Using Her Back Legs***

[Carlos]

She wont use her back legs!!!!! She is about 4 months old and in 10in. (I have another beardie(male) that is only like 7 in) She has been fine except this past days she wont use her legs.

My setup is a normal set up with paper towels for a base.
They have proper heating and lighting including UVB.
They get plenty of crickets, vegetables, fruits, worms(meal, super). I haven't dusted the crickets with a calcium supplement in a couple weeks.
Everything is normal except I have a 30gallon long tank with 2 beardies in it and I dont think she has enough room. I just upgraded to a 50 gallon so there is tons of room now but I'm worried about her I love her lol

[tommytatz]

hi, mate i dont know about her not using her legs (ul have to wait for 1 of the more experienced members to help u there) but u need to seperate the beardies asap dude. they dont live well together no matter what the sex is. i didnt know untill i joined this forum. iv seperated my 2 now and the "quiet one" is so much better, i thought she was just a little "shy" but she wasnt she was being dominated by the bigger beardie, shes so much happier now on her own  its quite a serious matter my friend. hope u sort the leg problem to 

[perfectly_flawed]

First, please separate them. Housing together allows breeding too young (which often kills the female), over breeding, dominance, fighting, and often death of one or both dragons. They're solitary animals who do best when housed alone. Both of your dragon are small for their ages. Please provide a bit of info to help us figure out what's going on with them.

What is the basking surface temp? What type of thermometer are you using to measure that temp?
What is the brand, rating, and style of the UVB light? How close to the UVB light can they get?

Growing dragons absolutely must have calcium supplements. Without calcium and good UVB, they develop metabolic bone disease. Young dragons should be fed all the insects they want at least twice a day. One of those feedings needs to be dusted with calcium 6 days a week and a good multivitamin once a week. Mealworms should never be fed to a dragon. They're extremely high in fat and phosphorus and low in nutrition. They're also very hard to digest, leading to impactions. Superworms should never be fed to a dragon under 16" in length. Until that time their intestines are kinked, which causes them to not be able to pass the hard shells (chitin) of the supers. Stick with crickets, silkworms, pheonix worms, or feeder roaches for healthy insects.
What type of veggies are you offering?

[Madisyn-Alexis]

In addition to the above questions, could you tell us when she last went poop? Also, have you been giving her regular baths/soaks? If you could answer those (and the other) questions it will help us to help you 

[Carlos]

Ok the basking temp is 105 and the area around is like 95. I dont usually dust the crickets(1 time a week). I give her a bath everyday and she poops every 3 days(they are HUGE). Its been a couple weeks and she has a bump on her back and dosent use her back legs. I feed her regularly and she eats normally. Everything is normal in the cage except the calcium supplement it fed 1 time a week.

[lizard_of_oz]

Hi Carlos. I'm sorry to hear of your little lady's problem.  The bump on her back would concern me that she has somehow injured herself, or she may have the beginning of MBD (metabolic bone disease).  It is extremely important to dust their crickets once a day, six days a week.  The other day don't use the calcium but use a vitamin supplement.  It is important to the type and rating of your UVB, as well as how close they can get to it, so that they can properly assimilate the calcium in their bodies.  I hope all goes well for your guys.