Help Me Please

[fmslagle]

My beardie has stopped eating can anyone please help me?

[asmaa]

are they acting different in any other way? more sleepy less active or is it just a certain kind of food they have stopped eating like veg or just live foods or both? how old is he/she?

[123TFM456]

Have you lowed his/her tempratures? They should be 30-40 degrees in the hot end and 25 degrees in the cold end by day and 20-27 at night because if lower he/she might have gone into a sudden brumation

[fmslagle]

yes he is like sleeping alot. even when i pick him up (which i am tring to do that as little as possible) he does not even take a second look at crickets i have got him to eat like 4 mealworms one day and 2 or 3 the next day. he seems to be pooping fine. but he acts like he really doesnt care for the meal worms either. i really need help. im afffraid im gonna loose him. I have put news papweer up around his housing so that he can not see ant action or traffic going on.just in case that is stressing him. i have him in the bed room and it is usually quiet in there. our other bearded seems to be just fine. so far she is growing and eating approximatly 8-10 crickets per feeding. i do have them house seperately now they had been housed together until i noticed the change in him.they are just babies. we believe him to be approximatly 10 weeks old now. and she is probably 8 weeks old. we bought him December 22, 2011 and bought her January 7th 2012 can anyone tell me what is wrong with my baby?

[perfectly_flawed]

At that age it's not likely to be brumation. That's typical of older dragons. If you could answer some questions it would help us to help you.

What is the basking surface temp?
What type of thermometer are you using to measure that temp?
Where, exactly, are you measuring?
What brand and rating is your UVB light?
Is it a coil/compact, tube, or mercury vapor light?
How close to it can the dragon get?
Is the enclosure brightly lit during the day and totally dark at night?
Are you soaking the dragon? How often?

I suggest not feeding mealworms at all. They're very fatty, hard to digest, and very low in nutrition. Stick with healthy feeders - crickets, feeder roaches, silkworms, phoenix worms, and superworms when the dragon is over 16".

[123TFM456]

Well if it turns out not to be brumation go and talk to a local vet and see what he/she has to say about it