Bearded Dragon Back Legs Dragging
2 Reasons Your Bearded Dragon is Darkening Their Body.
Bearded dragon back legs dragging. This page will go over some of the most common bearded dragon behaviors so you can better understand what your bearded dragon is feeling. I give him crickets and salads every other day. To be brief seeing your bearded dragon dragging its back legs could display major hints like suffering from Metabolic Bone Disease or minor things like infirmity and slacking off.
I have given him a bath. So I have just noticed today that my dragon has been dragging its back legs. When he moves it looks like he is swimming and cannot push up on them.
He is dragging his back legs and seems a bit lethargic. He hasnt shown interest in anything and when he walks it was almost like twitching but now has went kind of jst dragging I know he doesnt have MBD because he gets the same treatment our other 3 bearded dragons get. This bone decaying problem is pretty common among reptiles and when the bearded dragon is kept as a pet they often suffer from this disease.
This may also be caused by injury to the legs hips or spine or GI impaction pressing on and impeding function of the nerves and blood vessels that service the back legs. A lower impaction that is only affecting the back. Metabolic bone disease Trauma Neurological paralysisparesis of the back legs are by far the most common problems.
Paralysis either in the front or back legs can be caused by impaction because your bearded dragons stomach and intestines run close to the spine. He doesent seem to want to walk by stepping but only using his front arms sometimes I may take video of what I mean but he wasnt doing this a week ago but it has gotten colder in nola where I live during the night and A bunch of people on the forums said to leave his red night heat lamp. Is on paper towls with no climbing things right now since she wont use her back leg and dont want to risk anything else happening.
Hi I have a bearded dragon about 3m old. If the white part of the poop the urate has a yellow tint there could be a hydration issue. If using tap water treat the water with a water conditioner that removes chlorine ammonia heavy metals and other chemicals.
