Beardie dragon

Question
QUESTION: shadow has no life in his hind legs he drags them he still eating very alert bowel movement not as often. he has uvb lighting and basking light its probably bout 80 degrees in his tank. if it is mbd can it be cured.

ANSWER: Hello Dee,

Can you post a picture of your dragon?  How old is your dragon?
Please tell me your setup.  What type of lighting are you using?
What type & brand is it?  A flourescent tube bulb or a compact or coil light?  How old is the UVB light?
What type of basking light do you use?
What do you use to meausre the temps, a stick on thermometer, a digital probe or a temp gun?
Do you use calcium supplementation?
If he has MBD, he will need a good quality UVB light & some liquid calcium.  
What do you feed him?

Tracie

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QUESTION: lighting he has a reptile desert uvb 7%, 75 watt basking light bulb also a zoo med heating pad. it is a digital therm about 80 degrees all around. Shadow is about 8,9 mos old. yes i use trex brand bearded dragon calcium plus, powder form. the uvb light is 2 wks old he is in a 50 gallon fish aqaurium. I feed him small crickets, collard green, mustard greens, meal worms ( not so much anymore doesnt seem to digest well) waxworms. always greens and maybe 5,6 insects a day. always fresh water and a mist.

Answer
Hello Dee,

Well, there are a few things we need to review on your setup.  
What type of UVB light did you have prior to this one?  
The basking light, is it a bright white light or a colored light?  
The UVB that you have, is an ESU, is not a good UVB light.  Here is a chart which gives you information about how little UVB it puts out.  They need much more emissions of UVB than from that particular bulb.  I recommend getting a Reptisun 10 flourescent tube bulb.  
Here is the first chart showing the ESU results from the UVB meter:
http://www.reptilesdownunder.com/reptile/reptilesAsPets/enclosure/uv/uvSA


To compare, here is a chart to show you the results of the Reptisun 10 flourescent tube bulb:

http://www.uvguide.co.uk/fluorescenttuberesults.htm


Good that you are cutting out the mealies, they are not very nutritious so try maybe phoenix worms as a different feeder along with the crickets.  Waxies are fatty so only feed a few at a time, a couple of times per week.  

You don't need a heating pad if you have enough basking heat from overhead.  They do better with overhead heating & lighting than from underneath.  The basking temps need to be around 95-110, & the cooler end around 78-82.  Do you mean the ambient or average temps in the tank are 80?

Let me know how things are going.

Tracie