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#217815
DragonFly
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Egg laying?! Beardie too old for this 
Hello, I hope you can help me...we have a bearded dragon, over 9 years old(!), in the last week she has stopped eating her lettuce, so we started feeding her more mealworms, we were not sure what was going on. We have been told previously she is old and any day could be her last.Last Thursday, I found a thing in the tank which looked like a piece of melted cheese in with her feces. Next day, Friday, there was another, this one not flat and melty looking, but more round/oblong and full. When I scooped it out, I popped it and it was yolky. Both days, both "things" were orangy or cheesy color on the outside, feels like a membrane, not hard like shell. Today Sunday, in the evening, my son went into his room and found 5(!) of these things. Our dragon’s behavior is digging, turning, pacing. We are questioning whether our dragon, at 9+ years, can actually be laying eggs, with no male or other dragon around, no previous egg-laying in the 9+ years we’ve had her. Do you have any ideas or insight for us??? Help! Should we be doing anything other than just watching and waiting?
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01/10/05 2:25am
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TL
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Message To: DragonFly In reference to Message Id: 217815
Egg laying?! Beardie too old for this
first of all, you really shouldn’t be feeding her lettuce or mealworms. lettuce causes diarrhea which will result in dehydration and mealworms are very hard to digest. You need to feed her green such a mustard green, tulip greens, etc. as far as protein, silkworms, crickets, roaches etc. Females can lay eggs without having a male, just remove them and throw them away because of course they will be infertile.
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01/12/05 11:25pm
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#223607
DragonFly
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Message To: TL In reference to Message Id: 220471
Egg laying?! Beardie too old for this
We ended up at the vet (twice) because of complications. She said lots of vegetables, especially romaine and baby food, and no crickets, only king mealworms. Her reasoning is we have a sick beardie who is constipated and possibly impacted from dehydration and calcium loss. She needs calcium (thru the greenest of the romaine and supplements) and mealworms are softer and more easily digested than crickets that have harder outsides.She is doing better, but we are pretty much force-feeding her. She is on antibiotics, with 2-3 warm baths a day. She is starting to poop after a week of nothing. Very skinny, low energy, no interest in food. We are also using a needleless syringe for the baby food and water. Reptile store owner suggested waxworms to add fat, she seems to prefer these today and spits out the king mealworms.
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01/16/05 9:12pm
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#223755
Blue eyes
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Message To: DragonFly In reference to Message Id: 223607
Egg laying?! Beardie too old for this
It sounds like you need to find a second vet. The best greens to be feeding are mustards, turnips, collards, dandelion(higher in calcium). Mealworms are not easier to digest than crickets. If calcium is that much of an issue then calcium injections should be given. Again as I said your vet does not sound very knowledgable.
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01/17/05 12:15am
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Blue eyes
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Message To: Blue In reference to Message Id: 223755
Egg laying?! Beardie too old for this
I just want to clarify I am not trying to be rude, but if your vet doesn’t even know proper diet then I would question their knowledge on diagnosing and medicating.
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01/17/05 12:22am
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