Posts Tagged ‘Caring for a Bearded Dragon’

When you’re caring for a bearded dragon that’s sick, you may have to nurse it back to health. In other articles on this blog, I instruct you not to bother with feeding your beardie lettuce because it has virtually no nutritional value. However, they love it – so if your bearded dragon is sick, you can try to coax it to eat by feeding it some lettuce.

It’s important that before you even become the owner of a bearded dragon, you find a vet who can treat it if and when it becomes sick. While it might be your fault for feeding it the wrong foods or not properly caring for it, beardies also get sick for reasons you can’t control.

Stress and anxiety can make your beardie sick and cause it to stop eating. Don’t put it in a bad habitat or tease it with a mirror to see its reaction. And don’t let other pets such as a big dog terrify it for fun. Your beardie could get very sick from this stress.

Your bearded dragon might go into brumation, and shed its skin. This is normal and they won’t eat a lot during this time. But if it’s bleeding, not going “potty” or getting dehydrated looking, rush it to a vet right away!