I have a bearded dragon whos legs and tail have became orange and hes not moveing much at all can any1 helpme?

Answer 1

Well it could be metabolic bone disease (what the previous answer called MBD), or it could be impactation. With impactation the back legs become paralyzed. MBD is the equivalent of osteoprosis is in humans, and if not caught and corrected in time their bones start to break (very painful and the reason they don't move much when they've got it), but this is typically seen in older bearded dragons that have not had the proper lighting or vitamin supplement. As for the orange on the legs and tail... did your beardie just shed? It could be that you have a citrus or some other color morph. I have a citrus flame, and when getting ready to shed he's kinda grey all over, but after he's done his colors get really bright. Also beardies go through brumation... it's kinda like hibernation, but they don't go completely to sleep or completely swear off food. Instead they slow way down, and eat very little. There is speculation as to whether or not this is safe for them, but some beardies are stubborn and that's their natural instinct and will do it regardless of wheather or not we want them to, and it seems that it doesn't matter where you live or what time of year it is! I would check with a vet just to be on the safe side. If he or she is moving, but draging his or her back legs then I would suspect impactation (this is from them eating something they cannot digest... sand, crushed walnut shells, or other substrates or stuff they may have come into contact with that is not digestable). For instance... corn isn't digestable to humans, but our intestines are large enough we can "pass it", beardies have much smaller intestines, and there for it's harder for them to just "pass" stuff that they can't digest. Even the "safe" calci sand can be a problem if they eat big mouthfuls of it... it's only safe if they get small amounts of it. I hope this helps. If you've got a young beardie... I don't know that it would be metabolic bone disease since this is something that takes some time to progress into the final stages. I would be more inclined to think your beardie is trying to brumate and has just shed on those parts of his or her body. It's kinda scary... I didn't know about brumation the first time my beardie did it, and I was terrified that he was sick, and he wasn't eating that much and I was constantly moving him making sure he was ok. I've learned more since then, but the first time is always kinda scary! I hope this helps... Here is a good yahoo group for beardie owners http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/pogona/ It's like a question and answer site devoted to beardies, and it has breeders and other owners on there too. I've learned so much from this site, and I think I've only ever posted twice... but just from reading everyone elses problems, and the solutions given by the breeders, or the mistakes that other owners have made... or what their vets have told them, I have learned more than I knew about any other pet I've ever had. I hope all this helped some...

Answer 2

Best bet is an experienced reptile vet (see link below for a list). Could be MBD--very serious. What is his setup? No sand or loose substrate, heat lamp, large tank (over 50 gal), UVB on for 12 hours a day and within 12 inches of basking, a variety of insects properly gutloaded and vitamin/calcium dusted, misting daily and weekly baths, etc.

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/home.html

http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BD.html

http://www.reptilerooms.com/

http://www.herpvetconnection.com/

Answer 3

Not positive, but possibly it has hind leg paralysis setting in. Herp's need calcium suppliments, are you giving him
rep-cal herptivite, and rep-cal calcium with vit-D3?
IF not you should do some research on the net to see if these are the symptoms.