![]() There are quite a few causes for this that are not preventable. Some of the reasons for loss of appetite have to do with poor husbandry, but not all. Now that I have thoroughly covered my rear lets proceed. In any event that your dragon isn’t eating for prolonged periods of time and is having substantial weight loss you need to see a vet. These tips are here to provide at least a little insight into your dragons loss of appetite. ![]() I want to say that these are just tips and hints for when your bearded dragon won’t eat. You can check out more information on proper temperatures at my bearded dragon heating page. If your dragon’s hungry, it will eat when an optimal body temperature is reached. You might have to wait a little while for your dragon to either warm up or cool down for them to eat. If your dragon isn’t eating, check out their temperatures. I do, however, keep proper temperatures fairly consistently, but there are times when they do go awry. It’s not whether you keep perfect temperatures every second of the day, but how quickly you notice and correct them. Though, I do correct them as soon as possible. Now, are you a bad person, if you don’t have perfect temperatures in your dragon’s cage every single second of the day? Yes…….er…I mean No!Īs you have probably guessed, I am guilty of not having perfect temps all the time myself. It’s actually better for them if they don’t eat when their cold. The food they eat will actually start to rot inside their stomachs. If they do eat when they are cold and don’t have access to a high heat source, the results won’t be pretty. If they are too cold and can’t warm up, they probably won’t eat as well. They will focus more on trying to cool down. Their instincts will be on surviving, and at the time of overheating, surviving doesn’t include food. If your dragon is overheated, I guarantee you they will not eat. What I didn’t really understand is that a dragon might not eat, if they don’t have proper temperatures.Īctually, your temperatures have to be off more than a little for your dragon to lose its appetite. We all pretty much know this, for the most part. Direct correlation? I think so.Ī bearded dragon needs an optimal body temperature to digest their food. I don’t like to admit it, but I guess you would have found that out sooner or later.Īs the temperatures in my dragon’s cage wasn’t optimal, my dragon’s appetite also wasn’t optimal. ![]() I have been know to blunder from time to time. I did this by using a dimmer switch on my basking lights, but that’s another newsletter.Īs I was battling the summer heat, with my powerful dimmer switch, I would sometimes go over and under my desired temperature (not all at once however). Well maybe not a huge breakthrough, but at least a light went on inside my head.Īs summer came and temperatures rose inside my house, I was in a constant battle to keep the temps in my dragons cages under control. I can hear many of you saying to yourself right about now, “Well, duh!”.Įven so, this is a real breakthrough to me. Just recently I have noticed that there is a real correlation between my dragon’s appetite and the temperatures in their cages. ![]()
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