u/throwawayihavaturtle

This is my beardy Willow! I was recently gifted a much larger tank for her (18inch wide by nearly 4ft long but its about half an inch shorter than her current tank so I will need to have the UVB raised). Right now I have it balanced on emptied bushes baked beans cans and its not very secure and the new tank has a sliding top so I dont want it constantly falling. (BTW I am still saving up for an enclosure thats the standard 4x2x2! The fact that I have to order online because no where near me carries them and tariffs increasing the price is making it take a couple more months than I was hoping but she will not be in a tank thats too small forever).

Shes been acting strange for the past few days, she used to spend the majority of her time on her basking spot but now shes always sitting on her hammock on the cool side of her enclosure and has been glass surfing, trying to climb out of her tank, and occasionally pacing. She smeared poop all over the back wall of her tank about 3 days ago which makes me think shes been pacing a lot when im not there. Google said shes likely gravid but I felt her stomach and didn’t feel anything that felt like eggs. I gave her the nesting box last night and she refused to use it and climbed out of it and back onto her hammock and when i woke up this morning she was still on her hammock. Her appetite is much smaller than it used to be, she will still eat a couple bites but after that she refuses but she used to devour a whole salad. I think im going to buy crickets today to see if she will eat those. (Disclaimers: I know her tank is too small, she was given to me by my friends aunt and the tank came with her, Ive been saving up money and am going to buy her a proper enclosure once I move into my apartment this August. She has a lot of mealworms in her bowl because shes been refusing to eat, I don’t feed her that many mealworms when she eats her salad and crickets. She also clearly has MBD from her past owner, I am coating all of her food with calcium and she has heat and UVB)

Hi! I recently was given an adult female bearded dragon (around 3 years old) who was neglected and has MBD and I want to do right by her. I want to make sure the information on this website https://reptifiles.com/bearded-dragon-care/bearded-dragon-food/ is accurate and if my baby will be healthy if I follow it religiously. Please lmk if theres a better care guide for me to follow! Also side question is she too fat or does she look to be a healthy weight? The pic is her in her dig box (washed play sand NOT calcium sand).