for some reason my little female beardie wont eat and is really dark and skinny but shes kinda been like this for a while and seems to eat only when she has to. we got another bearded dragon 2 months after we got her and even though the new one was smaller it was much more voracious and ate as much as possible so it got most of the food in the cage, but we made sure the older one ate. later though it seemed as though the younger one was picking on the other one. we figured if we gave them seperate cages it would improve the situation but it hasnt. any ideas what it is and how i can improve it?

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keep them seperate if there is a size differance. what are you feeding them and how old do you figure them to be? i have only one bearded dragon but have tried to do as much research for him as i could...

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Keep them separate, that is something that we are always doing with our herd… Moving them around as some grow larger and some become more aggressive. Also it is winter time so she might be wanting to burmate a bit. Give her lots of water and a soak; make sure she is warm, offer some greens and some different food and I suspect she will snap out of it.

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Like chad said, I think she's in brumation. Do all the stuff he said to do. He's 100% right.

How old is she? Also, what is the sex of the newer one? Also if she is younger than a year she isn't brumating. If you pick them up look at the bottom of her and if there is diamonds then she is stressed. It isn't a coloration, its stress. Make sure she is getting dusted crickets every other day and then greens. Make sure she is getting 20+ crickets if she is under a year (everyday). When she gets about 12 inches start her on superworms. Don't give her a lot of superworms because they have a lot of fat and they can make your beardie sick and they might regergatate. Also, if you want too, put some calcium on the greens so they get even more calcium. Hope this helps.

They're both females and she is about 10 months old, the newer one is 8 months

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Ok, Maybe they are going into brumation. Lol, but it is interesting. I put my Beardies into bumation. They don't go into by themselves (my dragons.). Also, do they have the diamonds on their tummy?

i just checked and she does have diamonds. And i can't get her to eat

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Hmmm not good. How long has it been since she has eaten?? I would order some Parazap. www.dragons4you.net. They have it. You make it in water and it is sort of like a tea. Get a eye dropper and feed it too her. Make sure you follow the directions on it. Also, do this for a while but don't offer as much food as she normally gets. Maybe one or two crickets a day (if the other ones are gone) so you know she is taking intrest in food.

I just got her to eat, she ate several mealworms which she has always preferred over crickets. But one more thing will she ever get her coloring back because she has been black for a while

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