| As a captive bred pet, and given the right habitat, | | | | There also are genetic bearded dragon diseases that |
| temperature and lighting, your lizard is a particularly | | | | they are born with. These can happen in the |
| hardy one. Bearded dragon diseases, are of course | | | | offspring of adults that could be firmly related. |
| something that should be careful about but if you | | | | Infrequently these genetic diseases can involve |
| know what to watch out for, you can mostly stop | | | | misshapen limbs, tails and in some rarer cases, |
| the major onset of any major sickness. One of the | | | | additional members. |
| issues is that these pets will do their best to cover | | | | Calcium and Vitamin D3 inadequacies could cause fits, |
| any ailment or symptoms so take special care to be | | | | or stunted expansion, poor bone expansion and other |
| watchful. | | | | deformities. |
| As with other reptiles and animals in natural settings, | | | | However these bearded dragon diseases can be |
| this behaviour is very likely instinct, and the law of | | | | evaded by having acceptable lighting, and introducing |
| the wild is only the robust survive. Unwell or hurt | | | | diet additions into the diet. |
| animals have an inclination to come to an early | | | | There also are Beta carotene inadequacies which |
| passing, thru being attacked and finished by stronger | | | | could cause the coloration of your dragon to steadily |
| animals. | | | | fade. This is particularly clear in really brightly coloured |
| There are some widely known bearded dragon | | | | dragons. By including carrots and orange/yellow plants |
| diseases, and they can include Agamid Adenovirus, | | | | in the diet, this problem should right itself. If you are |
| Mites, Terminal Ingestion, Impaction, Calcium | | | | at any stage worried that your dragon could be |
| Deficiency, Breathing Infections, Dehydration, | | | | affected by something outside your control or |
| Stomatitis, Coccidia, Parasites and Metabolic Bone | | | | recognition, see your vet as quickly as possible. |
| Illness. Now this definitely sounds a lot when reading | | | | As with any animal or pet, the basic requirements to |
| it like this, but again, with great care and habitat, | | | | good health are diet, temperature, and clean housing, |
| most or all these things can be evaded. | | | | and if you have all these things at the ideal levels, |
| Most bearded dragons are healthy reptiles. They're a | | | | there isn't any reason to believe that your pet will |
| hardy breed and can live for ten years or longer, and | | | | get a kind of bearded dragon illness. |
| even the very best care, bearded dragon diseases | | | | Recalling to scrub your pets environment as and |
| can strike at any point. By knowing the local reptile | | | | when required, and boiling any foreign objects to get |
| vet in your neighborhood, you can avoid a lot of the | | | | introduced to the enclosure, will go a ways to making |
| start of sickness before it becomes too significant. | | | | certain your dragon's health and well being. |