Baby beardie

[animallover1999]

After I feed my bearded dragon, i place her on the edge of the water bowl to encourage her to drink from it. I usually feed her at night before i go to bed. i spray her everyday after she eats too. So, she decided to go into the water bowl. She sleeps there all night. She is an old baby, not quite a juevenile. So there for she fits completely in the "Dragon lagoon". She keeps her head propped up on the end of the lagoon and has one arm hanging out. She sleeps there all night. She would sleep there a lot longer if i didnt move her out of it in the morning. She doesnt do this everynight.

Will this cause skin problems, health problems, etc?

 

[Tom]

I don't know if it will or won't, but I wouldn't do it.

Also, I'd feed your beardie earlier in the day, so it can sit and bask and digest all day. I wouldn't want a big meal sitting in a cold belly all night personally.

Just my thoughts on the matter...

 

[ianedward1]

They can develop respiratory infections if they are allowed to be overexposed to humidity and not get enough heat to dry out. I haven't really ever heard of one completely sleeping in water like that before

 

[wellington]

I agree with all above. I wouldn't let him sleep in it and I would surely not feed him so late.

 

[Sulcata tortoise665]

I wouldn't let him sit in there all the time… it might cause skin problems

 

[BlueMorpho]

Probably not good to let him sit in water, both because of potential skin problems and respiratory ones.
Beardies don't tend to drink much. The best ways to keep them hydrated is to bathe them at least once a week (I bathe my sub-adult daily because that's the only way she'll poop, and my 6-month-old every second or third day), or offer them water droplets from your finger (if he's not a biter) or an oral syringe. Another great way is to spritz his greens with water before serving them, or offer fruits and veggies with a substantial water content.
Directly after eating, though, it's best to let him bask so that he can digest properly.
Good luck!

 

[JJ_BOY]

My old beardie did that too!! And he had problems breathing due to sleeping in water and he died soon after!!