Need help dragons dieing.

The fourth one that passed was in a separate cage and was the oje that bled the other three were together.

So did you bring anything new into your colony in the recent days or weeks prior to this occuring?

No not as of almost 2 months ago.

YOu do not have to give away the breeder or anything of that nature but it is a possibility (depending on how thorough or unthorough your cleaning is between handling one set of dragons to another) that this dragon carried something nasty that spread and incubated in some of your other dragons via you as the carrier. I have seen people bring in a single dragon and lose their entire colony within 4 months. Good luck with the necropsies I hope the vets can find some info out for you (though their ability to find some things greatly decrease after the first 24 hours.)

I stay pretty to wash and disinfect between each handing but to say I'm 100% would be a lie. Accidents happen and certain emergencies as. Well so that is always a possibility and my fear.

Could the feeders (crickets, roaches, etc.) be carriers of something themselves?? Someone I talked to said they were told a few cricket farms were dealing with some sort of virus or infestation in the crickets. Not saying that it is 100% true but could it be a possiblity??

Originally Posted by bubblesd1234

Could the feeders (crickets, roaches, etc.) be carriers of something themselves?? Someone I talked to said they were told a few cricket farms were dealing with some sort of virus or infestation in the crickets. Not saying that it is 100% true but could it be a possiblity??

I am not sure if it has jumped the "pond" so to speak but there was a very bad virus that was killing off mass numbers of the captive cricket farming colonies. If it has made its way over here I am not sure if it woull affect the dragons or not. Good thing to bring up though.

I heard about that its been affecting cali for awhile now. I heard that yes it could but no proof yet.

Probably the way to rule out crickets as a possibility is to name your cricket supplier...if others are using them with no problems then it's highly unlikely to be the cause.Also,you would have noticed sick/dying crix. And if the crix overseas were sick and people heard of it here,surely there would be reports of beardies getting sick as well as other lizards. I think that all the dragons have the same illness,just that one vomited a large amount of blood before dying whereas the others died with no vomiting. Hopefully your vet will have some answers...I'm really sorry that you are going through this.

This is just terrible! So sorry for your losses. Just throwing this out there... could you possibly be bringing something into your dragon area? Something on your clothing or body that may be toxic... perhaps from your employment?