Bearded Dragon Lame rear left leg with a bump on joint

[henward]

Ok, my beardie is about 2.5 years old. A yellow. Here in NZ, they are relatively new as pets. no vets can help here.

The rear left leg just before the join on the hip... the middle joint seems swollen, not soft, but seems like its a hard swollen bit, as if its bone. the other leg is being used fine, but this one he doesnt seem to use it at all. so he runs around using only 3 legs, climbing only 3 legs.
when i extend the normal back right leg, it stretches out far, but the lame one does not, its as if the join is stuck there.

I am guessing this is MBD. lack of vits and cals when young? and maybe sunlight?
i have rectified the situation forever, i made some boo boos i am not proud of, i under estimated its needs basically!! but whats done is done.

here is the current disposition:

leg still lame.
eating plenty - mealworms, waxworms and will chase down locusts and crickets with no problems.
will get plenty of sun and UVB from bulbs for ever.
Cals and vits is no longer an issue either.

My questions:
This dude wont and does not like eating any veges at all, i will throw a piece, it will perhaps eat that thinking its a worm then it wont eat the rest. But i dust every meal with calcium and/o vits. Main diet is mealworms and soon crickets. occasional waxworm. but generally mealworms. they dont retain much dusting, how do i get this dude to intake more vits and cals?? can i put a dish in the tnak and will he lick it like leopard geckos do?

also, what can i do about the lame leg? can i fix it? or do i just live and deal with it? it sok, he seems ok now and active just the leg is lame at the back.

Does the leg being like that affect its breeding capability?

thanks

[henward]

also, can i reverse the effects of the joint damage it has?
maybe heavy calcium and d3 supplementation for awhile?
can i make that leg work again?

[ShaneLuvsMonitors]

Depends on how badly the leg is damaged.

Be carefull with the supplements.

Might just be dislocated.

With regards to it being MBD does it have soft squishy bones? or not

If it dont its proberly not MBD

From your descriptions sounds like its dislocated/broken it or has an absece

All are pretty serious and need to be really treated by a vet....

Which as youve said might be a problem.

[henward]

the front two and back right is fine. when yous ay soft bones, you mean generally their bones?
it seems ridig and hard, the back leg on the left is lame and doesnt move, on the joint is like a ball surrounding it. that is kinda soft ish, feels like tendons but definatley not soft like its muscles.

there are no wounds on the skin or any external injuries i can see. i have been supplementing it alittle more now and natural sunlight, hot summer sun for the last 3 months, moving it for the winter with EXO TERRA SUN GLO spot basking bulb and arcadia reptile bulb.
i thikn before it was really under supplemented thats why.

any feedback ont eh agbove?
i would really appreciate it.

[henward]

ive tracked down a exotic reptile vet. there seems to be only 2 specialists here .
appointment set hope hes ok

[zemanski]

if it is mbd the damage will be permanent but to me it sounds more like an injury, like a dislocation as said before. if it's an injury then it's unlikely a vet can do much as it has been allowed to stay that way for too long although there's a chance with a dislocation that it can be redislocated and set back into the socket.
there is a chance it's calcification on the bone too - this can happen with mbd sometimes