Tasalyn
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hi! So I have a beardie and he is 7 months old and he is so very healthy, poops almost every day and he eats everything I give him. So I decided to add to my little reptile family and get another beardie. I personally prefer to adopt all of my animals rather than buy, so I went on Craigslist to look for a beardie. I’ve been looking for a couple of weeks and finally one popped up (I live in a semi-small town and I feel like most people here aren’t into reptiles).
There were no pictures of anything, so I had no idea what I was getting into, but I’m impulsive so I went and picked up the beardie. I got there and walked into a dark, middle school aged kids room and it was freezing, even for me. This poor beardies tank was sitting in front of a fan with no uvb or heat and I about hit the lady in the face.
The tank was in terrible condition, sand with dead crickets everywhere, old shed, feces, just everything that would tell you this poor baby was not taken care of. And he is huge, and very skinny. They gave me a 40 gallon tank, and I had to save up for a bigger one. He was cold to the touch and so stiff and it shattered my heart. So I took him home and rushed to the store to get the correct UVB and heat and reptile carpet and everything that he needs. He ate from my hand as soon as I offered him food which really took me by surprise because on the car ride home, his beard was very black. He ended up eating a crap ton of super worms (I know they are fatty, but he was so skinny and starved, I fed him whatever he would eat) he ate kale too. He basked under the light forever and kept looking at it, it was like watching someone defrost.
He pooped and his urate was a solid little white ball. He is completely dehydrated.
Later after that, he was trying to jump out of his cage so I took him out and put him in my lap and he crawled right into my shoulder and did not move while I pet him for a while and when I tried to put him back in his cage for night time, he did not want to let go (not to mention his nails are so very long, I need to trim them when he gets more comfortable). But it warmed my heart to know that he is already so trusting with me. He seriously is so sweet, I’m so angry he wasn’t cared for properly.
So that’s a huge long story for my initial question.
Do you guys have any advice on nursing beardies back to health after someone didn’t properly take care of them? She said that he is 2 years old, and I know adult beardies are supposed to eat more greens, but since he is so malnourished, should he be eating more insects? He’s definitely going to be getting plenty of love and attention!!
The pictures were taken throughout the day, before and after I gave him a basking spot
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There were no pictures of anything, so I had no idea what I was getting into, but I’m impulsive so I went and picked up the beardie. I got there and walked into a dark, middle school aged kids room and it was freezing, even for me. This poor beardies tank was sitting in front of a fan with no uvb or heat and I about hit the lady in the face.
The tank was in terrible condition, sand with dead crickets everywhere, old shed, feces, just everything that would tell you this poor baby was not taken care of. And he is huge, and very skinny. They gave me a 40 gallon tank, and I had to save up for a bigger one. He was cold to the touch and so stiff and it shattered my heart. So I took him home and rushed to the store to get the correct UVB and heat and reptile carpet and everything that he needs. He ate from my hand as soon as I offered him food which really took me by surprise because on the car ride home, his beard was very black. He ended up eating a crap ton of super worms (I know they are fatty, but he was so skinny and starved, I fed him whatever he would eat) he ate kale too. He basked under the light forever and kept looking at it, it was like watching someone defrost.
He pooped and his urate was a solid little white ball. He is completely dehydrated.
Later after that, he was trying to jump out of his cage so I took him out and put him in my lap and he crawled right into my shoulder and did not move while I pet him for a while and when I tried to put him back in his cage for night time, he did not want to let go (not to mention his nails are so very long, I need to trim them when he gets more comfortable). But it warmed my heart to know that he is already so trusting with me. He seriously is so sweet, I’m so angry he wasn’t cared for properly.
So that’s a huge long story for my initial question.
Do you guys have any advice on nursing beardies back to health after someone didn’t properly take care of them? She said that he is 2 years old, and I know adult beardies are supposed to eat more greens, but since he is so malnourished, should he be eating more insects? He’s definitely going to be getting plenty of love and attention!!
The pictures were taken throughout the day, before and after I gave him a basking spot
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
