Hello all!
Long story short, my ex had bought a bearded dragon; When we broke up he left the dragon.
I've been doing research online for a few days now and discovered he had extremely poor husbandry practice. Fed her mealworms and kale (with occasionally dusting) and bathed her maybe once a month. After looking at photos of other lizards I feel she may also have MBD.
I feel like a horrible person for not noticing earlier that she needed help and I realize this is my own fault for not being involved (I'll be honest, the lizard scared me... and still does a little lol). I'm doing everything possible now to give her the best care.
She's been upgraded to a 4ft long tank, added more enrichment into the tank (hammock, climbing rocks, driftwood), removed the sand and now use repti-carpet, given frequent baths, and "outdoor" time in the sun in a playpen. She's got a dual dome light (one has a heat light and one is a white light) but I'm thinking about changing them to the longer tube style lights (open to suggestions!).
I've changed her diet as well, and offer her a salad with a large variety but she won't eat any of it! occasionally she'll pick the kale out but I can't get her to try anything new. It's frustrating! Is there anything I can do to get her to eat more fruits and veggies?
I've offered her a variety of insects that I've been dusting and gut loading but she'll only stick to the mealworms for the most part. She has yet to try a silkworm, hornworm or cricket (but will eat the superworms sometimes). I heard wax worms are good for weight gain but that some beardies won't go back to other insects so I'm hesitant on trying them. Is there anything else I can do to help the girl gain some weight? if I use wax worms how often do I feed them?
I also wanted to ask what's everyone's favorite brand of vitamins to use?
Thanks in advance
Long story short, my ex had bought a bearded dragon; When we broke up he left the dragon.
I've been doing research online for a few days now and discovered he had extremely poor husbandry practice. Fed her mealworms and kale (with occasionally dusting) and bathed her maybe once a month. After looking at photos of other lizards I feel she may also have MBD.
I feel like a horrible person for not noticing earlier that she needed help and I realize this is my own fault for not being involved (I'll be honest, the lizard scared me... and still does a little lol). I'm doing everything possible now to give her the best care.
She's been upgraded to a 4ft long tank, added more enrichment into the tank (hammock, climbing rocks, driftwood), removed the sand and now use repti-carpet, given frequent baths, and "outdoor" time in the sun in a playpen. She's got a dual dome light (one has a heat light and one is a white light) but I'm thinking about changing them to the longer tube style lights (open to suggestions!).
I've changed her diet as well, and offer her a salad with a large variety but she won't eat any of it! occasionally she'll pick the kale out but I can't get her to try anything new. It's frustrating! Is there anything I can do to get her to eat more fruits and veggies?
I've offered her a variety of insects that I've been dusting and gut loading but she'll only stick to the mealworms for the most part. She has yet to try a silkworm, hornworm or cricket (but will eat the superworms sometimes). I heard wax worms are good for weight gain but that some beardies won't go back to other insects so I'm hesitant on trying them. Is there anything else I can do to help the girl gain some weight? if I use wax worms how often do I feed them?
I also wanted to ask what's everyone's favorite brand of vitamins to use?
Thanks in advance
