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New member, new baby dragon!!

NikkiAria

Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hello everyone!

I am new here. I want some opinion and little advise for my new baby dragon.

I got her 3 days ago from a pet shop. She was really in a bad mood, lethargic and weak. She wasn't moving at all and I just said I want her. They told me someone else had her and they didn't want her and bring her back. They had her i guess for 3 months the other family...? After a lot of research I got her to her new home to me!! I read up to see what to do with her and the other day I made her a warm bath and she ate a lot but still not moving. She goes little bit around the place were she wants to be and that's it. Today her 3rd day I took her a warm bath again, I let her 10-15 min she liked it a lot she was swimming around and she poop a lot too!!! She was really dehydrated because yesterday she wasn't stopping of drinking water! Today after her bath she seems more energetic in her enclosure. I feel I made her happy those 3 days I got her to her now home. She was looking soo unhappy and weak at the pet store. But the first day I got her, her whole body mostly her back legs were sooo lose she didn't had power to walk and her eyes a little bit sunken and tired. I will show you a picture of the little one. And after a lot of research a little bit of the symptoms it shows that she may has a MBD (hopefully not!!!) or she was really dehydrated. I want you guys to help me if she got that MBD or not!! I really want to make her a new better home for her that's why I got her from pet shop to save her!! Now in her new home I am using a Solar glo 125w UVB/UVA/heat http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/solar_glo.php and I am putting her a Repti Glo 10.0 uvb fluorescence too http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/li ... _bulbs.php and for the night ceramic heat 100w are they okay i guess yah? At day time she has around 32-38 Celsius degrees some other spots are cooler and night time 23-26 Celsius degrees. I am feeding her small crickets and waxworms, mealworms and the greens she needs. All of them I dust them with Calcium+D3 and vitamin. Same for her fresh water everyday with a http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXO-TERRA-C...f18ac1f&pid=100623&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=380623582313 inside 1 drop ofc just to clean up the water!

Hopefully I am in a good setup in there. Please see her photo and let me know if she looks okay or not! I hope she doesn't has any illness or something!! :( The photo I took it was the day I got her. I will take today another fresh photo to show you how she looks now and the enclosure!!!
 

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Canicke

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good for you. definitely dehydrated. it will take more than just a few days to get her back up to snuff. hang in there. kinda hard to diagnose mbd yet. it will take some time to see the results of your care. I know others will comment, too, but I wanted to give you a high five !
 

NikkiAria

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Cyprus
Oh thank you alot!!!
hopefully its not a mbd! :(
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There she is!! Her hands are still weak. Not that much like 3 days ago. But still!!
 

Hdrydr31

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Welcome and good for you for taking her in!! It will take awhile for her to get her strength back..for sure she looks dehydrated. You don't know what her living situation was like prior to you so it's possible she didn't have the basic's for her to be strong/healthy/happy and right now is the most critical time for growth and bone formation.
Take a look at the link below several of our comments as we've put together info for new comers and you will find all sorts of general care that will help you out. I would avoid mealworms as their shells contain alot of chitlin making them hard to digest. Depending on her size you can feed her superworms but just make sure she's good and hydrated.. If your able to dubia roaches are really good staple food item.
 

NikkiAria

Bearded Dragon Egg
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Thank you!! Its been a week now and she is really walking around a lot now! More energetic and she looks much better now :) she still needs tho but she looks better on what she was before!!! :))
 
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