Bribribebop
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Hello,
I purchased 2 beardie from Pet Smart, I know, worst decision on a place to purchase them. But anyways, I have one very healthy boy, he has grown about an inch and gain a significant amount of weight in the 3 weeks we have had them. My other guy is sick as can be. I have taken him to the vet. They have me force feeding at this time. He was not eating on his own at all for several days. He gets a bath regularly, his temps are right and he has only been given live, gut loaded feeders, and fresh fruit and veggies changed out every day. They were in the same tank, we have since separated them into their own tanks. My big guy Falkor is right at 8 inches and eats like a horse, but my little one, Itachi, is a little user 7 inches. I have been blending up fresh fruit and veggies and calcium and reptiade to feed him through a small syringe. He hates it I hate it. So I am trying baby food with calcium powder and vitamins. Today we tried just letting him lick it off his nose and when he opens enough dropping a drop or two into his mouth. This was much easier and much less stressful for he and I. I hate trying to pry his tiny mouth open. I a. Currently using a mix of chicken, sweet potato, and Apple, mango, and papaya and doing it tiny drop by tiny drop on his nose. So he is getting veggies, fruit and protein. My big guy likes to run around while I am feeding the sick one, and he likes to take bites of the fruit and veggies (no chicken for him, he eats live feeders). My question is, for my healthy guy, who eats lots of live feeders, and also is given and eats fresh fruits and veggies, to have a few bites of the baby food every now and again? Just as a treat? I am feeding them beechnut all natural. Just fruit and veg, nothing added to them, checked all labels.
Ps: we offer fresh fruits and veggies at all times to both the healthy and sick guy, given fresh water all day long, and offered live feeders 3 to 4 times daily. If Itachi wont eat anything, then he is feed the mixture of baby food and vitamins. It's really a last ditch effort to make sure he gets something in his tummy.
I purchased 2 beardie from Pet Smart, I know, worst decision on a place to purchase them. But anyways, I have one very healthy boy, he has grown about an inch and gain a significant amount of weight in the 3 weeks we have had them. My other guy is sick as can be. I have taken him to the vet. They have me force feeding at this time. He was not eating on his own at all for several days. He gets a bath regularly, his temps are right and he has only been given live, gut loaded feeders, and fresh fruit and veggies changed out every day. They were in the same tank, we have since separated them into their own tanks. My big guy Falkor is right at 8 inches and eats like a horse, but my little one, Itachi, is a little user 7 inches. I have been blending up fresh fruit and veggies and calcium and reptiade to feed him through a small syringe. He hates it I hate it. So I am trying baby food with calcium powder and vitamins. Today we tried just letting him lick it off his nose and when he opens enough dropping a drop or two into his mouth. This was much easier and much less stressful for he and I. I hate trying to pry his tiny mouth open. I a. Currently using a mix of chicken, sweet potato, and Apple, mango, and papaya and doing it tiny drop by tiny drop on his nose. So he is getting veggies, fruit and protein. My big guy likes to run around while I am feeding the sick one, and he likes to take bites of the fruit and veggies (no chicken for him, he eats live feeders). My question is, for my healthy guy, who eats lots of live feeders, and also is given and eats fresh fruits and veggies, to have a few bites of the baby food every now and again? Just as a treat? I am feeding them beechnut all natural. Just fruit and veg, nothing added to them, checked all labels.
Ps: we offer fresh fruits and veggies at all times to both the healthy and sick guy, given fresh water all day long, and offered live feeders 3 to 4 times daily. If Itachi wont eat anything, then he is feed the mixture of baby food and vitamins. It's really a last ditch effort to make sure he gets something in his tummy.