RapscallionRed
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Hello all,
I just rescued a very friendly 5 year old beardie named Rango yesterday. Unfortunately he has been living in deplorable conditions for the last few years of his life... before we got him yesterday we were told he had “everything he needed”. Turns out that was not the case.
Rango has been living in a 20 gallon tank his whole life, and it’s obviously stunted his growth. He’s about 12inches from snout to tip of his tail, which by the way is nubbed on the end . He never had a heat lamp or ANY lighting for that matter. We were told he was being fed crickets once a week, and otherwise came to us with a small bowl full of garbage bearded dragon pellets.
As soon as we got him yesterday we went out and got a basking bulb set up and a UVB light. We picked up some crickets and calcium powder, and I grabbed some kale, collard greens, blueberries, and blackberries. So far he’s only eating crickets, I don’t think he’s ever had salad. He’s basking and starting to move around more today but he’s very shaky and I’m pretty sure he has some amount of MBD.
I’ll be upgrading his tank to a 40 gallon as soon as I can afford it. I’m just worried about him. Any advice would be amazing. I’ve never owned a dragon, but I’ve done COPIOUS amounts of research in the last week when we found out we were getting him. I just want him to thrive and live out a good and healthy rest of his life! Please let me know what else I can do!
I just rescued a very friendly 5 year old beardie named Rango yesterday. Unfortunately he has been living in deplorable conditions for the last few years of his life... before we got him yesterday we were told he had “everything he needed”. Turns out that was not the case.
Rango has been living in a 20 gallon tank his whole life, and it’s obviously stunted his growth. He’s about 12inches from snout to tip of his tail, which by the way is nubbed on the end . He never had a heat lamp or ANY lighting for that matter. We were told he was being fed crickets once a week, and otherwise came to us with a small bowl full of garbage bearded dragon pellets.
As soon as we got him yesterday we went out and got a basking bulb set up and a UVB light. We picked up some crickets and calcium powder, and I grabbed some kale, collard greens, blueberries, and blackberries. So far he’s only eating crickets, I don’t think he’s ever had salad. He’s basking and starting to move around more today but he’s very shaky and I’m pretty sure he has some amount of MBD.
I’ll be upgrading his tank to a 40 gallon as soon as I can afford it. I’m just worried about him. Any advice would be amazing. I’ve never owned a dragon, but I’ve done COPIOUS amounts of research in the last week when we found out we were getting him. I just want him to thrive and live out a good and healthy rest of his life! Please let me know what else I can do!