Hello!
I got 2 baby bearded dragons from my friend 4 months ago. She was feeding them a diet of carrots, and crickets once a week which is terrible and also no calcium powder and even no heat lamp! I knew imediatley i wanted to take them and make them healthy again! One was a little bigger then the other when i first got them, but he has since grown a TON and is thriving! The other one (toothless) is really struggling. It seems that he has not grown much. He hasn't even shed. He definitely had MBD when i first got him and it is even worse now. His front leg drags a little and his back legs are worse. His back legs are also really swollen! I read that the swelling can be from not shedding all the skin and cutting off blood supply, so I have been soaking him in warm water a lot. But I don't think that's it. I have been feeding him crickets coverd in calcium every day since he is so small and doesn't eat more then 5 on a good day. He gets chopped lettuce and bell pepper covered i. Calcium every day too (dont usually eat it). He is under a UVB bulb and 75 W basking light everyday. PLEASE HELP!!!I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING WRONG!!
I got 2 baby bearded dragons from my friend 4 months ago. She was feeding them a diet of carrots, and crickets once a week which is terrible and also no calcium powder and even no heat lamp! I knew imediatley i wanted to take them and make them healthy again! One was a little bigger then the other when i first got them, but he has since grown a TON and is thriving! The other one (toothless) is really struggling. It seems that he has not grown much. He hasn't even shed. He definitely had MBD when i first got him and it is even worse now. His front leg drags a little and his back legs are worse. His back legs are also really swollen! I read that the swelling can be from not shedding all the skin and cutting off blood supply, so I have been soaking him in warm water a lot. But I don't think that's it. I have been feeding him crickets coverd in calcium every day since he is so small and doesn't eat more then 5 on a good day. He gets chopped lettuce and bell pepper covered i. Calcium every day too (dont usually eat it). He is under a UVB bulb and 75 W basking light everyday. PLEASE HELP!!!I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING WRONG!!