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Cutting to the matter I recently visited a friend that had a bearded dragon and I remember it being healthy before it never was entirely fat but it was definitely healthy or so I think so
I visited yesterday after a long time and what I saw horrified me, the bones are pretty much visible and is totally lethargic
I took it home since he told me he can't take care of it anymore because of studies and work so now I put it in an improvised tank with paper towels and a trunk so it can climb
Its tank was very dirty with very dirty tile with poops that were probably very very old and it was laying on a corner without moving much
How can I bulk it up? Theres literally no reptile specialized vets anywhere around where I live and the closest ones are very far away + I don't have much money because I'm a student
I gave it a warm bath and it drank water for almost the entire time also dipped it head underwater and that scared me so I kept pulling it up
But apparently it was just drinking so I let it be
When I took it back it started coughing and threw up some water which scared me to death but I read that's ok and not something very worrying since it's fairly common
I force fed it some zucchini and banana (not a lot I want to slowly increase the intake) it took some effort but it ate it, I have an UVB light and a ceramic light that I bought this morning installed and gave it some water but in 10 seconds intervals to avoid it getting sick again
Right now it seems more active and is walking around and randomly running sometimes, also standing on its legs instead of laying totally down
I'm planing on buying insects tomorrow since it likes chasing things specially attracted to movement when I was putting down the paper towels
What should I get better? Crickets or worms? Protein or fat?
I really want this little guy to survive
Any help will be greatly appreciated I will adjunct some pictures
The bones
The set up I quickly put together
Cutting to the matter I recently visited a friend that had a bearded dragon and I remember it being healthy before it never was entirely fat but it was definitely healthy or so I think so
I visited yesterday after a long time and what I saw horrified me, the bones are pretty much visible and is totally lethargic
I took it home since he told me he can't take care of it anymore because of studies and work so now I put it in an improvised tank with paper towels and a trunk so it can climb
Its tank was very dirty with very dirty tile with poops that were probably very very old and it was laying on a corner without moving much
How can I bulk it up? Theres literally no reptile specialized vets anywhere around where I live and the closest ones are very far away + I don't have much money because I'm a student
I gave it a warm bath and it drank water for almost the entire time also dipped it head underwater and that scared me so I kept pulling it up
But apparently it was just drinking so I let it be
When I took it back it started coughing and threw up some water which scared me to death but I read that's ok and not something very worrying since it's fairly common
I force fed it some zucchini and banana (not a lot I want to slowly increase the intake) it took some effort but it ate it, I have an UVB light and a ceramic light that I bought this morning installed and gave it some water but in 10 seconds intervals to avoid it getting sick again
Right now it seems more active and is walking around and randomly running sometimes, also standing on its legs instead of laying totally down
I'm planing on buying insects tomorrow since it likes chasing things specially attracted to movement when I was putting down the paper towels
What should I get better? Crickets or worms? Protein or fat?
I really want this little guy to survive
Any help will be greatly appreciated I will adjunct some pictures
The bones
The set up I quickly put together