NuggetsMama
Hatchling Member
**this is not my beardy***
So this week a friend of a friend of a friend contacted me saying they’ve taken in a 2 year old bearded dragon from someone who (clearly!!) wasn’t taking care of her. This person was told about my previous experience with rehabbing Nugget & asked for advice in helping her Beardy gain weight. They explained to me that they’ve had this girl for 6 months. I’m not 100% sure of their set up but I do know they did not have ANY uvb & was feeding letus & possibly occasional crickets, if any. I gave her a copy of my care notes about husbandry & diet. She went and purchased all new greens veggies & a coil UVB as there were no tube bulbs local (I am giving her my 6 month old Arcadia as I am getting a new one).
My questions are :
1. Is it possible that this poor thing is actually 2 years old? She’s had her for 6 months & I cannot believe how tiny she is for even a 6 month old if she really was only a baby.
2. If she is actually 2 years old should she feed an adult diet? Or because of how tiny should she start less?
3. I also have some Repta boost at home, would that be helpful to give her? Any benefit to dandelion powder, bee pollen, benebac or kidney support during the rehab ?
Thanks for any help! I don’t have a lot of info on the poor girl but do have contact with the new owner so I’m trying to find out more.
As far as I’m told, this is a current picture of an apparently TWO YEAR OLD Beardy.
So this week a friend of a friend of a friend contacted me saying they’ve taken in a 2 year old bearded dragon from someone who (clearly!!) wasn’t taking care of her. This person was told about my previous experience with rehabbing Nugget & asked for advice in helping her Beardy gain weight. They explained to me that they’ve had this girl for 6 months. I’m not 100% sure of their set up but I do know they did not have ANY uvb & was feeding letus & possibly occasional crickets, if any. I gave her a copy of my care notes about husbandry & diet. She went and purchased all new greens veggies & a coil UVB as there were no tube bulbs local (I am giving her my 6 month old Arcadia as I am getting a new one).
My questions are :
1. Is it possible that this poor thing is actually 2 years old? She’s had her for 6 months & I cannot believe how tiny she is for even a 6 month old if she really was only a baby.
2. If she is actually 2 years old should she feed an adult diet? Or because of how tiny should she start less?
3. I also have some Repta boost at home, would that be helpful to give her? Any benefit to dandelion powder, bee pollen, benebac or kidney support during the rehab ?
Thanks for any help! I don’t have a lot of info on the poor girl but do have contact with the new owner so I’m trying to find out more.
As far as I’m told, this is a current picture of an apparently TWO YEAR OLD Beardy.