Schmegal the reacue(now named Alice)

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I rescued Schmegal on May 12th from a craigslist add. Had no white basking light only a black Light no uvb and was on nasty dirty sand. I new he needed help. She said that he was 4yrs old. I weighed him and he weighs 296g. Poor thing is so skinny. I fed him a little salad when I got home and he gobbled it right up and acted like he wanted to eat my fingers. I left him to bask and enjoy the warmth and uvb. The next day I cleaned out his cage. Got rid of the nasty sand and put in tile. Sanitized everything and gave him a nice log to climb on. He is very skittish and when I first when to pick him up he hissed and opened his mouth at me. Just.to be safe I put a glove on but he was fine just scared. I gave him some water also from a dropper. He though it was food and kept trying to eat it but he figured it out ans started drinking. He will even eat out of my hand. Loves his salad and of course his bugs. His poo is a little messy but I'm sure that's from neglect so I will keep an eye on it. Here are some before and after pictures. It want until the next day that I could see he was a yellow color with a very pretty orange beard.
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I am missing part of my tail and 2 toes on one foot :(
 

CooperDragon

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Poor little guy. Looks almost as emaciated as Darwin when I got him. I'm so glad he has a good home with you now. It's a great sign that he's eating on his own. Give him plenty of salads and a nice big variety. I would focus on that and hydration for now and really ease into bugs slowly and even then only every few days. I would keep a chart of his weight so you can track growth. Look for nice small but steady increases over the next several months. I look forward to reading about his progress!
 

Mordecai

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Thank you Cooper. He loves his salad and bugs but I have only fed him bugs twice and only like 10 small dubias. I know he would eat more but don't want to over whelm him. I have already started a chart for his weight and just measured him last night he is 14in but missing part of his tail so still only maybe 16in. So he's a little small. Thanks for the help.
 

Mordecai

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Well we had a bath today
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didn't seem to mind it to much. Got our nails trimmed ate some yummy bugs and salad. Seems to be doing ok. Active and everything but I weighed him and he lost 10g :( it was only a few days since the last I weighed him but I was hoping he was gaining.
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He's still looking nice and alert. Don't worry about the weight loss. Focus on the trends more than the day to day raises and drops (google sheets has a trendline feature built into it's charts). Darwin has had poops that drop his weight 30g almost right away. Look for it to trend upward over the course of a week or a month. If he is alert and has that nice orange beard, things are probably going pretty well as far as he's concerned =)
 

Mordecai

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He seems happy. Still a little skittish. I love his coloring in his beard and he seems to care less about the other 2 dragons. No black beard or head bobbing. He's just real chil.
 

Mordecai

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So I didn't think Schmegal ( found out it is Smegol from lord of the rings I had it wrong but not changing his name) noticed Precious but today I caught him head bobbing but it was in the slowest of slow motion. It was pretty funny. I think it exhausted him.
 

Mordecai

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So after a flashlight test Schmegal is the girl. So she needs a new name and extra calcium. I feel bad I didn't double check before. Just assumed the lady new which dragon laid eggs. Poor girl. Any suggestions for a name?
 

Mordecai

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She's more active now and seems to like her new name Alice. Poo still pretty runny but we will give it more time. She doesn't miss a meal :)
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She's looking very good. Give her a few more weeks with a proper diet and lighting and her poop issue may just sort itself out.
 
I REALLY HATE IT WHEN ANIMALS ARE ABUSED IF I COULD I WOULD BUY SO MUCH LAND AND RESCUE THEM ALL I am so glad he/ she has you, you are a beautiful soul I look forward to more updates and alice is adorable and will love you in no time. I only say he / she cause I thought my baby was a Jethro and turned out to be a kahleesi lol
 
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