KevinBeard
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Hey guys I was looking for any help and advice on the topic of nails and salad. I have a Bearded Dragon named Pacco that we received a few years ago. He seems pretty old, maybe 8 years, and he is like a war vet to me. We took him in from someone we knew and he was pretty beaten up. His tail was short and nubbed and his toes/fingers were damaged and curled out and a few were missing. We assumed that as a baby his tail was nipped off by other babies and that his nails were done terribly by whoever cut them. Anyways I've attempted to file his nails and clip a few when we got him but I didn't go too overboard because I didn't know which nails were dead and which were healthy when it came to nerves. I left him with my family a year ago as I left the state for schooling, and this past weekend I brought him with me when I got a bigger apartment. I have the following links that will show how his nails look. Any advice on how to care for them now will be helpful.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6RS1rckpZZ2dHcVE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6dE9pUXdnVjRuLW8
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6Y05qalRnelRpRHM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6VUJMRjRzb0QtWk0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6MHE4YVBEOTJQNDQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6cXlsd3JVTlRFQ2M
Also on the topic of salad, I've been recently giving him a fruit salad every day containing lettuce, blueberries, grapes, strawberries, pineapple, and papaya all chopped up for him to easily eat. He barely touches it unfortunately. He may eat the lettuce but that is all. He ate a few blueberries a couple days ago but hasn't touched them since which is weird because he used to eat blueberries all the time. I've tried placing superworms in his bowl to encourage him. I haven't offered him this much of a variety before so I assume that could be factor. Any suggestions on this help will be appreciated as well!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6RS1rckpZZ2dHcVE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6dE9pUXdnVjRuLW8
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6Y05qalRnelRpRHM
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6VUJMRjRzb0QtWk0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6MHE4YVBEOTJQNDQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UeGSXKS-C6cXlsd3JVTlRFQ2M
Also on the topic of salad, I've been recently giving him a fruit salad every day containing lettuce, blueberries, grapes, strawberries, pineapple, and papaya all chopped up for him to easily eat. He barely touches it unfortunately. He may eat the lettuce but that is all. He ate a few blueberries a couple days ago but hasn't touched them since which is weird because he used to eat blueberries all the time. I've tried placing superworms in his bowl to encourage him. I haven't offered him this much of a variety before so I assume that could be factor. Any suggestions on this help will be appreciated as well!