Hello all!
I foster animals for my local animal shelter and usually its cats, dogs, guinea pigs...but they asked if I could foster a bearded dragon with MBD for a month to help him recover. So while I am submerged in learning all I can about beardies, I want to make sure he is improving and I can't seem to find any websites with signs that he is! He SEEMS like he is getting better...I've had him 10 days or so, I got him a ReptiSun light, his temperatures seem like they are in the proper range and I have Emeraid to feed him every other day (as prescribed by the vet) as well as calcium glubonate daily. He will eat mealworms (I know there are better choices, but that's all I can find at the moment...I'm working on it!) and SOMETIMES he will eat salad - I make him a little mix of endive, red peppers, carrots, apples, cucumbers...he mostly only eats the veggies if there happens to be a worm on them.
When he first came he was flat...they were calling him Flat Stanley...he was so pancake-y...he seems to hold his head up a lot more and sort of "swims" around his cage. I hope those are signs that maybe he is getting better!
Any advice or tips are greatly appreciated!!! TIA!!
Jena
I foster animals for my local animal shelter and usually its cats, dogs, guinea pigs...but they asked if I could foster a bearded dragon with MBD for a month to help him recover. So while I am submerged in learning all I can about beardies, I want to make sure he is improving and I can't seem to find any websites with signs that he is! He SEEMS like he is getting better...I've had him 10 days or so, I got him a ReptiSun light, his temperatures seem like they are in the proper range and I have Emeraid to feed him every other day (as prescribed by the vet) as well as calcium glubonate daily. He will eat mealworms (I know there are better choices, but that's all I can find at the moment...I'm working on it!) and SOMETIMES he will eat salad - I make him a little mix of endive, red peppers, carrots, apples, cucumbers...he mostly only eats the veggies if there happens to be a worm on them.
When he first came he was flat...they were calling him Flat Stanley...he was so pancake-y...he seems to hold his head up a lot more and sort of "swims" around his cage. I hope those are signs that maybe he is getting better!
Any advice or tips are greatly appreciated!!! TIA!!
Jena