I am very new to this forum and just figured out how to post things. My family life is very complicated, so I cannot have clear communication with my brother and I cannot change his beardie's substrate or the lighting.
I don't know what the temperatures are in his beardie's (Lady's) tank, but she has loose substrate. She is about five years old and 16.5" long. Last time I checked, about a month ago, she weighed 235 grams.
My parents bred her and a friend's dragon last year without any knowledge on how to care for the babies. There were about 10 that hatched, only two are alive. One was given to the male beardie's owner and I insisted on keeping the other one. I researched a lot on how to care for young ones and he is about 6 months old now and I believe he is healthy.
Lady has what I think is her ribcage showing and she eats very little. It seems like she has trouble seeing crickets, so she only eats dusted ones. My brother only feeds her superworms, so I try and get her out of the cage to feed her crickets. I have tried to feed her veggies but she isn't used to them and won't eat them on purpose, only when there are crickets on it. I want to help her, and I read about people giving beardies liquefied veggies. I also bought multivitamin powder but I've seen contradicting information on how often to use it. When she was young, she had what I believe was MBD. Her mouth is uneven. How can I help her without changing the enclosure? Should I give her veggie "soup"? I'll try to attach photos.
I don't know what the temperatures are in his beardie's (Lady's) tank, but she has loose substrate. She is about five years old and 16.5" long. Last time I checked, about a month ago, she weighed 235 grams.
My parents bred her and a friend's dragon last year without any knowledge on how to care for the babies. There were about 10 that hatched, only two are alive. One was given to the male beardie's owner and I insisted on keeping the other one. I researched a lot on how to care for young ones and he is about 6 months old now and I believe he is healthy.
Lady has what I think is her ribcage showing and she eats very little. It seems like she has trouble seeing crickets, so she only eats dusted ones. My brother only feeds her superworms, so I try and get her out of the cage to feed her crickets. I have tried to feed her veggies but she isn't used to them and won't eat them on purpose, only when there are crickets on it. I want to help her, and I read about people giving beardies liquefied veggies. I also bought multivitamin powder but I've seen contradicting information on how often to use it. When she was young, she had what I believe was MBD. Her mouth is uneven. How can I help her without changing the enclosure? Should I give her veggie "soup"? I'll try to attach photos.