Hey all,
So my little guy is just over a year and a half and had been eating poorly. I began loading him up on the fattier insects in hope to avoid weight loss. It's been rather hot lately and he had been rather lethargic so I took him to the vet and she confirmed he was pretty dehydrated..the temps in his tank were getting between 110-115 daily. I gave him injections of fluids for 4 days and am finishing up his antibiotics..the last dose is on Wednesday. Now my question is because his liver has suffered some damage (probably due to me making the lazy and unfortunate decision to feed him beardie fast food coupled with generally poor eating habits) what should I feed him in the mean time to get him back on track and feeling fine? The last two days I've been blending up some veggies (collard, turnip, and mustard greens) with some carrots and feeding him with a syringe. I tried giving him some crickets today and saw him eat 2 or 3 but he's still kinda slow and seemed disinterested after awhile. Should I just stick to the veggies until he is feeling better anyway to avoid excess fat intake? Any recommendations would help a lot...he's my first bearded dragon and has had a clean bill of health until winter came around and went into brumation.
So my little guy is just over a year and a half and had been eating poorly. I began loading him up on the fattier insects in hope to avoid weight loss. It's been rather hot lately and he had been rather lethargic so I took him to the vet and she confirmed he was pretty dehydrated..the temps in his tank were getting between 110-115 daily. I gave him injections of fluids for 4 days and am finishing up his antibiotics..the last dose is on Wednesday. Now my question is because his liver has suffered some damage (probably due to me making the lazy and unfortunate decision to feed him beardie fast food coupled with generally poor eating habits) what should I feed him in the mean time to get him back on track and feeling fine? The last two days I've been blending up some veggies (collard, turnip, and mustard greens) with some carrots and feeding him with a syringe. I tried giving him some crickets today and saw him eat 2 or 3 but he's still kinda slow and seemed disinterested after awhile. Should I just stick to the veggies until he is feeling better anyway to avoid excess fat intake? Any recommendations would help a lot...he's my first bearded dragon and has had a clean bill of health until winter came around and went into brumation.