rclay
Member
well i'm back on the forum again.
just wanted to report m story,
well as you know i have a one year old beardy and a few months before i got mine a guy i know also purchased one as a baby.
after several months of excellent care and great body size the care of the dragon dropped significantly as the "WOW" factor wore off.
the poor dragon has been starved for almost two months now (this is not the first time it was not feed consecutively).
their room mate came to me and informed me of the situation and they actually believed it was dead so i brought some crickets with some spare brocoli over.
the poor dragon was triple the size less than it use to be, it's poor bones are very brittle, it barely can open it's eyes.
it's so bad i almost thought it was dead because when i got there it would'nt move and it's skin is kinda saggy too.
after giving it alot of heat, force fed food it is now moving on and off slowly instead of laying lifeless in the cage.
after alot of convincing i was able to get the dragon, however i only have a ceramic heat bulb, 10 gal tank with small amount of decor inside.
i do have some spare crickets and brocoli left to feed it, i will unfortunately not be able to get it a proper bulb for 2 days and i will not be able to get it another enclosure unless i can get the person to give me the tank it was in (tank is an upright exo terra tank so it's not necessarily the best either).
i will post two pic's i took of it, it's very skiddish and a little agressive so i couldn't get better pic's.
sorry if the pic's are big but it's the best way to see his/her's condition.
any suggestions on helping bring it to a speedy recovery?
should i try to plump it up with a daily diet of crickets or is there something else that would work better?
all feedback is greatly appreciated as i would love to save this beautiful creature!
btw they named it Quagmire after the family guy character and mine was named Cleveland from the show as well.
just wanted to report m story,
well as you know i have a one year old beardy and a few months before i got mine a guy i know also purchased one as a baby.
after several months of excellent care and great body size the care of the dragon dropped significantly as the "WOW" factor wore off.
the poor dragon has been starved for almost two months now (this is not the first time it was not feed consecutively).
their room mate came to me and informed me of the situation and they actually believed it was dead so i brought some crickets with some spare brocoli over.
the poor dragon was triple the size less than it use to be, it's poor bones are very brittle, it barely can open it's eyes.
it's so bad i almost thought it was dead because when i got there it would'nt move and it's skin is kinda saggy too.
after giving it alot of heat, force fed food it is now moving on and off slowly instead of laying lifeless in the cage.
after alot of convincing i was able to get the dragon, however i only have a ceramic heat bulb, 10 gal tank with small amount of decor inside.
i do have some spare crickets and brocoli left to feed it, i will unfortunately not be able to get it a proper bulb for 2 days and i will not be able to get it another enclosure unless i can get the person to give me the tank it was in (tank is an upright exo terra tank so it's not necessarily the best either).
i will post two pic's i took of it, it's very skiddish and a little agressive so i couldn't get better pic's.
sorry if the pic's are big but it's the best way to see his/her's condition.
any suggestions on helping bring it to a speedy recovery?
should i try to plump it up with a daily diet of crickets or is there something else that would work better?
all feedback is greatly appreciated as i would love to save this beautiful creature!
btw they named it Quagmire after the family guy character and mine was named Cleveland from the show as well.