Hello,
I had a bearded dragon dropped off to me and am wondering if he seems underweight. I'm pretty sure he is dehydrated too, his old home never seemed to have any water available for him at all and he was never given any greens or fruits. Also did not have UVB lighting at all in his old home. Any signs of MBD as well?
I believe he is approximately 2 years old.
Thank you so much for your help and all these links. I'm going to order the appropriate lights now! I currently had some bulbs at home unused that I gave to him for now because I knew he needed the uvb asap. I also have a 100 watt white basking bulb I picked up from my local pet store, and luckily have all the calcium and vitamins needed at home for my other repties. I'll grab him a thermometer in the morning! I picked him up a 55 gallon tank from somebody who happened to be giving one away down the road! I also have some sticks so he can bask by the lights, a hide and a dish for him to drink/sit in. I have been having him soak for about 10-15 minutes in the bath every other day to help with hydration and getting some stuck shed he now has on his tail.
I also just found out he is actually older, I genuinely don't know how he is still alive ?. I haven't had any success getting him to eat any sort of vegetables, ive tried to mix his insects with it but he avoids anything colored haha. He has been eating very well since he arrived insect wise though. Should I blend the vegetables up and try to feed him with a syringe or is that necessary?
Order him some BSFL www.symtonbsf.com they are a great staple feeder - order large DO NOT DUST them they are high in calcium-- use those to lure him to the salad bowl - add those in front of him so it gets his attention -- you can also get him some silk worms they are another staple feeder and they STICK to everything put those in the salad bowl too -- please lay off the baths they dont need that many and it will dry the scales out --- post a pic of the stuck shed and we can get some more help w/ that --- dragons mainly get their hydration thru the greens so you can rinse them before serving but we need to get him to start eating some even a little bit --- try mixing the greens up you need to find out what he likes -- collards / turnip mustard/ kale or kale / collards etc- if you can find some dandelion greens a lot of dragons really like those -- hornworms are a good hydrating worm but grow very fast so if you get them order small amounts and you can feed like 2 at a time -- when you get the UVB post back on here I will help you get it set up in the tank