My new addition..more pics 12/7

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Right a long story that I shall try to explain briefly. I am helping out a local petshop who has had a few issues with his beardies. He was given incorrect advice when first getting these in with unfortunate consequences.

Living on sand under a compact uv bulb quite a bit of retained shed with another beardie who was definitely the most dominant.

They are both small but Scampy baby is tiny, when we were in the shop the larger of the 2 was nipping at his tail so the owner of the pet shop knowing we already have 5 beardies asked if we could look after him until he gets the new vivs sorted. We agreed and bought Scampy baby home bathed him,and lots of shed came off, settled him into our spare viv.

next morning he had pooped a nice lump of sand very active but wasn't really moving his back legs, lunchtime pooped another egg shaped ball of sand, few hours later a normal shape poop but still with lots of sand, but after this poop he is now using his back legs normally.

He has lost one and a half inches of his tail as we thought he would.

Now for the saddest part of this story I have posted pictures below, Scampy baby is 8 months old 5 and a half inches long and only 16grams in weight.
He is very alert and full of beans and he has taken apple sauce through a syringe and a few crickets, dont want to feed too much whilst still pooping sand.

Scampy baby

Lapping up the uv and basking lights

 

[fez09]

Oh my word!!! What a precious, tiny little guy! Hugs to you for caring for him!!!! He'll be growing and thriving in no time at all! Congrats!

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Trying not to get too attached...as got to go back to the pet shop, when he is sorted

 

[wingnuts]

8 months old?!? :shock: Wow...he sure is a cute little beastie but TINY is an understatement. You're doing a great thing helping them out with getting their setups straightened out as well as giving Scampy some TLC. Good luck with the not getting attached part... :roll: I'm glad to hear that he seems to be getting all of the sand out of his system and is perking up now!!

Tracy & Stella

 

[suemm88]

Very, very nice of you to help out with him. Sue

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Very, very nice of you to help out with him. Sue

I couldn't not..the way the other one was nipping at him and the size difference I was worried that within a few days they could both be in a very bad way

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Ok just a quick update this morning Scampy baby has munched on his spring green and butternut squash salad this morning and eaten 5 crickets so far.

Also has had a wonderful poop that was only 10% sand not the 90% it has been since we bought him back here on friday 8)

 

[Livey]

Very sweet,
I agree don't get too attached!
but they are just adorable!

 

[mickeysmomma]

AWWWW!! I would love to be able to do something like that! I think that's great... He sure is cute!

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Well in total Scampy baby has ate quite a lot of greens and 18 crickets today 8)

2 more poops and a lovely long soak in a bath

full of energy and been glass dancing to come out for cuddles

 

[Mshann921]

Wow, what a great thing you are doing for poor little Scampy baby. But I also think that it is nice of the pet shop owner to care enough to get him better! My first time buying a beardie from a pet shop was horrifying, I got Agnes and she was encaged with 5 other beardies, and although they were tiny, she was definitely the tiniest. So I took her home with me, but not even a week later, after I thought she was just going through a bout of relocation stress, I woke up to find her deceased I was so upset, bawled the whole way to take her back. I was furious and told the pet shop that they will lose business if they don't get those little guys looked at! Then went to a more local pet shop and found Achilles-who is much healthier and much happier-but I still miss my Agnes. R.I.P. little girl.

 

[snowdrop]

HI, that's so great that you have taken scampy on and are getting him back on track!

I'm have a wee girl very similar, the petshop i get my supplies in has been taken over and there were babies that had been there since he got the shop, one had been bitten by the other, she has lost 3 fingers, two broken on the other had that are a wee bit bent and has a nail missing on one finger, and a bite out of her tail, the owner knows my weakness for beardies, she was nine months old when i took her home on 13h Feb 2010 and she was only 8inches long and not eating, now shes almost ten and a quarter inches and my fiance named her seven as she only has seven fingers, and i can't feed her enough.

I've had her checked by my vet but shes too small to do any real tests on, but he was pleased with her healing etc. I knew when i took her home she was mine, I don't know how you will have the heart to take scampy back! it's so hard not to get attached to these little guys espaically when they need extra tlc!

sorry hope you don't mind me sharing our stories were so similar even the part about helping the petshop care for their beardies properly!

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Cheers guys 8)

I don't know how I will take him back either it is going to be hard

I don't mind people sharing their experiences it is amazing how many similar stories there are out there

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

Well I think you can safely say Scampy is definitely hungry for his greens this morning.

I just turned the lights on put my hand in to say good morning and he scampered onto my arm and tried to eat the green leaves on my tattoo :shock:

 

[puffwhizzcrooke]

A quick update another good day eaten lots of veggies and crickets

lots of basking and loving bath time