I have approx. a 3 yr. old beardie. I have not had him that long. I was given wrong instructions as to how to care for him and I am sure the person who had him before never properly cared hin either. I never new beardies had to have all the lights and heating to grow. I just now got him Reptisun 10.0 uvb tube and a 100 wt incondesint heat bulb. So now the temps are about 100-105 on the basking side and about 80 on the cool side. No sand at botton just a reptile rug (felt). last week he was very lithargic and had not pooped for about 2 weeks (at least i couldnt tell because there was sand at the bottom. I brought him in and spent a fortune at the vet just to tell me he is dehydrated andmalnurished. and couldnt find anything else wrong. so i decided to star dusting crickets with calcium, and he only ate about 5 crickets , the next day imixed up some flukers repta+boost (i was only able to get about 1.5-2 ml in him) and he ate another 5 crikets. I have been making up a fruit bowl of strawberries, blueberries, rasberries cucumber, apples, cntalope, spinach, tomatoes, and he will not eat it. I decided to puree it and use a syringe to feed him and he refuses to open his mouth and i dont want to pry it open in fear i may hurt him. I give him a bath every day and sometimes he likes it and will be alert and others he acts as if he were sound asleep. the times he is alert he drinks alot of water, he is now poping and looks normal. He will sleep in the basking area almost 24/7, unless i pick him up to get some attention. should i leave him alone to rest and kind of recover from not being keep prperly? I really like this little guy and havent enough funds to bring him into a diff. vet. Is this normal for a beardie that is Now in recovery? Should I continue to do what Iam doing or something else?