Paperdaisies
Hatchling Member
So I was browsing Craigslist earlier and saw an ad for a free beardie. I looked at the pic and saw she was super skinny. I had no intentions of adding to our animal population right now but I couldn't leave her there. I went to pick her up and bring her home. They didn't know how old she was at all. She's about 12 inches long but I haven't weighed her yet (don't want to stress her out too bad). She had NO uvb, NO heat lamp, and nothing in her tank but wet papertowel and some greens thrown onto it which were way too big for her to consume.
When I got her home we put her in a soak because she had poop stuck on her. I lifted the papertowel to clean her tank and there was a HUGE mess under it. Dead insects, a gigantic superworm she couldn't possibly have swallowed, and what looked like a 5-6 inch circle of diarrhea that had hardened and been there forever. They must have just put the paper towel right over it?
Anyway, she's very skinny and unwell looking. We now have her clean and dry, in a clean tank, and basking under a heat lamp and uvb light. What can I do to help her? How can I tell if she's sick or just malnourished?
Here's some pics of her. She really is a beautiful dragon with some great red in her. She looks like she needs a shed pretty bad so I'd love to see her colors after she gets fat and healthy and some uvb into her!
See how skinny she is?
She also has these two lumps near her tail. Does anyone know what this is? I hope it's not a sign of MBD
Same pic as above but I've circled the areas I'm concerned about
Poor girl. She's wicked sweet and I really hope we can get her healthy. I'll be crushed if she doesn't make it.
Please, any advice or suggestions would be VERY appreciated!!!!
When I got her home we put her in a soak because she had poop stuck on her. I lifted the papertowel to clean her tank and there was a HUGE mess under it. Dead insects, a gigantic superworm she couldn't possibly have swallowed, and what looked like a 5-6 inch circle of diarrhea that had hardened and been there forever. They must have just put the paper towel right over it?
Anyway, she's very skinny and unwell looking. We now have her clean and dry, in a clean tank, and basking under a heat lamp and uvb light. What can I do to help her? How can I tell if she's sick or just malnourished?
Here's some pics of her. She really is a beautiful dragon with some great red in her. She looks like she needs a shed pretty bad so I'd love to see her colors after she gets fat and healthy and some uvb into her!
See how skinny she is?
She also has these two lumps near her tail. Does anyone know what this is? I hope it's not a sign of MBD
Same pic as above but I've circled the areas I'm concerned about
Poor girl. She's wicked sweet and I really hope we can get her healthy. I'll be crushed if she doesn't make it.
Please, any advice or suggestions would be VERY appreciated!!!!