beardielovers
Hatchling Member
This is the story as we know it. The local pet store in town has a young dragon. When they first got him (for lack of sexing ability right now) he had really nice color, but had a crusted eye. They received him that way and assumed it was sand (bad practices from parent store as well as their store) in the eye. They bathed him everyday to see if that would clear it up. It did clear it up, but now is getting crusty again but is also still on sand. The store owner refuses to change it because he says it would look stupid without sand. We have a friend (owns a leopard gecko and really cares about the animals) that works there and he's been keeping us updated on how the beardie is doing. He (the beardie, not our friend ) sleeps almost all the time, just outside the basking area (temps are not monitored) and only perks up when they feed him. They don't have ANY UVB lighting either. We don't know exactly how much he is eating, but we know he does eat. Basically, the WORST possible living arrangements for the little guy! Anyway...what we were wondering is this; if we were to take this beardie into our care and just treat him proper (food/supplements, temps, UVB) would he "bounce back?" We think he's been at the store since just before Christmas and his colors have faded. We would have took him sooner, but didn't have our viv setup and ready yet. Actually, it still needs lighting! Anyway...what do you think? Is it possible? This will be our first beardie and we're not sure our kids would be able to handle it if he died real quick. We're hoping we can convince the store owner to let us nurse him back and then buy him I don't think ANYONE would buy this beardie and I'm expecting it will die at the petshop soon as well. Really sad, but I also realize we can't buy all their beardies.