We have had our bearded dragon for 2.5 yrs. He is about 4.5 yrs now. We bought him from a pet store. Over time we had read you could use regular household bulbs and changed them out. I just realized two weekends ago that he was not doing well and thought he would die. He was being taken care of by our child who had him in a spare room. No blame here, there is enough to go around. He started to develop mouth rot and nutrition issues, not to mention lack of the correct lighting.
His spine has some MBD.We took him to the vet and have already made the changes to get him on the right path again and he is looking better everyday. He got a calcium shot as well as a A,D & E shot. We are hand feeding him veggies and he takes the crickets from our tongs. He is getting stronger. Can you tell me what else we can do to help our litle guy? He has been getting some sunlight outdoors daily. Baths and so much loving. What would be some other things we can do as far as diet to make sure he puts weight back on? We are hopeful his spine will correct itself and the vet said we have to wait it out. We are taking calcium and multivitamin powder and mixing it with water and feeding that to him as well. The vet said to do this daily and we will check with her again in 3 weeks. We also sprinkle his food. We are doing the things we were doing in the first place but I am afraid to check websites since that is where I read about the household bulbs. I don't want to feed him anything that will harm him. Any advice would be appreciated.
His spine has some MBD.We took him to the vet and have already made the changes to get him on the right path again and he is looking better everyday. He got a calcium shot as well as a A,D & E shot. We are hand feeding him veggies and he takes the crickets from our tongs. He is getting stronger. Can you tell me what else we can do to help our litle guy? He has been getting some sunlight outdoors daily. Baths and so much loving. What would be some other things we can do as far as diet to make sure he puts weight back on? We are hopeful his spine will correct itself and the vet said we have to wait it out. We are taking calcium and multivitamin powder and mixing it with water and feeding that to him as well. The vet said to do this daily and we will check with her again in 3 weeks. We also sprinkle his food. We are doing the things we were doing in the first place but I am afraid to check websites since that is where I read about the household bulbs. I don't want to feed him anything that will harm him. Any advice would be appreciated.
