Weak/Tiny Dragon. Please help!!

[Cryptidsp00n]

To put this in easy terms, My Mother rescued two dragons from a family that didn't really want them, (The kids didn't take care of them and mother was tired of it) The family said when they had them together in the same tank but removed them after a week of owning them. (Unsure about how long they owned them before resue) We think they are about a year or two old. We also know they are brothers. The dragons named Spike is in extremely good health, He's very big and has no problems. The other is Iron, We're unsure about what is happening but he isn't going very well.

Last night we thought he had died, but that wasn't the case. He's very tiny and doesn't really stand right, it almost seems like he can't stand at all; when he moves it's almost as if he slithers around. He doesn't he does eat every once in a while but he has an extremely hard time catching crickets. We originally thought he had a vitamin deficiency and tried to better lighting, or feeding him fruit but that hasn't helped any. We're at a loss, Not sure where to start or what to do. Please Help!

 

[KarrieRee]

Please tell us what your using for lighting ? UVB brand and bulb where its at in tank ------------ what are the basking temps and how are you taking them????????????? NO stickons they are inaccurate ----- if hes very weak you need to keep him hydrated and start feeding him by syringe to get some food into him -- hes not going to live w/ out your help if he cannot catch food - I would get a blender and make him some slurry of collard mustard turnip or kale greens - mix in some zucchini squash along w/ some calcium powder D3 and some crickets for protein --- if you use the crickets in your blender you wont be able to use again for anything else --- feed about 1.5 mls at a time if he hasnt hardly eaten you dont want to overwhelm him w/ food ---- make it watery so he gets the hydration and comes out of the syringe better - you make haft to snip the end of the syringe so it does not plug feed slowly so he does not aspirate -- feed him 3 times per day --- please post tank set up so we can help you w/ that
Karrie