Hey. My sister had a bearded dragon for quite a while, probably a year or even two. She never cared for it, I came over to give it crickets on occasion, the tank was always littered with feces, and it baffles me how it managed to stay alive.
A week ago she gave it to my care. It was very anorexic, so I figured to bulk it up on mealworms, feeding about 5-10 mealworms a day. It was surprisingly healthy other than being thin. Today it is dead...this bothers me especially because I wonder, why did it just die? It lived all that time eating crickets once a week, not being cared for, and as I rescue it it dies. The only symptoms I saw is it turned kinda white....thanks