Emaciated bearded dragon, please help!

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Originally Posted by rperry03

The heat and lighting will make all the difference. Dragons are like most animals and will need some time to settle in.
And it doesn't help this time of the year, since the season changed, mine has not been interested in food at all.

How big is he and what does he weigh?[



i agree let him/her settle and mealworms arent the greatest but if he/she eats them do small amounts and butter worms butter worms have alot of calcium

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What exactly would a small amount be then?

just enough to get him goin get his taste buds goin and mouth movin so that other things would interest him like butter worms small super work or roaches in you have access to them

and tomato worms are nice and bright but thats if you have easy access to them

Bit of an update!
Went to our vet yesterday afternoon and got the beardy looked at. Turns out the sores he has on his underside is an abscess on the hemipenes and apparently he also has two infected broken toes on his back right foot (hadn't even noticed!) which the vet told us that we can't do much about and that they could potentially fall off but it wouldn't be the end of the world for him. She had the abscess debrided slightly and gave him a shot of systemic antibiotics, which will hopefully take care of the infection in his toes, and also prescribed an antibiotic ointment for us to take home. The biggest concerns medical we have right now is makings no infections spread.
The vet also suggested that we get him on a diet that's high in calcium and protein to rebuild some of the muscle/bone mass that's been lost. Luckily though, I successfully got him to eat two waxworms and a bit of butternut squash that were dusted in calcium so that's great progress! The site babyknees linked has been extremely helpful too, thanks for that.
Still haven't seen him drink any water though but I've giving him daily soaks so hopefully he's getting hydrated.

You likely wont see him drink, mine never do.

I'd get some dubia roaches and dust them, they are like crack to my beardies. My female also loves raspberries so when shes being stubborn I mash one up and mix it in with her greens.

you might also try a pinkie mouse to fatten him up, not a regular choice of food but it might jump start him and I know some breeders give them to females when theyre expecting to up their protein and calcium.

sent from my EVO