So I was driving home from work last night around 9:15pm had to stop at a light and a car was turning down a side street and the lights from the car illuminated something on the grass on the side of the road that looked like a large tank. Being confused as to what exactly it was I turned down the street to get a closer look... It indeed was a 40g breeder tank w stand and a note taped to it saying "FREE! Take me or I will die. I am healthy" so I pull off to the side of the road and get out to look at it. After looking it over there is the tank, stand, a shop light w a flood light in it, water dish, food dish w nothing in it, under the stand was a large Rubbermaid container filled w super worms. I couldn't see anything in the tank. I was cautious cuz I didn't want to reach in the tank in the dark and get bitten by something so I took out my phone and used my handy flashlight app and hiding under some cork bark was a decent sized bearded dragon! I looked around to see if anyone was around like this was a joke or I was being punked lol. I didn't see anyone or anything. Being the animal lover I am I put my hands in and picked him up. Seemed healthy ish, no signs of bugs or injury. So I loaded his stuff up in my truck and took him home.
I am guessing some child quit caring for him and the parents got mad and took action (stupid action might I add)
I am guessing he is about 2 years old. I am getting a UVB light for him since all that he had was the flood light which when I put a thermometer in got over 200 degrees! I switched that out right away.. Poor guy!
I can't believe someone would do this! I don't have any idea how long he was there.
I've never kept a beardy but I'm doing tons of research now and printed a list from the beautiful dragon website on what foods to feed him and so on.
Heres a couple pics of him..or her, I don't know which. I'm just calling it a him.
Any of you experts see anything wrong w him I might have missed that you can see from the pics? I feel that he is a little skinny so i plan to fattin him up.. Unless I'm wrong and he is ok the way he is. I have a vet appointment set for Wednesday, that's the earliest I could get.
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