warmbloodedbeardie
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Recently rescued a beardie, estimated at 2 years of age.
(the previous owners later revealed they did not know his age, but he was smaller when they got him so they assumed he had been under a year)
He was not being fed properly, on a diet of just mealworms, provided constantly in a bowl in his tank. Some of the mealworms had escaped and there were 4 adult stage beetles and a few baby worms in his tank. He was not provided with any vegetation as they claimed he "did not like it".
He is very pale, they said it was because he was about to shed.
He has a swollen back ankle and walks very funny, but the swelling seems to be going down.
His eyes are bulgy and stay that way constantly. I believe his right eye is more swollen today than it was yesterday.
He is in a 40 gallon, 3 feet by 18" by 16". The cool side is 75 at its lowest and the basking spot is 97. I took out the tall climber he came with so he would not have a risk of falling and becoming more injured. I replaced the 75 watt bulb for a 100 watt so he would have a better temperature range and basking spot (with the lower climbing thing he is pictured on). I cleaned out his entire cage and all of his things and replaced the wooden one which had beetles hiding in it. He is on paper towel over newspaper right now.
I provide him with water and with kale and romaine and some carrots (shredded very small) and he has eaten some of it. He has only pooped once since I got him and it was strange (wish I had taken a picture now), slippery and looked like what you might expect from a diet of only mealworms. No white, which I expected since he had not had vegetation or supplements.
I spoke to someone I know who has owned reptiles for many years and she examined him (the day I got him). She said he was shaking slightly and it could be pain from the ankle injury or it could be a vitamin deficiency (again, makes sense with his diet). She recommended I buy butternut squash for its higher vitamin a and I did, and provided some with his salad today, but I do not think he has eaten any.
He is a decent weight right now (I do not have an accurate scale yet unfortunately) but has not eaten much salad and has taken only two mealworms (he refused crickets) since I got him last weekend. He has only pooped the once, days ago.
I am concerned about his constantly bulgy eyes.
Is there anything I can do for him?
(I would enclose pictures but am not sure how to...)
(the previous owners later revealed they did not know his age, but he was smaller when they got him so they assumed he had been under a year)
He was not being fed properly, on a diet of just mealworms, provided constantly in a bowl in his tank. Some of the mealworms had escaped and there were 4 adult stage beetles and a few baby worms in his tank. He was not provided with any vegetation as they claimed he "did not like it".
He is very pale, they said it was because he was about to shed.
He has a swollen back ankle and walks very funny, but the swelling seems to be going down.
His eyes are bulgy and stay that way constantly. I believe his right eye is more swollen today than it was yesterday.
He is in a 40 gallon, 3 feet by 18" by 16". The cool side is 75 at its lowest and the basking spot is 97. I took out the tall climber he came with so he would not have a risk of falling and becoming more injured. I replaced the 75 watt bulb for a 100 watt so he would have a better temperature range and basking spot (with the lower climbing thing he is pictured on). I cleaned out his entire cage and all of his things and replaced the wooden one which had beetles hiding in it. He is on paper towel over newspaper right now.
I provide him with water and with kale and romaine and some carrots (shredded very small) and he has eaten some of it. He has only pooped once since I got him and it was strange (wish I had taken a picture now), slippery and looked like what you might expect from a diet of only mealworms. No white, which I expected since he had not had vegetation or supplements.
I spoke to someone I know who has owned reptiles for many years and she examined him (the day I got him). She said he was shaking slightly and it could be pain from the ankle injury or it could be a vitamin deficiency (again, makes sense with his diet). She recommended I buy butternut squash for its higher vitamin a and I did, and provided some with his salad today, but I do not think he has eaten any.
He is a decent weight right now (I do not have an accurate scale yet unfortunately) but has not eaten much salad and has taken only two mealworms (he refused crickets) since I got him last weekend. He has only pooped the once, days ago.
I am concerned about his constantly bulgy eyes.
Is there anything I can do for him?
(I would enclose pictures but am not sure how to...)
