I need some advice PLEASE!!
I have 2 beardies of my own who ive never had any problems with other than fighting with eachother -
Ive just 'rescued' another male beardie from a kid that wasnt feeding him proply and stuff. The only thing is he should be the same size(ish) as my female - tallulah (there from the same batch) but he is really really small!! He looks kinda out of proportion - he is so skinny. i got him yesterday adn fed him and he was full after 3 crickets and seemed to have trouble swallowing the last one, hes quite vicious (understandable if hes been mistreated) - that im not to worried about cuz im hoping he'll be better with lots of love and attention im just worried about his size and how im going to get him to eat more. Iv left fresh greens in his viv at the mo. I no its not going to happen over night but is there any long term damage than can be caused from not growing properly as a youngster?
Also his mouth is a bit weird its like crooked? And ive looked at his teeth and there are no teeth on one side of his mouth (its kind like a cleft lip - the bit with the over bite the other side has no teeth) could this be affecting his eating also?
Sorry for the essay but i want to make sure lil zebadee is ok and starts growing at a good rate even if hes never going to catch up entirely. He has his own viv didnt want to risk him sharing as the other 2 are so much bigger. Can you please give me some advice? i would be most grateful.

I also have a king snake that im have trouble taming if any one could offer advise for him id be most grateful.

Cheers

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• rescued a beardie please help - tallulahbaby, Sat Jun 23 09:50:09 2007
• RE: rescued a beardie please help - BDlvr, Sat Jun 23 10:33:02 2007
• RE: rescued a beardie please help - PHLdyPayne, Mon Jun 25 00:15:33 2007
• kingsnake - orchdork1008, Tue Jul 3 13:58:34 2007