Alright, so here's the story. Sorry if I ramble on a bit.



I bred my two dragons this year and was very happy when my girl laid 19 little eggs! I've been keeping all kinds of reptiles for years, but this was my first time breeding. It was awesome.



Fast foward to hatching day. 9 of the eggs made it, the other eggs turned icky back shortly after they were laid. Of those 9 eggs, 8 babies popped out. The other one never hatched, we waited and waited and nothing. We finally opened it up was a perfect little baby dragon starting to stink a little x_x Stillborn I suppose, very sad.. But anyways.



So I have 8 baby dragons! 7 are in perfect health, happy bouncy hungry little dragons. But there is one that isnt. Right off the bat he would randomly turn around in a circle, like he was chasing his tail. And it was a sloppy turn, wobbling real fast, head whipping sideways. He also was staring off into space oddly... head at a very weird almost upside down angle. Things didnt look good for him, I was expecting him to die.. and Im -still- kind of expecting him to die.



He cannot walk straight what-so-ever, he wobbles side to side. Will randomly run in a circle. I starting off feeding all the babies crickets, but the retard cannot catch one for the life of him. He always misses, falls over, wobbles crazily, He just cant catch a cricket. I even disable crickets, and he still couldnt get them. So I have to hold about 30 crickets a day with tweezers right infront of his nose just so he can eat. Thats the only way he has ever eaten... he just cant catch food!



He's now three months old. All of his siblings are still happy healthy hungry dragons, I ended up giving away all but one of the healthy ones. But this retarded one... He's still retarded. Im still hand-feeding him. He still wobbles, runs around in circles and acts like well.. a retard. His sibling I kept is four times his size, at least! And they have both been eating the same amount of food. (housed seperatly) One thing the retard doesnt- do anymore is stare off into space at odd angles, he's very alert and curious... its like he just cant handle his body!



Anyways! My question is... This is really saddening to see him like this. I almost want to put him down because falling over and wobbling and smacking into things as he is wobbling seems like a horrible life. And he has hardly grown! But, I dont want to put him down because he has a great appettite, very active and so adorable!



Any suggestions as to what the hell is going on? And what should I do?



Sorry I ranted forever :P



Thanks!



(Oh yeah, the picture is of the retard baby at two months old. And he is still the size he was when he was born! Not grown a BIT!)



-Randilyn

Nyxilyn.com

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