HI
I got two beardies on march for my birthday and they wer both babys But one of them got his foot nibled on by crikets and now the wounds are all better but he hasnt grown since my other beardie is 8.5 inches and he is 7.5 inches is there something wrong with him
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Growth
ORLANDO377
Jun 04, 2006 09:02 PM
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PHLdyPayne
Jun 05, 2006 09:27 PM
Several things could be wrong. Being housed together with your bigger dragon, most likely the larger dragon is getting the majority of the food, stressing the little one, taking the best basking spot etc. ALso, having an injury will also stress that dragon and his body would be putting more energy into fighting infection and healing the wound.
My suggestion, separate all your dragon babies into separate containers, feed them healthy greens and well gut loaded insects. Make sure all uneaten crickets are removed before lights out to prevent the crickets making meals out of your bearded dragons. If you can't be sure all the crickets are gone, then at least leave greens in the cage over night so the crickets will have something else to eat and drink other than your dragon.
If he doesn't start to grow in a couple weeks, or slows down eating, the bite gets worse etc, then get him to a vet and/or get a fecal done to check for parasites. (if no growth but eating well, wound is healed, or dragon becomes lathargic, might be parasites).
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PHLdyPayne
ORLANDO377
Jun 06, 2006 12:21 AM
i do have them seperated and he eats alot of greens and crikets but today he stared shedding his head and his woonds are better but its taking him longer to shed than before he would always shed first now hes like the very last to shed when he was done shedding the upper part of his eyes turned orange i also notice he was pufing his eyes out that was cool if i can remember thats how they shed the skin on their eyes and head right.
Also one of my other dragons acted weird today when i put her on her bath with luke warm water she stared to jump and flipn around it was weird i got scared so i took her out and put her back in her cage she also looked as if she wass dazing off in to space should i be worried.
