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I rescued a male beardie back in February. He was in deplorable conditions, had cat hair stuck to him, was emaciated (can see hip bones and skull) and severely malnourished. He did not even know what veggies were when I first got him, only got a couple of crickets occaisonally. I am currently feeding him a variety of veggies on a daily basis and super worms two or three times a week. How do I fatten him up??? He has been cleared of parasites and de-wormed. I was feeding him Ensure a while ago when he was injured and not eating, should I continue this?
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2 Leos
1 Beardie
1 Corn Snake
1 Mini Rex Rabbit
1 Guinea Pig
1 Albino Hedge Hog
1 Mini Dachshund

we just rescued a water dragon that was tore up from rubbing on glass cages and blind from substrate in his eye's and wasn't eating anything but crickets (the only food that made enough noise to hear where they were so he could eat em). after we got the substrate out from under his eye lids he started eating everything, giant meal worms and crickets and his favorite, once a week we've been giving him 2 pinkie mice. even after only having him 12 days he's already noticeably putting on weight, still way too skinny but doing much much better. pinkie mice are a real good way to put some weight on a lizard, just remember to cut back a lot once it starts getting to a normal size. most pet stores will carry live pinkie mice. our beardie wolfs them down in a second when we give her them as a treat, but be prepared for a mess, the water dragon seems to chomp on em pretty good before it swallows them.

I'd give him full time access to live food and salad. You should try silkworms, roaches, and hornworms in addition to crickets and supers.