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my dragon has something wrong with him..he's about 5-6 months old and hes only about 6 inches..we've taken him to the vet before and he has no parasites...he only weighs 6 grams and he refuses to eat now. the vet cant take any blood from him to see whats wrong b/c hes to small, and hes to small to be x-rayed. i'm practically just watching my lizard starve to death. i've been feedhing him babyfood out of a dropper, but he has no energy to keep his head up or to even open his eyes. Someone please help me...all i can do is just watch him die. the vet said he probably wont make it..but is there anything else i can do?

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Try giving him some pedialite (I know I spelled that wrong) that should give him some energy, if he is not housed right that could be your problem, but you need to make sure he is hydrated,,,good luck with him

There could be so many factors... If he doesn't eat for atleast a week you have to force feed, get him some meat... Till he will do it on his own... UV might be the reason... Take him outside into freesh sunlite.. Or boost the radiation he is getting now... Also he could be very streessed, liek stated before, what does your cage enviroment uphold? where is it located. are there anything looking at it (animals, ext...) things that woudl frighten him
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i've been force feeding him with chicken baby food. I use a dropper, but he still barley eats. There are no other animals in his cage. He is on paper towels and he has one of those stickers on the back of his cage to make it look like the desert. He's getting all of the right lighting, and the vet said that he isnt dehydrated. I've tried to give him pedialyte before but he doesnt want it. He's getting worse. This morning when i went to feed him baby food he was all stiff and he wont even open his eyes. I was squirting him with cool water so he would wake up..but he just stayed there. I dont know whats wrong with him, but i cant just sit here watching him die like this.

Since your vet seems to have no answers, about all you can do is keep him warm and under the basking light. If it's warm enough, natural sunlight is always beneficial.
It's possible that he may have a genetic problem or a internal organ problem that your vet couldn't detect.
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TheClassyLizard

theres nothing else i can do for him?

I can only suggest to take him back to the vet. I have no idea what is wrong with him, especially since you said he was parasite free. How long ago was it that he had a clean fecal? Parasites can invade at any given time and show symptoms soon after.
6" is very, very small for 5-6 months, which hints to me that there has been an ongoing problem of some sort. Average length would be around 10"-12" at his age. My hatchlings were 6" at 3 weeks.
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