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okay its been three weeks no eating last night he ate some apple pieces and today he just licked some baby food and i tryed greens and crickets and pellets and he will lick those and just run away what cani try to feed him? should i soak him would that help any?? i dont want him to die im freaking out

When my beardie was ill and wouldn't eat anything, my vet recommended wax worms for temporary treatment. Waxies are very easy to digest and are full of protein. But because they are a little high on the fat side, they shouldn't be fed on a daily basis. My beardie wouldn't eat ANYTHING! But when he saw the wax worms wiggling around he gobbled them up! It wouldn't hurt to give it a try. It seems like the wiggling stimulated his appetite but for some reason the crickets didn't do anything for him. Good luck and don't give up. As long as he's eating something he will probably be ok. How often is he pooping? Did you get a fecal test done yet?

Veronica
Beautiful Dragons

He pooped a few days ago thats it the insides of his nose is shedding i noticed that today so maybe thats why hes cranky but i will try wax worms .. did your get addicted to them? or did he move on to eat other things??

silkworms, these are great for picky beardies and are very very high in caclium and can be fed as the main protein in the diet. If your dragon will not eat solids at all, you can try baby parrot formula, its nutritous and can pull help pull sick beardies through tough times, i have used it before with 2 dragons and had great success. You can buy it at your local pethell aka petco, petsmart etc. just mix as directed and drop a little on your dragons snout, most will lap it up, this can help give your dragon the energy to recover and hopefully get him back on solids. Start feeding little by little and not too much all at once if he has been off food for awhile. Hope that this helps a little, how old is your dragon? how long has this been going on?

have you had a fecal done to check for parasites? also double check your temps in your enclosure, be sure that your dragons basking temp is between 105-110 my youngest likes to sit at 115-120, and my older one at no higher then 107, so it does differ, but i beleive they need a belly temp of at least 103 to properly digest food. has your dragon pooped? could he be impacted? what substrate is he on? any areas of stress you can think of? have any older dragons about? or large animals such as dogs or cats that could be stressing him out?
i havnt been around much so i dont know your story.

Okay I will try to answer all of that... Temps are 102-106 depending on where he is in the basking area.. clean vet check..no older dragons in the same room.. just 2 younger he cant see them his cage is covered so the dog cant stress him either.. its been going on 3 weeks..i was never sure of his age but he was 9 inches in december and 16 inches this month.. i did try wax worms cuz we had 7 of them in the fridge and he ate them all.. i really wunna use silk worms but i used to raise those when i was little lol so it makes me sad but if it will help him then i will suck it up and feed them becuase hes not interested in crickets and i was trying to make him eat some baby food eairlier and he licked it like 3 times and ran away so i dunno if the parrot thing would work...he pooped a few days ago .. i soaked him in the tub today heres a pic of him in the tub looking skinny