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My beardie is pretty small and unactive compared to my friends beardie who is my beardies brother.My beardie eats 20-25 small superworms that are about| |that long.He poops on a regular basis and its not watery and his urates are normal white. But he has been the same weight since I got him about 2 or 3 months ago.Whats wrong and I also had him take parazap this month but his eating did improve.
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My Leo's
1.0.0 Normal
0.1.0 Tremper Albino
My Beardie
0.0.1 Red x Gold

definetly want ot give him small CRICKETS and some salad etc. superworms/mealworms are not very nutritious as a staple and can harm a young beardie like yours. Get him on crickets powdered with calcium/d3 and make sure you have a UVB flourescent light on him. What is your substrate, temps, cage size etc?
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David - KDRKreatures

1.3 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech, Anna Nicole)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Snappy, Mercuria, Gizmo, Galapago)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)
0.0.8 Red Eared Sliders
0.1 Timneh African Grey (Roxy)

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He is on paper towels, his hot end is 85 with 110 basking spot and the cool end is 80 in a 55 long cage. He has a ReptoGlo 8.0 UVB and is 3" from it.I powder his supers.Can I use silk worms as a staple diet?
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My Leo's
1.0.0 Normal
0.1.0 Tremper Albino
My Beardie
0.0.1 Red x Gold

yes you can use silkies...how old is he? if he is under 10 inches,i would put him into a smaller cage. It will be easier for him to eat and make it not as stressfull. If he is under 7 inches, defintly put him in a smaller cage until he gets a little older and larger.
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David - KDRKreatures

1.3 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech, Anna Nicole)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Snappy, Mercuria, Gizmo, Galapago)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)
0.0.8 Red Eared Sliders
0.1 Timneh African Grey (Roxy)

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You are raising that baby on a diet of candy & ice cream if it was a human give it veggies and crickets or silkies dusted with calcium and vitamins. also he might not want that as like most children he likes candy & ice cream