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I have a young beardie. I have had him for two months, housed originally with another about the same same size ( 9 inches )
The first one grew and grew, eating crickets, cubes, superworms.
While the second one, the wimpy eater has hardly grown at all.
My other beardies go nuts with crickets, chasing eating...etc.
This wimpy one could care less.
His FORMER cagemate ( I've separated them ) is about 6 inches larger now. And still eats like a horse.
The wimpy one will chase a cricket or two, will eat a mealworm or two, on occasion eat a superworm. Bur for the most part, he hardly eats at all.
It's otherwise ok, just small, and not a voracious feeder.
Any ideas to help with this? Is something wrong with the animal?
I plan on getting another one most likely tomorrow, and am about to give this wimpy eater away to someone that can give it more time.
But before I do, I want to do all that is possible.
What should I be doing, what are some other things I might, or should be looking at?

Well, first off I should ask how often you feed melworms and superworms. They should be fed very seldom if ever to a beardy this small. Second, How much UV exposure are you giving them and how many basking spots? If you only had one under the UV and it's not very powerful than the strong eater could have easily hogged it all. And third, how much exactly is the wimpy eater consuming? And what kind of substrate are you using?

I'm assuming that the stronger eater was with the weak one too long and kinda bullied it around. It could have hogged the best food, basking spot, etc. There's a good chance that the wimpy eater still hasn't gotten over it's habits of being secong to eat or it could be impacted ot even sick.

Hmmm...Mealworms a couple times a week, Superworms when they felt like it.
Small crickets for the smaller dragon, larger ones for the larger one.Large water bowl. And some wet jellied type food, the name escapes me right now. Some green gook.
A Zoo Med Reptisun 2.0 for a basking light. Basking spot of 100*
And the smaller one would lie on the back of the bigger one to bask.
This one just isn't,nor was ever an agressive feeder.
It has been alone for a week. Nothing...nope.
One or two crickets a day.I bought silkworms today, and fed em tonight.
Did'nt even give 'em a look.I'm doing everything right.
Time for this dragon to do his part.

The fact he won't eat sucks.

Some people with uromastyx try using bee pollen as an appetite stimulater.

If he doesn't eat hardly anything I'd suggest you go out and buy flukers repti-meds for omnivore or carnivores. It'll give you a syringe and you might have to force him to eat a little.

My bro's bearded had a problem similar to this. She wouldn't eat so we gave her some of that and the next day she was chomping down her greens like a normal bearded so try that and see if it works, it could be that he's a little sick or has something wrong with him. Take him to the vet if he doesn't eat after you feed him.
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