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I recently recieved an underweight, but healthy dragon in a trade, his tail bone or "pelvic bone" is visable and he has signifigant weight loss in his legs and head, the previous owner said he was cooled thats why he is skinny, can anyone justify this? i've never cooled my other 5 dragons so i dont know if that is true or not

anyway, does anyone know a fast way to fatten them up? besides power feeding? any advice is greatly appreciated
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Breeder of Leopard geckos
Bearded Dragons
And soon Knob tail geckos

Dan Quinn
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Nope, cooling/brumation shouldn't affect weight very much if at all. Make sure you keep him well hydrated and feed him a regular well balanced diet. Give him as much as he wants to eat. If he's old enough some supers mixed with the crickets will help speed the process along a bit. Check www.beautifuldragons.com for a great food list.

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

I recieved a dragon in that condition just a couple weeks ago. What I did was treated for 7 days with parazap tea and started feeding dusted crickets in the mornings and putting out a salad with silkworms for him to munch on through the day. The ggod thing about silkies is that they can't hurt your dragon if left in the cage with him and they are grewat for plumping up your dragon. Also if the dragon is an adult ( I assume it is if it was cooled) you may even want to feed a couple of small pinkies a week for a couple weeks. Also a 10 minute soak in warm water at least once a day for the first week will help him rehydrate easier as well as keeping the bowls moving as I'd say that he is in this state due to either not enough food or lack of appetite from parasitic load. Of course if his condition doesn't start to improve within 3-4 days I would advise you to get it to a vet. Mine started showing visible signs of improvement along with better appetite within that period.

Keep us updated and good luck!

Robert
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen, philosophers and divines.
Ralph Emerson