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This little guy wa left alone with a cricket and it had a good little snack of his back. I took him in trying to save him and he is a healthy little boy now except for the humped back. Please anyone who see's this do not leave you beardies especially babies alone with crickets.

He runs a little sideways but other than that he is fiesty as a regular beardie, only thing he doesn't like to be outside it really frightens him. I think he knows he is special and very vunerable to anything bigger.

mind if i ask what happened to him or what is wrong with him? he seems a happy little fellow

hes very cute and you guys are lucky to have each other

He was left alone with crickets in his cage and they really did a job on his back. When I took him because he was considered a goner, you could see his spine and it was a really nasty gaping hole. I am a firm believer now in the healing power of neosporin because in two days it almost completely healed the hole in his little back and with a little TLC he healed up really fast. He was always feisty and I even though at first I doubted he might survive he proved me wrong. He runs sideways a bit and has problems doing a circle but it doesn't slow him down and boy can he run the fastest outta all of them.
He is a funny little beardie, he gets the nastiest little beard when he is outside with a big ol' open mouthed don't mess with me look how big I am because he knows he is special and when he see's the big boy Bruiser,he gets the whole hand waving, neck bobbing I am just a little guy don't eat me thing going on, its funny how fast he can change. I only wished we had gotten pictures of his back for people to see what amount of damage a cricket can do. Here is a pic where you can really see his scar, you can see that his back isn't perfectly straight from the top.

good job with him, he looks great! hes a real cute little beardie, its so great you helped him through

np

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Pogoniacs™

That's quite a bump...are you sure it's not growing into an abscess? It is remarkable the work you did to pull him through this far but I would be concerned by such a large lump on his back. Did you have a vet instect him lately just in case there is infection causing the large lump that would need to be drained? I would hate for him to suddenly take a turn for the worse after all the hard work you put in.

n/p
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TheClassyLizard

LOL Christy!!

Poor little thing - and now he is SO lucky that you took care of him! He has such a cute little face.