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I have just taken back 2 bearded dragons that i bred from a school that wasnt taking proper care of them...They are 2 yrs old and only a fraction of the sixe they should be... in order to get them to grow and be healthy ive been feeding then cricket, waxworms, different kinds of veggies....and i use calcium powder and vitamin supplement.....do u have any other ideas what i could do to help them grow??
thanks
katie
the pic is of the mother and the 2 "babies"

Keep them in seperate cages, feed them a good balanced diet and provide lots of UVB. At 2 years old they may be stunted for life but they should grow at least a little.

I doubt theyll grow larger, they may fatten and bulk up.

I have personally seen Dragons on a Higher Veggie Diet, with less live feders, stay very small. And vice verca.
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Thank you for the help!!! I just hope to keep them healthy and that the school i took them back from didnt do too much damage...
thanks
katie

What a shame it happened! How long school had them? I'm sure you gave them all the instructions needed. I hope they're healthy otherwise, they sure look good and not malnurished. Good luck. Why did you take them back anyway?

The school(an agricultural school...in the animal science class) had them for 2 years..since they were about 2 months old. I told them everything that they needed to know about caring for them properly. Durring the summers a student would take them home and care for them and they do a great job but this fall when they came back to the school in august they only recieved crickets once or twice in a few months. They got a few waxworms which i would bring for them and a mixture of greens and veggies (also from what i brought them...it isnt the student's responsibility to purchase the supplies... the ag progam is supposed to provide for them)... since they werent be taken care of i took them back with permission from the teacher...who later accused me for stealing them and got me kicked out of school because i refused to return them to that mistreatment... i got them about a month ago and they already look much healthier!!!
~Katie

Glad to hear that they are better. What do you mean you got kicked out? Were you a student there?

yea i was a student there (a senior) and scine i wouldnt return them, even though they were always mine, they expelled me...its (bleep)ty but i go to my district's school now b/c the ag school was like a scholarship thingy to go...its hard to explain lol