xAshx
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I recently (a week ago) purchased 2 eastern beardies (on licence and purchased as central, but been id as eastern), and i shouldnt have brought them home, but i couldnt leave them there to suffer any longer.
They were both in terrible condition, very thin, lethargic, and just generally looked very unhappy... They came to me in their enclosure which is only 3ft, so we are now progressing well with building a 5ft enclosure with height for branches etc. So they will be in the 3 footer for another week or so..
They never had much in the way of lighting or food obviously. I have been feeding them small amounts often. They now have sufficient basking temps and UV.. I have them out in the sun daily.
My fear is, the female has come on in leaps and bounds, she is eating dusted woodies, veggies, drinks well, and is now very active, she has even got some colour to her now, and not just dark grey. The male ate the first 2 days, only a very small amount, but now he wont eat anything at all, and just sits in the one spot with his head on the floor of the cage, sometimes he sits upright but his eyes are always shut.. I have been using syringe to get fluids into him which he is taking. And I have even been putting a woodie in his mouth for him, he will eat one or two, but after that, he just spits them out. I have had them both to the vet the day after I brought them home, and the vet said that they were both very dehydrated and underfed, and to do what I am doing, and whilst the female i feel is going to be fine, Im worried the male is just not going to make it regardless of what else I do...
Does anyone else have any other remedies I can use or advice that will help me get him back to health?
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This is the best he gets as far as opening his eyes.
They were both in terrible condition, very thin, lethargic, and just generally looked very unhappy... They came to me in their enclosure which is only 3ft, so we are now progressing well with building a 5ft enclosure with height for branches etc. So they will be in the 3 footer for another week or so..
They never had much in the way of lighting or food obviously. I have been feeding them small amounts often. They now have sufficient basking temps and UV.. I have them out in the sun daily.
My fear is, the female has come on in leaps and bounds, she is eating dusted woodies, veggies, drinks well, and is now very active, she has even got some colour to her now, and not just dark grey. The male ate the first 2 days, only a very small amount, but now he wont eat anything at all, and just sits in the one spot with his head on the floor of the cage, sometimes he sits upright but his eyes are always shut.. I have been using syringe to get fluids into him which he is taking. And I have even been putting a woodie in his mouth for him, he will eat one or two, but after that, he just spits them out. I have had them both to the vet the day after I brought them home, and the vet said that they were both very dehydrated and underfed, and to do what I am doing, and whilst the female i feel is going to be fine, Im worried the male is just not going to make it regardless of what else I do...
Does anyone else have any other remedies I can use or advice that will help me get him back to health?
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This is the best he gets as far as opening his eyes.