beardie not eating!!

[Morelia_man]

my beardie is not eating.
what do i do? i have tried to foce feed him but he doesn't chew what i put in his mouth.
please help

 

[Alexahnder]

how old is it??, what have you been trying to feed it??

 

[africancichlidau]

Our resident beardy expert Stretchy Babe needs to come in and have a chat about this one methinks. Stretchy Babe where are you ????????

 

[Pinkie]

- How old is the beardie?
- What are you feeding it?

Try gently massaging his jaws once you have put the food in. This has worked on a few of our rescued wild dragons.
Some are also put off if we watch them eat, so usually if we leave them alone they chew it down eventually.

 

[Whaa]

How long have you had the dragons for?
I recently got 2 beardies and one of them didn't eat for the first week to 10 days that I had her. I assume she was just going through a transition phase and getting to know her new home.

 

[Morelia_man]

they are probly 3 months old and i have had them for about 1 month. they still look like hatchlings... is this normal. i have been trying to feed it crickets. today i put a couple of grasshoppers in his cage with the legs ripped off and he ate three of them and a moth. but he still looks ill.

thanks