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my dragon is not feeding

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Question
Hi i have a dragon and he is not feeding he has had one locust in five day's.

the dragon i have is very small he is about five inch long and is about 18 months we have had some advise from a vet and he said he has a groth dissorder my brother has one from the same batch and his is about twelve to fourteen inch long.
my dragon has all the sufficent set up basking area and cool area.
he will eat milworm like there is no tomorrow he is not keen on his salid or veg.
he is very lively most of the time but this is concerning can you help i look forword to hearing from you.

Answer
Hello, Locust can become very big and the bearded dragon should NOT eat anything that is longer then the space between the two eyes. Him being this size and having this disorder is a very very bad problem, this size can also mean that he may also have a immune system likability and can become sick very easily. This here is just a thought, i think this may be correct because of his lack of size. Now i will look into this more through the next day to day bases and see what i can find out. One of the most important things is, he must start to eat his veggies because most bearded dragons don't drink from a water bowl, this happening they will get all of the water they need from their stick veggie side diet. Start to feed him much more veggies, offer a bit more verity in them too, if you would like him to have an interest in it. His size concerns me that he may not live the full life that he should unless he eats everything he should and as much as he should, which also means staying healthy. Keep an eye on him as i will search around and put more thought into the problem he has, until then Keep sending me more questions when you have more to wonder.