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baby beardie injury

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Question
My son introduced our male baby beardie into our female's home(who is 1 yr.). To make a long story short, the baby
must have gotten bit on his arm. He's favoring his arm and not  putting pressure on his hand(all parts are intact,but the top part of his arm does have a cut)What should I do for the arm?
Also what can I feed him if he won't chase the crickets?(hes about 2 1/2 months.
Thank You
Melissa

Answer
Melissa
Reptiles are fairly resilient with healing with minor cuts

The best course of action would be to take the baby into a vet to make sure that it is not broken

You can feed him calcium dusted mealworms with no problem and that should be easier for him to eat-less chasing

Let me know if he doesn't take the mealworms
You can hand feed them to him

Good Luck with him

Sandy aka LadyGecko