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bearded dragon is not eating

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Question
well to keep it simple my baby bearded dragon(i think he is about 2 months old) has not been eating any food for the past 4 days and i was wondering if you can give me any advice on how to get him eating again.

Answer
Hello Ben,

Do you have any pictures of him?
What type of lighting are you using for him, do you have a UVB light?  What type & brand of UVB light are you using?  Is your basking light a bright white light?
What are the basking temperatures in his tank?  They need to be a range of 95-110 on the basking side with a 78-82 area on the cool side.
Are you keeping him on a sand substrate or on paper towels or non adhesive shelf liner?
If he is not eating you can try getting some chicken or turkey baby food along with some squash baby food to feed to him.  Use a plastic syringe or dropper to feed it to him.
How long have you had him for now?

Tracie