We rescued a breeding pair of bearded dragons which the owner never fed them anything other that a bit of veg now and again, they had never had a UV tube in there so all their skin was hard and horrid.

We managed it so that the both had a peel and fed them plenty and both looked a little perkier, however, the male gained weight but the female never did although she ate loads.

After a few months we went down in the morning to start feeding our zoo, but the female (vera) had died, what bothers me and what i didnt understand most is it looked like she had frozen she was stood on all fours with her mouth open?

I dont understand why people buy pets that clearly have no intention of looking after them.

We know we did everything we could for her but it was heartbreaking for us.

Anyway the male (jack) has now got a new wife (sheila) and seems very happy and well.

knowing you did your best should bring you some comfort