This hatchling appears to be... dead?

Perhaps not. It seems to be active during the night.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

The Vampire Handbook: Book 4, page 354.

"Why everyone is secretly doomed" by Life Sucks.

It seems like a Vampire's life is full of danger at every turn. There's always a angered White dragon out to vanquish the undead (and 'rid the world of evil'), a self-proclaimed slayer at large, or a rabid horde of fangirls lurking around a corner.

It will probably surprise the normal Vampire then to learn that the "true" living creatures have it just as bad. While they don't have fangirls, they have to put up with horrifying, life-threatening things like "Sunburn" and "Indigestion". Basically, everyone is doomed.

-About the author-

Life Sucks, a very young, and despised (for obvious reasons) member in the Delta Coven, has been giving motivational speeches to other dragons for several years now.

He believes very strongly in something he calls "Murphy's law" and almost always refuses to leave the cave (he calls this "tempting fate" and will not take a part in it).