Recent content by victoriah8208

Ive had this problem before and after one day spending ten minutes trying to catch one cricket in the tank with a pair of tweezers i decided to use a small fish net. It was really a desperate act but it turned out to work better than i thought! you just use the net to corral them between the net...

He seems to be doing much better. I'm having more luck feeding him crickets if I basically half kill them first. They're easier for him to catch I guess. Whatever makes it easier for him to eat is cool with me :)

Yea, he ate Six crickets all together today. I've been giving him a bath everyday and taking him outside to bask and that seems to be helping a lot. He's been a lot more alert and that's a relief. Im hoping he gets into a more regular eating schedule over the next few days

Just as an update I just wanted to let everyone know that my baby ate a cricket and a worm yesterday and so far three crickets today :) things are looking up

I meant to say reptisun not reprising, sorry about that. Autocorrect :P

I have him in a ten gallon for now because I didn't want him to be overwhelmed and unable to catch his food. I got rid of the coil bulb completely and turned off the reptiglo tube bulb (I ordered a reprising 10.0 and it's on it's way) I've been holding the temp gun pretty close to the top of his...

Oh I forgot to add that he is shedding. Not sure if that might be another reason he doesnt want to eat.

I have a white basking light and ive been using the zoomed reptitemp digital infrared thermometer. The temperatures say that its 85.5 on the cool side and 92 on the basking spot. Not sure how accurate that is because originally I had a lower basking rock and a 50 watt bulb right over it and the...

Hi, I'm new to reptiles and I just got my first bearded dragon five days ago. He's very small because i got him at petsmart and they generally only carry beardies that are a few months old. When we first brought him home he ate a few crickets but the next day he didnt want anything to do with...