As for the two lizards, our situation at this time is we don't have the space to separate them both. We are in the process of purchasing a house and will not be getting the keys to the place till early July. They've never fought. The worst territorial trait I've seen either of them do is Faye guarding the food bowl. King is quite skittish and usually is always hiding underneath our the water matt. If anything he seems to be concerned about her. Slightly poking her with his nose, looking her straight in the eye, even piggy backing her. I'm not sure what exactly this all means. I'm no expert. We just always kept them together because that's what the owner of the reptile store at which we got her said we could do. Another one of the fatal errors he may have made with my Faye.
If I were to somehow separate the tank for the time being, how would I do that all while providing them with both the elements they require such as heat, water, food, basking, etc.?
We are purchasing a ReptiSun. Unfortunately, since we do not have any good pet stores in the little town I have, I will have to order the bulb, the thermomether and ceramic thingy online so i'm not sure when it will get here. Is there anything I can do in the meantime?
As for the ceramic thingy, I know we have a black night heat bulb. We screwed it in and tested it out. It does not give off any light whatsoever. It's actually a Zilla product.
I was up most of the night worrying and actually getting infuriated with the reptile store owner who has led me wrong since the beginning. If I had known so much of this information just a week ago, when Faye seemed to be doing ok, we could of been avoiding this conversation. Although, I'm thankfull I found this site now and thankfull for all your help, I can't help being upset with the guy.
Fatal Errors Induced by Store Owner:
- Beardies and Black Plated Dragons can be kept in the same cage because they come from the same area of the world down south and their paths cross on a regular basis. (He actually has an entire tank of plated and beardies together, crawling all over each other and stuff.)
- Do not use sand, use bark, it's better for them. (He actually sold us many 10gallon bags)
- Although beardies and plated need heat, have a bulb on and if it don't get warm enough in the tank, don't worry about it. With the Repticable under the tank emitting heat, they will get all the heat they need since they get most of their heat from their bellies. (Hence why he sold us the ReptiCable)
- If you want your beardie to be healthy, feed her one pinky a week. (Thank god I never listened to that one because that's apparently a big nono...)
- If you're beardie won't eat, just give her moist cat food every now and then. (They just love it and lapp it up)
- He's always sold us mealworms from the beggining. Never discouraged it, never told us anything. Never stopped us. Or asked how she was doing, or what kind of diet she was on.
- If it's not getting warm enough in the tank, try sealing the lid with aluminum foil. (We just realized last night that for this exact reason alone, she could be ill, because our water bowl is right on top of the repticable, which evaporates the water and it gets locked in the terrarium since the only place for it to really get out, is threw the whole in the aluminum foil we have set up for the basking light.)
- If you're beardies is sick, which she most likely is, just put polisporin eye drops in her eye or something of the equivalent. If it's safe for kids, it's safe for reptiles eyes. (Apparently, that's their cure all solution. No wonder their blue skink is still sick after months, )
Anyways. Here's the update from me getting up this morning. She's still lethargic. She hasn't moved from her water dish since last night. She's kinda half laying in it, half holding on to the edge. I managed to get some food into her yesterday by spoon feeding her some of my homemade puree. I will try to bath her again today and actually go buy some saline, not this clear eyes or visine stuff the guy said would work. If you guys have any more information or tips, please don't hesitate. I won't be able to get her in to the vet till at least tuesday since monday is a holiday. We gotta make my little one last till then. And once again, thanks for all your help.
P.S. As for the ceramic heat emitter. Does it matter what wattage, what type, if it's infrared or not. Please help narrow this down so I can give Faye and King the best care possible.
If I were to somehow separate the tank for the time being, how would I do that all while providing them with both the elements they require such as heat, water, food, basking, etc.?
We are purchasing a ReptiSun. Unfortunately, since we do not have any good pet stores in the little town I have, I will have to order the bulb, the thermomether and ceramic thingy online so i'm not sure when it will get here. Is there anything I can do in the meantime?
As for the ceramic thingy, I know we have a black night heat bulb. We screwed it in and tested it out. It does not give off any light whatsoever. It's actually a Zilla product.
I was up most of the night worrying and actually getting infuriated with the reptile store owner who has led me wrong since the beginning. If I had known so much of this information just a week ago, when Faye seemed to be doing ok, we could of been avoiding this conversation. Although, I'm thankfull I found this site now and thankfull for all your help, I can't help being upset with the guy.
Fatal Errors Induced by Store Owner:
- Beardies and Black Plated Dragons can be kept in the same cage because they come from the same area of the world down south and their paths cross on a regular basis. (He actually has an entire tank of plated and beardies together, crawling all over each other and stuff.)
- Do not use sand, use bark, it's better for them. (He actually sold us many 10gallon bags)
- Although beardies and plated need heat, have a bulb on and if it don't get warm enough in the tank, don't worry about it. With the Repticable under the tank emitting heat, they will get all the heat they need since they get most of their heat from their bellies. (Hence why he sold us the ReptiCable)
- If you want your beardie to be healthy, feed her one pinky a week. (Thank god I never listened to that one because that's apparently a big nono...)
- If you're beardie won't eat, just give her moist cat food every now and then. (They just love it and lapp it up)
- He's always sold us mealworms from the beggining. Never discouraged it, never told us anything. Never stopped us. Or asked how she was doing, or what kind of diet she was on.
- If it's not getting warm enough in the tank, try sealing the lid with aluminum foil. (We just realized last night that for this exact reason alone, she could be ill, because our water bowl is right on top of the repticable, which evaporates the water and it gets locked in the terrarium since the only place for it to really get out, is threw the whole in the aluminum foil we have set up for the basking light.)
- If you're beardies is sick, which she most likely is, just put polisporin eye drops in her eye or something of the equivalent. If it's safe for kids, it's safe for reptiles eyes. (Apparently, that's their cure all solution. No wonder their blue skink is still sick after months, )
Anyways. Here's the update from me getting up this morning. She's still lethargic. She hasn't moved from her water dish since last night. She's kinda half laying in it, half holding on to the edge. I managed to get some food into her yesterday by spoon feeding her some of my homemade puree. I will try to bath her again today and actually go buy some saline, not this clear eyes or visine stuff the guy said would work. If you guys have any more information or tips, please don't hesitate. I won't be able to get her in to the vet till at least tuesday since monday is a holiday. We gotta make my little one last till then. And once again, thanks for all your help.
P.S. As for the ceramic heat emitter. Does it matter what wattage, what type, if it's infrared or not. Please help narrow this down so I can give Faye and King the best care possible.