Matang613
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They can be very picky eaters for sure. At her age though, she can go a bit without eating. Just keep offering food everyday and she'll eat when she's hungry. That said, make sure to powder her food, for sure. Seeing that she's having such an ordeal acclimating to her viv (I'll get to possibly why in a moment) it might be best to just leave her alone for a few days in there anyway until she gets used to it. It took my beardie over a week to stop glass surfing his viv (same size as yours) after upgrading from a 20gal long.
As for why she is not wanting to be in her viv outside of needing to get used to it, getting those temps under control will definitely help. What kind of lighting/heating are you using exactly? What kind of UVB? Do you use a thermostat?
EDIT: Forgot to mention too: Please move your beardie off of those wood chips. I respect that you haven't had an issue with them yet, and I respect that she enjoys digging, but any loose substrate runs the risk of causing impaction and it just harbors bacterial growth. It would only take one instance of ingestion with a sizable wood chip to harm your beardie. The only time a bearded dragon needs to burrow is when it lays eggs. For some kind of substitute I like to provide flannel or fleece cloth. I think the texture simulates a surface that they can burrow into for sleep, and that's what mine does before bed.
I highly suggest tile as a substrate though... paper towels are a less attractive but easy to clean alternative, and repticarpet is also ok.
As for why she is not wanting to be in her viv outside of needing to get used to it, getting those temps under control will definitely help. What kind of lighting/heating are you using exactly? What kind of UVB? Do you use a thermostat?
EDIT: Forgot to mention too: Please move your beardie off of those wood chips. I respect that you haven't had an issue with them yet, and I respect that she enjoys digging, but any loose substrate runs the risk of causing impaction and it just harbors bacterial growth. It would only take one instance of ingestion with a sizable wood chip to harm your beardie. The only time a bearded dragon needs to burrow is when it lays eggs. For some kind of substitute I like to provide flannel or fleece cloth. I think the texture simulates a surface that they can burrow into for sleep, and that's what mine does before bed.
I highly suggest tile as a substrate though... paper towels are a less attractive but easy to clean alternative, and repticarpet is also ok.
