I have a 7 1/2 month old beardie. When I first got him, he would eat dubia roaches out of a dish in his enclosure. For a while he went through a stretch where he would only eat them if I ran them past his nose on the floor of his enclosure. A few weeks ago, he stopped eating pretty much everything for almost a week.
Now, he's been back to eating his roaches, and he eats them out of his bowl, but he only will eat in the morning (about 6-10 3/4" roaches) and then pretty much ignores food for the rest of the day. We did get some hornworms at a pet shop last week, and fed them one of those every night and he was very eager to eat that. He also doesn't really bother with his salad, which we offer everyday. Mix of different greens, mostly collard and mustard, topped with sweet potato, occasional red pepper and also butternut squash.
He spends most of the day in his basking spot, but by about 5 at night many nights, he's off his basking spot laying on the floor of his tank, sometimes in the warm area and sometimes in the cool.
Any suggestions for why he isn't interested in a nighttime meal? I feel like at 7 months, he should still eat quite voraciously. He's never been a huge eater, compared to some beardies I read about here.
He's 17 1/2 inches (LONG tail) and 290 grams right now.
He's in a 40 gallon enclosure with a Reptisun 10.0 T5 (which reads 4-6 UVI at his basking spot), a halogen PAR 38 flood light with basking temps around 102-105. His hot side is around 85-90 and cool side 75-80.
Also, he only poops about once a week.
eta: His substrate is paper towels.
Now, he's been back to eating his roaches, and he eats them out of his bowl, but he only will eat in the morning (about 6-10 3/4" roaches) and then pretty much ignores food for the rest of the day. We did get some hornworms at a pet shop last week, and fed them one of those every night and he was very eager to eat that. He also doesn't really bother with his salad, which we offer everyday. Mix of different greens, mostly collard and mustard, topped with sweet potato, occasional red pepper and also butternut squash.
He spends most of the day in his basking spot, but by about 5 at night many nights, he's off his basking spot laying on the floor of his tank, sometimes in the warm area and sometimes in the cool.
Any suggestions for why he isn't interested in a nighttime meal? I feel like at 7 months, he should still eat quite voraciously. He's never been a huge eater, compared to some beardies I read about here.
He's 17 1/2 inches (LONG tail) and 290 grams right now.
He's in a 40 gallon enclosure with a Reptisun 10.0 T5 (which reads 4-6 UVI at his basking spot), a halogen PAR 38 flood light with basking temps around 102-105. His hot side is around 85-90 and cool side 75-80.
Also, he only poops about once a week.
eta: His substrate is paper towels.