Beardie won’t go for food

Lukemcc859 · Feb 19, 2018

My Beardie is incredibly lazy and will remain in the one spot for most of the day / night . I got him yesterday from somebody who has kept him in wrong conditions (temperature is only 27•C with 60 watt bulb and uv is repti glo 5.0) when I put food in he just looks at it and doesn’t move to get it and the previous owner said they have to put food over to his mouth !

CooperDragon · Feb 20, 2018

A lot of that probably has to do with lighting as you mentioned. Have you upgraded the lighting to provide adequate temperatures and proper UVB exposure? Once that is in place it may take some time to show effects but should provide for better appetite and overall health.

Lukemcc859 · Feb 21, 2018

CooperDragon":ewyxwkz1 said:
A lot of that probably has to do with lighting as you mentioned. Have you upgraded the lighting to provide adequate temperatures and proper UVB exposure? Once that is in place it may take some time to show effects but should provide for better appetite and overall health.

Upgraded the lighting to a reptisun 10.0 ,,, basking light is this not sure what thoughts are on it maybe you could tell me ?I have the 100w version.https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/ex...UlWmuKAM5OKDRMsyAi6Aww1QdQofY2DQaAsOJEALw_wcB

CooperDragon · Feb 21, 2018

I'm not crazy about basking lights that have a neodymium coating over them because that will filter yellows. While it may look bright to us it could cause things to look distorted to them the way a colored bulb would. I would go with one of these instead https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-basking-solar-flood/

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