t all started when my girlfriend bought me a bearded dragon from cragslist ....
Before we picked him up we were told that he was two and a half years old and that he was a girl and his name was "Dina" kinda like tina? (last picture shows his condition before we got him) He lived in a 45 gallon tank and his environment was filled with meal worms, sand, poop, and some beetles, it wasn't very clean. He was very underweight and is 17 inches long. At the time he only had a red night light and a day time bulb.
We eventually got him a compact uvb light and later exchanged it for a hood light with an exo terra bulb. His basking spot can reach about 100 degrees and the cool spots stay around the high eighties due to the weather. I feed him collard greens, strawberrys, and bok choy with suppliments. I used to assist feed him crickets but I am now moving on to dubias. He will sometimes watch food and try to eat it when I throw plenty of crickets or dubias in the same bin. The big problem is that he is only 199 grams and he has a lot of trouble trying to get an insect or veggies in his mouth. I'm not sure if he is shy or if he is not a good hunter, but i'm looking for a way around this. On the bright side, he's not as shy as he was when he first moved in and he really likes bigger pieces of greens because they're easier for him to eat. He really likes exploring around my room and is can be very shy and docile.
Please give me any advice possible! He still needs a name!
On a side note, if anyone can tell what kind of colors and morph he is that would be amazing.
and on another side note, can he still get down with the ladies even though he is small for his age?
Before we picked him up we were told that he was two and a half years old and that he was a girl and his name was "Dina" kinda like tina? (last picture shows his condition before we got him) He lived in a 45 gallon tank and his environment was filled with meal worms, sand, poop, and some beetles, it wasn't very clean. He was very underweight and is 17 inches long. At the time he only had a red night light and a day time bulb.
We eventually got him a compact uvb light and later exchanged it for a hood light with an exo terra bulb. His basking spot can reach about 100 degrees and the cool spots stay around the high eighties due to the weather. I feed him collard greens, strawberrys, and bok choy with suppliments. I used to assist feed him crickets but I am now moving on to dubias. He will sometimes watch food and try to eat it when I throw plenty of crickets or dubias in the same bin. The big problem is that he is only 199 grams and he has a lot of trouble trying to get an insect or veggies in his mouth. I'm not sure if he is shy or if he is not a good hunter, but i'm looking for a way around this. On the bright side, he's not as shy as he was when he first moved in and he really likes bigger pieces of greens because they're easier for him to eat. He really likes exploring around my room and is can be very shy and docile.
Please give me any advice possible! He still needs a name!
On a side note, if anyone can tell what kind of colors and morph he is that would be amazing.
and on another side note, can he still get down with the ladies even though he is small for his age?