New Beardie

KingBowzer · Dec 25, 2016

I've had a bearded dragon before but it wasn't this young. When we got him the person at the store told us not to feed him for a few days so he gets used to his new home. But I thought that was a little weird so I contacted other places and they said that feeding him is ok because it'll help him get comfortable. So we fed him and he ate without hesitating. But today he's just been in his basking spot not doing much. He's ignores the feeders. Is everything ok or is there something I should do?

kornel351 · Dec 25, 2016

Sometimes throughout the year bearded dragons go on a strike from eatting food.This could happen especially before or after a shredding.Its okay if he doesn't eat for 2-3 days just make sure his poop isn't too watery if he doesn't eat within these days then u could check him up at the vet .What is his setup?

KingBowzer · Dec 25, 2016

I use a regular 60w clear light bulb for heat. And an exo terra uvb150 for uv light. The tank is about 30 inch long but i have a piece of cardboard in the middle to make it smaller as I was told that a big tank will stress him out. He's about 8 inches long.
Also the tank isn't so much a tank but an old drawer i converted into a tank to hold the heat better than my screen tank. As substrate I'm just using regular printing paper.

kornel351 · Dec 25, 2016

Setup seems okay so I don't think that's the problem.

KingBowzer · Dec 25, 2016

Then I'll just keep and eye on him. I just got him two days ago and he ate yesterday, so it might just be me freaking out because he's so young. I'll keep trying and if it keeps up then I'll need to take him to a vet. Thanks!

ABP1983 · Dec 25, 2016

Young beardies don't usually brumate, which is kind of like a lizard hibernation.

First off you'll want to ditch that coil UVB tube, they are absolutely awful and probably worse than having no uvb at all. You'll want a tube bulb, we have a ReptiSun t8 and it's wonderful.

What are his temps? His basking spot should be around 105-110, cool side around 85. These are all ball park figures, just trying to give some info. Night time temps shouldn't dip below 65, if they do you'll want to get an alternate source of heat, that doesn't produce light. They need cool time with lights off at night.

KingBowzer · Jan 2, 2017

So it's been a few days. I got a new UVB. The temp are at about 102 right now. He's been eating the vevotein black fly larvae and I leave collard greens and romaine lettuce in his tank. He's extremely active. Now I have another concern though. He won't go to sleep. It's been only 1 day but He claws and claws around in his tank. He spent the night running around and digging through the substrate, Jumping and climbing everything almost non-stop. It's almost midnight and he's still awake. Do they normally do this? I've seen energetic bearded dragons but not so much that they don't sleep

Mordecai · Jan 2, 2017

Hi. Do you have any lights on in his tank at night? Beardies like complete darkness. So no they should be sleeping at night not running around.

KingBowzer · Jan 3, 2017

I did I had one of those red heat only bulbs. I turned it off and he quickly found a place to sleep.

KingBowzer · Jan 20, 2017

I have one more question. Is it normal for a beardie to arch its tail when running around. Sometimes he arches it upward sometime sideways.

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