SkimsMommy
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Husband and wife team of adopted parents here.
We are in the 8th week of our beardie experience and are very eager to learn everything we can to make our Mr. Skim as comfortable and healthy as possible.
He is an adult dragon, age is unknown for sure, but at least 3 years old.
When Skim came to us for care he was in less than perfect health, not sick, but not eating a good diet or getting enough attention, and his prior viv had no uvb.
I have a few questions about his weight and appearance and would really like some of your opinions!
For the last two weeks he has been shedding pretty fiercely so it's been hard to get proper color morph pictures, but today his face finally peeled so you can see his normal face color in the first pic (even though it loads upside down). The second picture is the best pic I have of his back before it really started turning white.
Everyone comments on how dark he is when they see him, he seems plenty enough (sometimes gapes) and his light is uva uvb so I don't think that's the problem...he's always this dark colored, but I've seen no other dragons this color before. Thoughts?
Now my other concern is his weight. We have gotten him to gain quite a bit of weight just by feeding him better in terms of frequency and quantity/quality than he was ever getting before. Any helpful tips about getting him to a healthy weight? His tail and legs have plumped up considerably in the last two months as you can see in the comparison image, but his hip bones are visible and his fat pads are still sunken a bit.
His vivarium is 34''x17" and will soon have two levels as we are building a basking deck with a warming cave underneath for sleepy snuggles. The cave will be warmed with a heat rock.
Any help/opinions/advice would be much appreciated!
-Skim's Mommy & Daddy
Husband and wife team of adopted parents here.
We are in the 8th week of our beardie experience and are very eager to learn everything we can to make our Mr. Skim as comfortable and healthy as possible.
He is an adult dragon, age is unknown for sure, but at least 3 years old.
When Skim came to us for care he was in less than perfect health, not sick, but not eating a good diet or getting enough attention, and his prior viv had no uvb.
I have a few questions about his weight and appearance and would really like some of your opinions!
For the last two weeks he has been shedding pretty fiercely so it's been hard to get proper color morph pictures, but today his face finally peeled so you can see his normal face color in the first pic (even though it loads upside down). The second picture is the best pic I have of his back before it really started turning white.
Everyone comments on how dark he is when they see him, he seems plenty enough (sometimes gapes) and his light is uva uvb so I don't think that's the problem...he's always this dark colored, but I've seen no other dragons this color before. Thoughts?
Now my other concern is his weight. We have gotten him to gain quite a bit of weight just by feeding him better in terms of frequency and quantity/quality than he was ever getting before. Any helpful tips about getting him to a healthy weight? His tail and legs have plumped up considerably in the last two months as you can see in the comparison image, but his hip bones are visible and his fat pads are still sunken a bit.
His vivarium is 34''x17" and will soon have two levels as we are building a basking deck with a warming cave underneath for sleepy snuggles. The cave will be warmed with a heat rock.
Any help/opinions/advice would be much appreciated!
-Skim's Mommy & Daddy
As far as morph goes, he is just a normal, but is still very cute. What UV light are you using?
