Soconnor91
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I know this is bearded dragon.org but I just got a new frilled and wanted to see if anyone on here had some advice for them. He is an Indonesian baby, about 4 inches. I don't know his age, he looks like a male judging by the lumps under his tail. His name is Nedry
I just got him a couple days ago but he has been doing great so far! I have him in a medium sized tall tank with a 75 watt heating bulb and a 5.0 uvb bulb. I spray his tank in the morning and at night to keep the humidity up and I have some live lizard approved plants to help with that as well. He drinks, eats (small calcium dusted crickets) and poops so I think he's doing good! One of the questions I have is about his age and amount of food. Right now I feed him twice a day, I put him in a separate feeder tank and let him go to town for 15 minutes. However he is so small so he usually only eats about 3-5 crickets. So a total of about 6-10 a day so far. I'm not sure if this is enough but he usually stops eating well before the 15 minutes is up. I know he may be stressed so maybe he's not eating as much as he will when he is more comfortable? Also, I shop at a reptile store and the employees are generally really good about correct information, so the employee helping me suggested the uvb paired with the nighttime red heating bulb so I can just leave it on constantly. I feel like this isn't a lot of light but I am also used to beardies. I was thinking about changing it and getting a basking bulb and ceramic emitter(for night) and keeping the uvb. I'll have to get an extra fixture but I feel like his terrarium is so dim right now. Any advise or thoughts? Thanks! I'll try to get a picture of him
I just got him a couple days ago but he has been doing great so far! I have him in a medium sized tall tank with a 75 watt heating bulb and a 5.0 uvb bulb. I spray his tank in the morning and at night to keep the humidity up and I have some live lizard approved plants to help with that as well. He drinks, eats (small calcium dusted crickets) and poops so I think he's doing good! One of the questions I have is about his age and amount of food. Right now I feed him twice a day, I put him in a separate feeder tank and let him go to town for 15 minutes. However he is so small so he usually only eats about 3-5 crickets. So a total of about 6-10 a day so far. I'm not sure if this is enough but he usually stops eating well before the 15 minutes is up. I know he may be stressed so maybe he's not eating as much as he will when he is more comfortable? Also, I shop at a reptile store and the employees are generally really good about correct information, so the employee helping me suggested the uvb paired with the nighttime red heating bulb so I can just leave it on constantly. I feel like this isn't a lot of light but I am also used to beardies. I was thinking about changing it and getting a basking bulb and ceramic emitter(for night) and keeping the uvb. I'll have to get an extra fixture but I feel like his terrarium is so dim right now. Any advise or thoughts? Thanks! I'll try to get a picture of him