A mini heads up....a few paragraphs below! Want to give you all a full description as to help and aid with any potential issues. Thank you greatly in advance,
Hellloooo!! New member here. And with the thread title...new beardie owner also. First one! Did research for months to ensure I was comfortable with everything needed for a young guy. That being said, may be cautious here but looking for advice:
My guy arrived today. He is I think 2-3mo old (waiting for breeder confirmation again--see PIX). Unpacked within half hour & in the tank. I got a nice 40G tank set going..drift wood to climb, basking rock, hiding space, trees, solid cork background. See the pix attached..... right away I got him some greens, water, and some worms. He ate the worms, I kept them going. Ate 24 worms in about 9m (seems not bad for first time new spot).
Anyway...seemed normal. A little timid and confused as I would expect with a new place. 3 times in about 55 minutes kept facing the side glass and trying to crawl, and obviously went up the glass wall.... BUT one thing confuses me. He has stayed on that side, the cold side, all day....has not moved outside of one foot of the right side. LEFT SIDE HAS THE hot light and basking rock. Even room to play in between!!...space to stretch the legs a little.
So please SEE PIX and let me know...any comments as to why hes hardly moving outside the one side of tank?? One thing i also notice is...from inside tank, the front glass reflects HARD...is it possible beardie is scared because he sees another one (himself) in the glass reflection??
Sorry for long post. If you actually made it this far reading then I really appreciate any feedback. Looking forward to the community!
**Seems pix aren't linking to post???. Clicked on the XIMG button above, opens up separate tab which doesn't really show the upload hooked into this post. Please let me know so I can updateeee**
Hellloooo!! New member here. And with the thread title...new beardie owner also. First one! Did research for months to ensure I was comfortable with everything needed for a young guy. That being said, may be cautious here but looking for advice:
My guy arrived today. He is I think 2-3mo old (waiting for breeder confirmation again--see PIX). Unpacked within half hour & in the tank. I got a nice 40G tank set going..drift wood to climb, basking rock, hiding space, trees, solid cork background. See the pix attached..... right away I got him some greens, water, and some worms. He ate the worms, I kept them going. Ate 24 worms in about 9m (seems not bad for first time new spot).
Anyway...seemed normal. A little timid and confused as I would expect with a new place. 3 times in about 55 minutes kept facing the side glass and trying to crawl, and obviously went up the glass wall.... BUT one thing confuses me. He has stayed on that side, the cold side, all day....has not moved outside of one foot of the right side. LEFT SIDE HAS THE hot light and basking rock. Even room to play in between!!...space to stretch the legs a little.
So please SEE PIX and let me know...any comments as to why hes hardly moving outside the one side of tank?? One thing i also notice is...from inside tank, the front glass reflects HARD...is it possible beardie is scared because he sees another one (himself) in the glass reflection??
Sorry for long post. If you actually made it this far reading then I really appreciate any feedback. Looking forward to the community!
**Seems pix aren't linking to post???. Clicked on the XIMG button above, opens up separate tab which doesn't really show the upload hooked into this post. Please let me know so I can updateeee**