Hello all... I am a brand new beardie owner. Well actually this is my sons beardie that my in laws gifted him for getting straight A's but I have fell in love. His name is Chuckie (from rugrats) but I still don't know if he's a boy or girl. Lol. Not sure how old he is because Petsmart does not know. We have had him for about 10 days and he's made me nervous all 10 friggin days lol. Here's a few pics of Chuckie while we are sitting outside getting some sun and eating some salad.
One thing I notice is that inside of his tank, he has the stress marks. When I take him outside, he doesn't. He clearly doesn't like his tank. I have a Basking rock, zoomed 100w spot lamp, water bowl and salad bowl. The tank is 10 gallons. I plan to upgrade all of this asap. I have the reptisun 10.0 T5 on the way from amazon. I think I should get a bigger tank. What do you all suggest? He doesn't eat many crickets at all. He doesn't seem to show much interest. I plopped one in his tank this morning around 8 and it's still there hopping around. Not sure why.
Temp in his tank is around 100 on basking side and 83 on cool side.
Any help would be great.
One thing I notice is that inside of his tank, he has the stress marks. When I take him outside, he doesn't. He clearly doesn't like his tank. I have a Basking rock, zoomed 100w spot lamp, water bowl and salad bowl. The tank is 10 gallons. I plan to upgrade all of this asap. I have the reptisun 10.0 T5 on the way from amazon. I think I should get a bigger tank. What do you all suggest? He doesn't eat many crickets at all. He doesn't seem to show much interest. I plopped one in his tank this morning around 8 and it's still there hopping around. Not sure why.
Temp in his tank is around 100 on basking side and 83 on cool side.
Any help would be great.