Karebearfreezepop0
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Hello everyone I just got a baby bearded dragon and boy is it tiny! It actually scares me how small and young he is! I hope I do everything right because it’s kinda worrisome wondering if this or that is correct! I have a 40 gal breeder but was told he’d starve to death in it to I have a 29 gallon I believe it is and put him/her in that! I have a dual dome and in it is a coil bulb 10.0 uvb bulb and a 75watt basking bulb which I removed the 75 watt and put a 100watt diff brand bulb in. I also have a 100watt heat emitter going as well because I felt the temps were just not hot enough!?! So now I have to have all three going, and then at night I plug in a little ceramic heater in the outlet near his cage to keep the ambient temp
In the room warm but this morning he was pretty dark in color when I turned on his lights, boy does he sleep hard as a rock! Lol So on Thursday I am going to buy a long reptisun aquarium hood and uvb bulb instead of this cool one because I heard they’re better and I was going to place it on top of
My metal screen on top of tank, not inside, I don’t now how to do that? Now on to feeding, ive been offering meals a couple times a day but the little guy only eats one big meal a day or several small ones. I got him from petco by the way. First of all all they had were crickets and mealworms I bought some of both but now regret it. I have a container in my fridge of mealworms which I’m not
Gonna feed him so if anyone wants them let me know lol! He ate crickets the night I brought him home (7 total) and then the next day he ate ten crickets and then wouldn’t eat anymore that day, then the next day I put him in a little container I have and put ten roaches in and he ate them all so I added more but he was done, then later that day I tried the same thing and he wouldn’t eat them just kept trying to escape the container. Yesterday morning I tried the same bing and the same result just kept ignoring the roaches and trying to escape, so o put him back in his tank and decided to add crickets and try that again. He ate them up! I’d add three at a time and he would eat them, so yesterday he had a total of one roach and about ten crickets I’d say? I had to keep taking the little guy down from his perch for him to eat tho, he would eat one hen jump back up on his perch so I’d take him down and then he’d eat one jump back up and so on and so forth! He’s been having a nice poop once or twice a day everyday! He seems like a good little guy! The only concern I have is yesterday he was basking up on the highest point of his perch and temps were good but there was a moment when it looked like his eyeballs were popping out a little and all you could see in his eyes were a pink or red, and he shuddered a little, his head but it was only a split second and then his eyes rolled back, so idk what it was and it’s kinda concerning but it was that once and for a quick second. I actually think o got it on video yesterday. I have a YouTube channel and I recorded a video about him and it was on my part 2 episode of what to do if your baby bearded dragon won’t eat #1 or #2 lol under karebear freezepop
Well anyway...... thanks for everyone that took a moment and read my ramblings! Lol
In the room warm but this morning he was pretty dark in color when I turned on his lights, boy does he sleep hard as a rock! Lol So on Thursday I am going to buy a long reptisun aquarium hood and uvb bulb instead of this cool one because I heard they’re better and I was going to place it on top of
My metal screen on top of tank, not inside, I don’t now how to do that? Now on to feeding, ive been offering meals a couple times a day but the little guy only eats one big meal a day or several small ones. I got him from petco by the way. First of all all they had were crickets and mealworms I bought some of both but now regret it. I have a container in my fridge of mealworms which I’m not
Gonna feed him so if anyone wants them let me know lol! He ate crickets the night I brought him home (7 total) and then the next day he ate ten crickets and then wouldn’t eat anymore that day, then the next day I put him in a little container I have and put ten roaches in and he ate them all so I added more but he was done, then later that day I tried the same thing and he wouldn’t eat them just kept trying to escape the container. Yesterday morning I tried the same bing and the same result just kept ignoring the roaches and trying to escape, so o put him back in his tank and decided to add crickets and try that again. He ate them up! I’d add three at a time and he would eat them, so yesterday he had a total of one roach and about ten crickets I’d say? I had to keep taking the little guy down from his perch for him to eat tho, he would eat one hen jump back up on his perch so I’d take him down and then he’d eat one jump back up and so on and so forth! He’s been having a nice poop once or twice a day everyday! He seems like a good little guy! The only concern I have is yesterday he was basking up on the highest point of his perch and temps were good but there was a moment when it looked like his eyeballs were popping out a little and all you could see in his eyes were a pink or red, and he shuddered a little, his head but it was only a split second and then his eyes rolled back, so idk what it was and it’s kinda concerning but it was that once and for a quick second. I actually think o got it on video yesterday. I have a YouTube channel and I recorded a video about him and it was on my part 2 episode of what to do if your baby bearded dragon won’t eat #1 or #2 lol under karebear freezepop
Well anyway...... thanks for everyone that took a moment and read my ramblings! Lol