Hello!
About 3 days ago I purchased my first bearded dragon! I'm excited to own a bearded dragon and since I got him I've been using this site to answer many of my questions. I named my bearded dragon Zolo and it is very active he/she is about 7 inches long. As for what type of bearded dragon he/she is, I'm not to sure. Often times I get paranoid with everything he does! When I first got him I put him in a tank with my uncles bearded dragon (who is also a baby and is a lot smaller than Zolo) (He was also purchased the day before Zolo). I had to put him there the day I got him so I could go and purchase everything Zolo needed. The first day he was fed crickets and he ate them all! That same night I wasn't able to set up his tank because I was locked out of my house, so he spent the night with Pac (my uncles lizard). That night he buried his head in his substrate and I read that that was normal behavior. He didn't interact at all with Pac but I did see Zolo do and arm wave for a while. The next day I brought him home and set up his tank. When I got home (sometime in the afternoon) I realized that I had no food for him! So I went to a nearby reptile store and they gave me Phoenix Worms and butter worms. He really enjoys the phoenix worms. That night I turned off his lights around 10 and he fell asleep in a corner of his tank. I woke up around 3 A.M. and checked his thermometer and it was at 69 degrees! This morning I turned his lights on around 7 A.M. and at 7:30 A.M. I gave him about 10 phoenix worms coated in calcium powder. He didn't eat them out his bowl and I got a little worried. When we first got him it seemed like he didn't really like being held and will move around a bit if we stroke his back. We're trying not to hold him too much because we don't want him to be scared of us. So this morning I hand fed him his worms and he ate them all. At around noon I decided to give him 1 butterworm along with small apple slices and 4 phoenix worms. He ate all his worms and only ate two small apple slices. Around 7:20 P.M. I fed him 10 phoenix worms and 1 butterworm covered in calcium powder. A little before his feeding we took him out so he can explore a bit ( we built a barrier between his tank and my brothers legs so he wouldn't get lost) we try not to push it too much and he explored for a bit but he was trying to get back in his tank so we put him back.
Also...
During the day his basking area will be around 95 to 105 degrees, and his cool side will be about 80 degrees. Im not sure about the humidity level but I don't leave a water bowl in his tank. In the morning I dropped a few small amounts of water near his mouth and he drank the water.
He has been pooping and his poop was brown with a white liquid near it (from what I read and the pictures I saw it's normal) he pooped today as well and it was a lot more solid and looked really dark.
He moves around a lot and recently climbed his fake leaves all the way to the top of his tank (I have them placed at the very top of the cooler side of his tank because its so long) Is this something I should be worried about? and should I move his leaves lower? or does it have to do with his cooler side not being as low as it should be?
Some feed back would be great and useful, As I am new to owning a bearded dragon! I want to make sure Zolo is getting everything he needs to become healthier and happier and continue to grow! Thank You!
About 3 days ago I purchased my first bearded dragon! I'm excited to own a bearded dragon and since I got him I've been using this site to answer many of my questions. I named my bearded dragon Zolo and it is very active he/she is about 7 inches long. As for what type of bearded dragon he/she is, I'm not to sure. Often times I get paranoid with everything he does! When I first got him I put him in a tank with my uncles bearded dragon (who is also a baby and is a lot smaller than Zolo) (He was also purchased the day before Zolo). I had to put him there the day I got him so I could go and purchase everything Zolo needed. The first day he was fed crickets and he ate them all! That same night I wasn't able to set up his tank because I was locked out of my house, so he spent the night with Pac (my uncles lizard). That night he buried his head in his substrate and I read that that was normal behavior. He didn't interact at all with Pac but I did see Zolo do and arm wave for a while. The next day I brought him home and set up his tank. When I got home (sometime in the afternoon) I realized that I had no food for him! So I went to a nearby reptile store and they gave me Phoenix Worms and butter worms. He really enjoys the phoenix worms. That night I turned off his lights around 10 and he fell asleep in a corner of his tank. I woke up around 3 A.M. and checked his thermometer and it was at 69 degrees! This morning I turned his lights on around 7 A.M. and at 7:30 A.M. I gave him about 10 phoenix worms coated in calcium powder. He didn't eat them out his bowl and I got a little worried. When we first got him it seemed like he didn't really like being held and will move around a bit if we stroke his back. We're trying not to hold him too much because we don't want him to be scared of us. So this morning I hand fed him his worms and he ate them all. At around noon I decided to give him 1 butterworm along with small apple slices and 4 phoenix worms. He ate all his worms and only ate two small apple slices. Around 7:20 P.M. I fed him 10 phoenix worms and 1 butterworm covered in calcium powder. A little before his feeding we took him out so he can explore a bit ( we built a barrier between his tank and my brothers legs so he wouldn't get lost) we try not to push it too much and he explored for a bit but he was trying to get back in his tank so we put him back.
Also...
During the day his basking area will be around 95 to 105 degrees, and his cool side will be about 80 degrees. Im not sure about the humidity level but I don't leave a water bowl in his tank. In the morning I dropped a few small amounts of water near his mouth and he drank the water.
He has been pooping and his poop was brown with a white liquid near it (from what I read and the pictures I saw it's normal) he pooped today as well and it was a lot more solid and looked really dark.
He moves around a lot and recently climbed his fake leaves all the way to the top of his tank (I have them placed at the very top of the cooler side of his tank because its so long) Is this something I should be worried about? and should I move his leaves lower? or does it have to do with his cooler side not being as low as it should be?
Some feed back would be great and useful, As I am new to owning a bearded dragon! I want to make sure Zolo is getting everything he needs to become healthier and happier and continue to grow! Thank You!