dannyandramen
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hi there!
we've had our baby for just under a week now, and he still has stress marks! I just don't know if we are overworried or if there is something we are missing. here's WAY too much info, and if anyone has any ideas..... thanks so much for reading it!
(not really sure how to post pics but maybe someday....)
he's eating great, pooping, sleeping through the night, rarely hides. he wanders around and explorse a bit. he prances like a happy puppy when the crikets come out. he basks and watches us. he doesnt run away when we put our hands in to pet him, he seems to like being petted, and licks us sometimes. OUr son has only held him one time b/c we want him to get used to us, but today he ate a piece of greens off Danny's finger so that's pretty cool!
We are super new to the bearded dragon world, but our son had wanted one for years! We've read all the forums and have been preparing to bring the right baby home for a year now. We did buy a kit, but then also bought lots of other supplement stuff that everyone seemed to indicate would be better. Ramen did come from pet store, but a really nice small-ownership one that only works with a specific breader, and we waited for him to be 2.5 months old before we brought him home. He was the biggest of the 3 babies they were keeping and looks super healthy.
We've had him for almost a week now.
Ramen is a GREAT eater! he takes down 12 or so crickets 2 times a day, and mid day we give him another 6 w/ ease (one time we tried more, but he slowed down so i think we found his happy limit)
he eats his collard greens like a good boy, and poops 2-3 times a day right in his food dish - which makes for super easy and quick clean up! Every once in a while he gets a little zucchini - he's meh about it but eats a little) he sleeps through the night like a champ.
a couple of days ago he finished shedding his skin - so we did a little extra misting during that - he seems to enjoy it anyway so.....
ok - enclosure -
Ramen is in a 20 gal tank w/ reptile mat (like sand and rocks glued down) he's got a piece of wood, a platform/cave in his basking area, and another cave in his shady area. also have some climbing vines. got a hammock but it's WAY too big so we will wait on that.
We mist in the morning after breakfast and humidity stays right about 40.
2 digital thermometers - cold side is like 75-80 warm side floats about 90-100, and the basking spot is like 105
we have a reptisun uvb5 in a 12" hood fixture, and a 100w basking light (we have red bulb too, but don't use it b/c i'm thinking the tank gets warm enough w/out) water and food bowl.
we've had our baby for just under a week now, and he still has stress marks! I just don't know if we are overworried or if there is something we are missing. here's WAY too much info, and if anyone has any ideas..... thanks so much for reading it!
(not really sure how to post pics but maybe someday....)
he's eating great, pooping, sleeping through the night, rarely hides. he wanders around and explorse a bit. he prances like a happy puppy when the crikets come out. he basks and watches us. he doesnt run away when we put our hands in to pet him, he seems to like being petted, and licks us sometimes. OUr son has only held him one time b/c we want him to get used to us, but today he ate a piece of greens off Danny's finger so that's pretty cool!
We are super new to the bearded dragon world, but our son had wanted one for years! We've read all the forums and have been preparing to bring the right baby home for a year now. We did buy a kit, but then also bought lots of other supplement stuff that everyone seemed to indicate would be better. Ramen did come from pet store, but a really nice small-ownership one that only works with a specific breader, and we waited for him to be 2.5 months old before we brought him home. He was the biggest of the 3 babies they were keeping and looks super healthy.
We've had him for almost a week now.
Ramen is a GREAT eater! he takes down 12 or so crickets 2 times a day, and mid day we give him another 6 w/ ease (one time we tried more, but he slowed down so i think we found his happy limit)
he eats his collard greens like a good boy, and poops 2-3 times a day right in his food dish - which makes for super easy and quick clean up! Every once in a while he gets a little zucchini - he's meh about it but eats a little) he sleeps through the night like a champ.
a couple of days ago he finished shedding his skin - so we did a little extra misting during that - he seems to enjoy it anyway so.....
ok - enclosure -
Ramen is in a 20 gal tank w/ reptile mat (like sand and rocks glued down) he's got a piece of wood, a platform/cave in his basking area, and another cave in his shady area. also have some climbing vines. got a hammock but it's WAY too big so we will wait on that.
We mist in the morning after breakfast and humidity stays right about 40.
2 digital thermometers - cold side is like 75-80 warm side floats about 90-100, and the basking spot is like 105
we have a reptisun uvb5 in a 12" hood fixture, and a 100w basking light (we have red bulb too, but don't use it b/c i'm thinking the tank gets warm enough w/out) water and food bowl.