cptlaurion
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Hi there!
I'm a first time Bearded Dragon owner and Mako is my 11-month old rescue. She was taken into foster care when she was found with burns on her because her previous owner was putting the heat lamps in the enclosure. She has spent the last 5 months with a foster and we took her in on the 24th.
I've attached a picture of her enclosure setup currently and would love any input on things that look good, wrong, or otherwise. The humidity is between 20-30%, cold side is between 78-84 on the cool side and 85-90 in her basking hammock (measured with a temp gun).
Since we've brought her home her behavior has not given us a ton of confidence (although, it might be normal for the transition). She ate 2 crickets and a few of her greens quite a while after we put them in the cage, but she has not really left her hide. Yesterday, she ate nothing (we put 5 large crickets and 5 large mealworms in her dish along with dandelion greens). This morning, we reclaimed the crickets that were in the dish and replaced them with a couple more, along with some fresh mealworms and greens. She hasn't eaten still so we tried to hand feed her some dubia roaches. She quickly gobbled two of these but scorned the third. Because we haven't seen her drink, or even move to her water, we gave her a light misting on her head.
Last night we gave her a bath (98 degree water) for 15 minutes. The previous owner said she hasn't had a movement for several days and that the bath might stimulate it. Still no poo going on day 4.
As I said, she's been in her hid almost non-stop. Today she was doing a significant amount of scratching at the corner. We have tile for the substrate, so I cut some clean scraps of fleece for her to push around. I've read up a bit on this and apparently it can give them some comfort.
I'd much appreciate any advice, scolding, encouragement, or other input that will help Mako have a great, long stay with us!
Thanks!
~Mako and Chris
I'm a first time Bearded Dragon owner and Mako is my 11-month old rescue. She was taken into foster care when she was found with burns on her because her previous owner was putting the heat lamps in the enclosure. She has spent the last 5 months with a foster and we took her in on the 24th.
I've attached a picture of her enclosure setup currently and would love any input on things that look good, wrong, or otherwise. The humidity is between 20-30%, cold side is between 78-84 on the cool side and 85-90 in her basking hammock (measured with a temp gun).
Since we've brought her home her behavior has not given us a ton of confidence (although, it might be normal for the transition). She ate 2 crickets and a few of her greens quite a while after we put them in the cage, but she has not really left her hide. Yesterday, she ate nothing (we put 5 large crickets and 5 large mealworms in her dish along with dandelion greens). This morning, we reclaimed the crickets that were in the dish and replaced them with a couple more, along with some fresh mealworms and greens. She hasn't eaten still so we tried to hand feed her some dubia roaches. She quickly gobbled two of these but scorned the third. Because we haven't seen her drink, or even move to her water, we gave her a light misting on her head.
Last night we gave her a bath (98 degree water) for 15 minutes. The previous owner said she hasn't had a movement for several days and that the bath might stimulate it. Still no poo going on day 4.
As I said, she's been in her hid almost non-stop. Today she was doing a significant amount of scratching at the corner. We have tile for the substrate, so I cut some clean scraps of fleece for her to push around. I've read up a bit on this and apparently it can give them some comfort.
I'd much appreciate any advice, scolding, encouragement, or other input that will help Mako have a great, long stay with us!
Thanks!
~Mako and Chris