Hi everyone! I got a baby beardie from Petco on 12/22/2020. He’s 2 months old, & his name is Voldemort. I’m kind of looking for advice, because I want to make sure he’s getting the best care.
It’s a super lame question but how do you even get your beardie to like you? Granted, I’ve only had mine for 3 weeks. But he always runs away from me. He’ll let me stroke his back, but I can tell I scare him.
We’ve had a couple incidents already. The first one, I had my hand near him & he took one look, jumped on my hand & starting sprinting up my arm. The same day, he tried to jump out of the tank, failed, & hit the side. He’s tried jumping a few more times, & he glass surfs like crazy. I want to be able to take him out to free roam, but I’m so scared I’ll lose him. I feel really bad cause he never leaves the tank except for his baths.
He eats meal worms & sometimes crickets (I can’t always get crickets). He also likes acorn squash, kale, & collard greens.
He’s in a 20 gallon long tank with a screen top. I’m not sure how to attach pictures on here, lol, otherwise I’d attach pictures of the lights, & him in the tank. He has a 75W repti basking spot light from ZooMed, & a reptisun 10.0 UVB compact bulb. He also has a ZooMed 75W Nocturnal Infrared heat light. The lights are sitting on top of the screen of the tank. I know the stick on thermometers can be inaccurate, so I’m looking into getting a digital thermometer with a probe, the store just doesn’t have any right now.
He seems to always have stress marks. I want him to be happy, & stop jumping because I’m afraid he’ll hurt himself. I have no idea what to do, & I’m not sure what’s normal. I’m always worried about him.
It’s a super lame question but how do you even get your beardie to like you? Granted, I’ve only had mine for 3 weeks. But he always runs away from me. He’ll let me stroke his back, but I can tell I scare him.
We’ve had a couple incidents already. The first one, I had my hand near him & he took one look, jumped on my hand & starting sprinting up my arm. The same day, he tried to jump out of the tank, failed, & hit the side. He’s tried jumping a few more times, & he glass surfs like crazy. I want to be able to take him out to free roam, but I’m so scared I’ll lose him. I feel really bad cause he never leaves the tank except for his baths.
He eats meal worms & sometimes crickets (I can’t always get crickets). He also likes acorn squash, kale, & collard greens.
He’s in a 20 gallon long tank with a screen top. I’m not sure how to attach pictures on here, lol, otherwise I’d attach pictures of the lights, & him in the tank. He has a 75W repti basking spot light from ZooMed, & a reptisun 10.0 UVB compact bulb. He also has a ZooMed 75W Nocturnal Infrared heat light. The lights are sitting on top of the screen of the tank. I know the stick on thermometers can be inaccurate, so I’m looking into getting a digital thermometer with a probe, the store just doesn’t have any right now.
He seems to always have stress marks. I want him to be happy, & stop jumping because I’m afraid he’ll hurt himself. I have no idea what to do, & I’m not sure what’s normal. I’m always worried about him.