midoriskyz
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I am a first time beardie owner of what we think is a boy named Spyro. We (my fiance and I) got him from Petco despite having put our name on a list with our local reptile pet store because we fell in love with him. He is between 3 to 5 months old from what the pet store said. We do have a vet visit this Sunday and maybe they can determine his age better. He's such a good little boy, he loves his greens and dubia roaches. He's a little hesitant on baths but is tolerating short ones. Any time I've had questions (which is a lot, I worry and just want Spyro to have the best life) I've found the most helpful answers on your forums so I thought I'd join.
I did have a few questions.
1. Spyro loves his greens as much as his dubia roaches and sometimes I worry about the balance as I know he needs more bugs than greens at his age. The local reptile pet store has recommended 1/4 of large collard green leaf a day and 15 small dubia roaches twice a day, so 30 a day. He always eats his greens right when I put them down and he always eats all of his bugs at both feedings. Am I underfeeding him or is he just trying to trick me into giving more than he needs?
2. He took a small fall last Sunday when he ran to my back and then leapt off to try to get on a ledge. He missed and fell about 2 feet onto carpet and landed on all four. He immediately kept moving like nothing happened for the few seconds before we picked him up and put him in his enclosure. He showed no signs of being hurt, then or in the days after. No swollen limbs, no change in behavior (in fact he seems more bold in trying to run up my arm onto my back when I hold him, licking my arm all the while). He seems to be pooping normally,, no blood in it. He's eating all of his food and running with no hindrance. He has a vet appointment in a few days, should I mention the fall and get x-rays to be safe?
3. Is there and ideal age or size to move him into his adult enclosure? I've read 3 times the length head to tip of tail.
I posted a picture of Spyro and his enclosure below. We are aware that the uvb should be on the inside, his old fixture stopped working when we changed the bulb so we got this bigger fixture because it was all our local place had and this one will fit on the inside of his adult enclosure. I also just got a carrier for him for vet trips that I can also take him outside to to get natural uvb. The temps and humidity are good this time of year where I live. Also the water bowls in his tank are specifically to raise the humidity because our apartment is extremely dry.
I did have a few questions.
1. Spyro loves his greens as much as his dubia roaches and sometimes I worry about the balance as I know he needs more bugs than greens at his age. The local reptile pet store has recommended 1/4 of large collard green leaf a day and 15 small dubia roaches twice a day, so 30 a day. He always eats his greens right when I put them down and he always eats all of his bugs at both feedings. Am I underfeeding him or is he just trying to trick me into giving more than he needs?
2. He took a small fall last Sunday when he ran to my back and then leapt off to try to get on a ledge. He missed and fell about 2 feet onto carpet and landed on all four. He immediately kept moving like nothing happened for the few seconds before we picked him up and put him in his enclosure. He showed no signs of being hurt, then or in the days after. No swollen limbs, no change in behavior (in fact he seems more bold in trying to run up my arm onto my back when I hold him, licking my arm all the while). He seems to be pooping normally,, no blood in it. He's eating all of his food and running with no hindrance. He has a vet appointment in a few days, should I mention the fall and get x-rays to be safe?
3. Is there and ideal age or size to move him into his adult enclosure? I've read 3 times the length head to tip of tail.
I posted a picture of Spyro and his enclosure below. We are aware that the uvb should be on the inside, his old fixture stopped working when we changed the bulb so we got this bigger fixture because it was all our local place had and this one will fit on the inside of his adult enclosure. I also just got a carrier for him for vet trips that I can also take him outside to to get natural uvb. The temps and humidity are good this time of year where I live. Also the water bowls in his tank are specifically to raise the humidity because our apartment is extremely dry.