i am beyond terrified.
i'm like, 15 years old and i've been working for a while and decided that i'd finally saved up for a lizard and bought one from a lady looking for a new home. at the time i was looking at him he was really small and looked super healthy ! the lady said to give her a while and she'd hold him for me as well as supply all the needed bulbs and some food. I was beyond happy ! i went to go pick him up, and she gave me the tank, the lizard, some things to decorate (i had purchased some thing in the mail and was waiting for them to show bfore i finished up the tank) and then... a basking light.
at the time i thought it was normal, i was just so so happy to get him and hold him. he was super active ! he was jumping all over the place and eating.
i get home and realize the lady never included the uvb. she never mentioned the uvb. he'd been living 2 months without it, and however many months before i asked to hold him in her care without it. i was so, so scared when i began looking up the effects more carefully.
i'm buying the uvb as soon as possible, hopefully within the next 1-3 days. ASAP. the thing is-
he's so, so active. he has a hugge appetite. he runs around and hops and basks in his light and is never sluggish or slow. he's actually super fast, and loves hoping from pillow to pillow on my bed. he curled up with me and slept around the proper time while i heated up his cage for the night with his basking light. i'm just so worried, will something happen in the future. (i'll be bringing him outside for the next few days for uvb in case i don't get the light as soon as i hope). i'd seen videos of him before i got him- two months ago. he's exactly the same ! running around his cage, growing like a weed. he's been given all the proper suppliments (she gave me a bag of each as well so i know he's been eating them) but no uvb ??? how, how did this go unnoticed ? will he be ok ?
i'm like, 15 years old and i've been working for a while and decided that i'd finally saved up for a lizard and bought one from a lady looking for a new home. at the time i was looking at him he was really small and looked super healthy ! the lady said to give her a while and she'd hold him for me as well as supply all the needed bulbs and some food. I was beyond happy ! i went to go pick him up, and she gave me the tank, the lizard, some things to decorate (i had purchased some thing in the mail and was waiting for them to show bfore i finished up the tank) and then... a basking light.
at the time i thought it was normal, i was just so so happy to get him and hold him. he was super active ! he was jumping all over the place and eating.
i get home and realize the lady never included the uvb. she never mentioned the uvb. he'd been living 2 months without it, and however many months before i asked to hold him in her care without it. i was so, so scared when i began looking up the effects more carefully.
i'm buying the uvb as soon as possible, hopefully within the next 1-3 days. ASAP. the thing is-
he's so, so active. he has a hugge appetite. he runs around and hops and basks in his light and is never sluggish or slow. he's actually super fast, and loves hoping from pillow to pillow on my bed. he curled up with me and slept around the proper time while i heated up his cage for the night with his basking light. i'm just so worried, will something happen in the future. (i'll be bringing him outside for the next few days for uvb in case i don't get the light as soon as i hope). i'd seen videos of him before i got him- two months ago. he's exactly the same ! running around his cage, growing like a weed. he's been given all the proper suppliments (she gave me a bag of each as well so i know he's been eating them) but no uvb ??? how, how did this go unnoticed ? will he be ok ?