catomiletea
Member
Hello, I've had my bearded dragon since 7/27 2017, from his size I gauged that he was roughly 2 months in age. He was actully the largest one out of all the ones the store had gotten that day in shippment. I have him in a 20 gallon and when he got to be bigger in a month or 3 I was going to upgrade to a 40 or 75 gallon tank for him. This is my first beardie. I soak in him warm water every 2-3 days mostly after he eats but he likes to poop in his tank rather then the warm water. He sits on his oerch and won't move at all it seems from when I leave from work til coming home. His UVB is times for 10 hours a day. 6am to 4pm.
Symptoms that I noticed:
Head and sometimes body trembles
Stiffness
Not heavily active but very alert
Tank set up:
20 gallon Zoo Med starter kit with 50/60 watt changed lights, no more 100 watt.
No sand, just paper towel and carpet
1 food dish, 1 water bowl
Food:
Lightly Dusted roaches, mealworms and crickets.
Kale and bock choy
Pellets
Eating habits:
Doesn't touch the veggies or pellets unless I force feed him.
Roughly eats 20 to 30 crickets a week. If I'm lucky when I bring hime crickets I'll buy 6-10. He typically will eat all 6 but maybe leave 2 from the 10.
This isn't my first reptile, I know something is off but it could be me. I know my first mistake was buying him from my local pet store. I have a 4 month old leo from a reptile show and he is healthy, shed twice and I've had him a 2-3 weeks less then my beardie.
Update 09/20
I took his food dish out so I can try to feed him more dusted crickets. I got a thermometer/hydrometer duo and another thermometer for the opposite side of his tank. In the next few days I eill be getting his 10.0 reptisun uvb bulb. I will be uploading pictures of my tank and beardie in the next day or so. I just need to get the multi vitamins next. And then anything else I need. Thanks thus far for all the help. Forums are still a littlr confusing for me so I apologize for the slow replies. I am slowly making proper changes to my beardie tank.
Symptoms that I noticed:
Head and sometimes body trembles
Stiffness
Not heavily active but very alert
Tank set up:
20 gallon Zoo Med starter kit with 50/60 watt changed lights, no more 100 watt.
No sand, just paper towel and carpet
1 food dish, 1 water bowl
Food:
Lightly Dusted roaches, mealworms and crickets.
Kale and bock choy
Pellets
Eating habits:
Doesn't touch the veggies or pellets unless I force feed him.
Roughly eats 20 to 30 crickets a week. If I'm lucky when I bring hime crickets I'll buy 6-10. He typically will eat all 6 but maybe leave 2 from the 10.
This isn't my first reptile, I know something is off but it could be me. I know my first mistake was buying him from my local pet store. I have a 4 month old leo from a reptile show and he is healthy, shed twice and I've had him a 2-3 weeks less then my beardie.
Update 09/20
I took his food dish out so I can try to feed him more dusted crickets. I got a thermometer/hydrometer duo and another thermometer for the opposite side of his tank. In the next few days I eill be getting his 10.0 reptisun uvb bulb. I will be uploading pictures of my tank and beardie in the next day or so. I just need to get the multi vitamins next. And then anything else I need. Thanks thus far for all the help. Forums are still a littlr confusing for me so I apologize for the slow replies. I am slowly making proper changes to my beardie tank.