SarahHardy
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Hi everyone! I just got a baby beardie from Petco about 2 weeks ago. He was eating small crickets just fine twice a day (along with some collard greens and celery, although he only eats a few pieces of leaves at a time) every day up until yesterday evening. He happily ate his breakfast, but wouldn’t touch his food in the second feeding. Today he seems less energetic, lays his head on the floor more often, and still hasn’t eaten anything. His 30 gallon tank is about 105 on the basking side and 75-80 on the other side. The humidity is about 45. He has reptile carpet and a uvb light strip across the tank too. When I got him at the pet store the lady said that the new babies were about 4 months but he was bigger than the rest, so I’m guessing he’s about 5 months old. I feel like the problem may be that I was feeding him too many? I’ve read that you’re supposed to feed him as many crickets as he’ll eat in 10-15 minutes and boy did he eat a lot. More than 10, maybe 15 crickets (dusted with calcium) at a time. He’s not impacted because he still poops every day. He still drinks water from a dropper just fine. I’m thinking about taking him to the petco vet since it’s free for the first 30 days that I have him. Thank you for the help!