New here. Lots to say but will sum it up. I bought 2 dragons from a breeder in May. One is a regular beardie and one is a leather back. I've been in contact with him periodically during the past 7 months and he keeps assuring me that im doing a great job and they look healthy. When i explain the problem and my concerns he just tells me that "sometimes thats just the way they are" and "all beardies are different, like people, some might be smaller than others, not be as hungry or aggressive etc"
The regular dragon is doing fine shes huge and so far i have no problems with her. However, the leatherback is much smaller and has recently stopped eating. Her tail was nipped off as a baby and im not sure how as it was never explained to me. Im thinking she was traumatized as a baby and now has depression and mood problems thus maybe being the problem of her recent change in appetite.
I took into consideration that maybe the other dragon was just getting to the food first and leaving none for the leatherback... quite possible... but i do know that the leather was definitely eating at one point. Even when i toss a huge mound of lettuce in there, they both feasted. Plenty to go around no need for competition. To try and figure this out, i purchased a fair sized tupperware container and i tried feeding her seperately with her own crickets.. she wouldnt touch them and continued to ignore them as shes freaked out and tried to figure a way out. I let her calm down and she still ignored the crickets.
I dont know what else to do. My set up has been good up until now but i have no changed anything. Should i buy a new uvb? As i heard they may stop working properly after a few mo ths even though the bulb still turns on. ??
(Sidenote,: i had a few mealworms left and she would eat those when i tossed them into the tank but i ran out atm and that was the only batch of worms i tried, they mainly eat crickets)
The regular dragon is doing fine shes huge and so far i have no problems with her. However, the leatherback is much smaller and has recently stopped eating. Her tail was nipped off as a baby and im not sure how as it was never explained to me. Im thinking she was traumatized as a baby and now has depression and mood problems thus maybe being the problem of her recent change in appetite.
I took into consideration that maybe the other dragon was just getting to the food first and leaving none for the leatherback... quite possible... but i do know that the leather was definitely eating at one point. Even when i toss a huge mound of lettuce in there, they both feasted. Plenty to go around no need for competition. To try and figure this out, i purchased a fair sized tupperware container and i tried feeding her seperately with her own crickets.. she wouldnt touch them and continued to ignore them as shes freaked out and tried to figure a way out. I let her calm down and she still ignored the crickets.
I dont know what else to do. My set up has been good up until now but i have no changed anything. Should i buy a new uvb? As i heard they may stop working properly after a few mo ths even though the bulb still turns on. ??
(Sidenote,: i had a few mealworms left and she would eat those when i tossed them into the tank but i ran out atm and that was the only batch of worms i tried, they mainly eat crickets)