Important Facts for my Problem:
-Juvinile beardie ~7 inches
-Purchased from Petsmart
-Placed in 20 Gallon Starter Kit
-NO UVB source until Jan~4 when light fixture arrives
-Temps: Bask side 100 degrees, cool side 80 degree
-Humidity: Lower during day, has been reaching 60-70% at night
ISSUES
-Is walking in Circles
-Violently shakes head back and fourth
-Won't eat greens
-Eats only two crickets a day
Hello all,
For Christmas, my SO got me a beardie. I have wanted one since I was young and just now, I'm at a place in my life where it is feasible to have one. I love my little guy/or girl, don't know yet, but the little beardie is having some troubles. Because the gift was unexpected, I was not fully prepared. She purchased the beardie from petsmart and got the 20 gallon starter kit. The kit came with a stupid red night light, but not a UVB bulb any kind! So the little guy or gal has been give or take two weeks without a UVB source because she had them a week before I got them (the beardie), (I now have his cage placed at my window but there is glass blocking the sunlight and it is too cold to have him outside). I've ordered some better supplies for my beardie: Reptisun UVB 10.0, a light fixture for the UVB, better substrate, bulk medium crickets, and a second thermometer. So far only the bulb and substrate has come in. I purchased Flukers Liquid Vitamin and Repticalcium, and have been dusting all his crickets the last three days. But I'm very worried because he has started to act abnormally...
Since yesterday he has been shaking his head violently back and fourth often. Since last night, he has moved primarily in circles to the left. He will fall backwards from lying down. I made the mistake of buying large crickets after the first batch of small ones died, and he has only ate ~2 a day of the large crickets, and only ate about 4 of the smaller ones when I had them. I will have smaller crickets this evening from pet smart. He has moderately dark stress marks.
My UVB Light fixture arrives on the fourth. I recently gave the beardie a bath and he moved normal for a bit, but is back to moving in circles.
I read many forums and believe the head shaking is from a lack of calcium, I can't get him to eat his mustard greens, and he only eats two of the crickets a day right now. What do I need to do? Please help.
Thank you so much for any help, I want to father this little guy or girl well.
-Juvinile beardie ~7 inches
-Purchased from Petsmart
-Placed in 20 Gallon Starter Kit
-NO UVB source until Jan~4 when light fixture arrives
-Temps: Bask side 100 degrees, cool side 80 degree
-Humidity: Lower during day, has been reaching 60-70% at night
ISSUES
-Is walking in Circles
-Violently shakes head back and fourth
-Won't eat greens
-Eats only two crickets a day
Hello all,
For Christmas, my SO got me a beardie. I have wanted one since I was young and just now, I'm at a place in my life where it is feasible to have one. I love my little guy/or girl, don't know yet, but the little beardie is having some troubles. Because the gift was unexpected, I was not fully prepared. She purchased the beardie from petsmart and got the 20 gallon starter kit. The kit came with a stupid red night light, but not a UVB bulb any kind! So the little guy or gal has been give or take two weeks without a UVB source because she had them a week before I got them (the beardie), (I now have his cage placed at my window but there is glass blocking the sunlight and it is too cold to have him outside). I've ordered some better supplies for my beardie: Reptisun UVB 10.0, a light fixture for the UVB, better substrate, bulk medium crickets, and a second thermometer. So far only the bulb and substrate has come in. I purchased Flukers Liquid Vitamin and Repticalcium, and have been dusting all his crickets the last three days. But I'm very worried because he has started to act abnormally...
Since yesterday he has been shaking his head violently back and fourth often. Since last night, he has moved primarily in circles to the left. He will fall backwards from lying down. I made the mistake of buying large crickets after the first batch of small ones died, and he has only ate ~2 a day of the large crickets, and only ate about 4 of the smaller ones when I had them. I will have smaller crickets this evening from pet smart. He has moderately dark stress marks.
My UVB Light fixture arrives on the fourth. I recently gave the beardie a bath and he moved normal for a bit, but is back to moving in circles.
I read many forums and believe the head shaking is from a lack of calcium, I can't get him to eat his mustard greens, and he only eats two of the crickets a day right now. What do I need to do? Please help.
Thank you so much for any help, I want to father this little guy or girl well.