Hi there everyone.
I'm ridiculously new to not only this forum but also owning a beardie.
I've got a bit of a problem I think, to be honest.
I think I leave my beardie's lights on for too long during the day. They go on at 8am and go off at midnight. Which is a long time, I know. Not really a normal day cycle but the issue is that I work during the day and evening so to be able to feed him at least twice a day he needs to be warm enough to eat before I leave and still awake when I get home from work around 10pm (hence midnight for lights off for two hours to digest)
He's about 6 - 8 months old.
I just moved him to a 75 gallon tank
I've got a clear halogen basking bulb
a Powersun Mercury Vapor Bulb at if I remember right 100w
And a spot lamp for the cool side because it was hovering at about 70. That one is a Zoo Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp at 75w until I can figure out something else.
He's got two logs to hang out on, one of the hot side (90 to 95 degrees) where the basking is about 105-110 degrees and one on the cool side (About 80 degrees). He's got two slate rocks in the hot side and a hammock.
His food and water dishes are in the center of the tank.
He's also got a hide that I made him recently.
So the main thing is this. I've been taking him out in the evenings so he can run around his room and get used to the area he sees every day and what he's been doing is running and wedging himself behind or under or beside something and going to sleep. I think this means his "day" is too long and he's not getting enough sleep time maybe?
I'm not sure how I can resolve the feeding issue for him though if I change the lighting schedule. I could just do greens in the morning before I go to work (so he has it during the day) and then feed live after I get home? That way if his lights go on at about 11am, I can leave them on until 11pm or 11:30pm?
Please help I want him to be healthy and happy.
I'm ridiculously new to not only this forum but also owning a beardie.
I've got a bit of a problem I think, to be honest.
I think I leave my beardie's lights on for too long during the day. They go on at 8am and go off at midnight. Which is a long time, I know. Not really a normal day cycle but the issue is that I work during the day and evening so to be able to feed him at least twice a day he needs to be warm enough to eat before I leave and still awake when I get home from work around 10pm (hence midnight for lights off for two hours to digest)
He's about 6 - 8 months old.
I just moved him to a 75 gallon tank
I've got a clear halogen basking bulb
a Powersun Mercury Vapor Bulb at if I remember right 100w
And a spot lamp for the cool side because it was hovering at about 70. That one is a Zoo Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp at 75w until I can figure out something else.
He's got two logs to hang out on, one of the hot side (90 to 95 degrees) where the basking is about 105-110 degrees and one on the cool side (About 80 degrees). He's got two slate rocks in the hot side and a hammock.
His food and water dishes are in the center of the tank.
He's also got a hide that I made him recently.
So the main thing is this. I've been taking him out in the evenings so he can run around his room and get used to the area he sees every day and what he's been doing is running and wedging himself behind or under or beside something and going to sleep. I think this means his "day" is too long and he's not getting enough sleep time maybe?
I'm not sure how I can resolve the feeding issue for him though if I change the lighting schedule. I could just do greens in the morning before I go to work (so he has it during the day) and then feed live after I get home? That way if his lights go on at about 11am, I can leave them on until 11pm or 11:30pm?
Please help I want him to be healthy and happy.
