philbob200
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I'm very new to bearded dragon care, I got my baby Bearded a little more than a week ago. After reading up on stress marks I notice that he has them almost constantly.
He is active, does have some issues with eating and drinking (some days he eats some days he doesn't, and I mist him with water in the morning and at night). Currently his diet consists of meal worms (which I have now learned are more of a treat food, and will be getting crickets ASAP) and salads that consist of Baby Bock Choy, Butternut Squash, and Endive, with Calcium dustings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
His cage is a 20 Gallon (with a 40 Gallon on stand by for when he is older) with temps around 70-80 on the cool side and 100-110 on basking side for the day, he can get withing 6-8 inches of the lamp, the lamp is an ExoTera Solar Glo all in one light for daytime, and a Moonlite Reptile Bulb for the night time with temps around 75-85. There is no cage background (which I will be picking up soon).
I also try to keep activity in the cage to a minimum, I only stick my hands in to feed and remove his food, and have taken him out of his cage once.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Just a little Edit:
I got a Ceramic Heat Emitter for the Tank at night, as well as went and picked up some crickets for him. After feeding him some crickets and letting him bask for a bit, the marks have seem to have gone away. I'm gonna give it a couple more days to make sure, but will keep updating.
He is active, does have some issues with eating and drinking (some days he eats some days he doesn't, and I mist him with water in the morning and at night). Currently his diet consists of meal worms (which I have now learned are more of a treat food, and will be getting crickets ASAP) and salads that consist of Baby Bock Choy, Butternut Squash, and Endive, with Calcium dustings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
His cage is a 20 Gallon (with a 40 Gallon on stand by for when he is older) with temps around 70-80 on the cool side and 100-110 on basking side for the day, he can get withing 6-8 inches of the lamp, the lamp is an ExoTera Solar Glo all in one light for daytime, and a Moonlite Reptile Bulb for the night time with temps around 75-85. There is no cage background (which I will be picking up soon).
I also try to keep activity in the cage to a minimum, I only stick my hands in to feed and remove his food, and have taken him out of his cage once.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Just a little Edit:
I got a Ceramic Heat Emitter for the Tank at night, as well as went and picked up some crickets for him. After feeding him some crickets and letting him bask for a bit, the marks have seem to have gone away. I'm gonna give it a couple more days to make sure, but will keep updating.