So we’ve got this 5-6 month bearded dragon, Warren G (we were thinking of generic sounding dude names, and my significant other’s last name starts with a G. I said Warren and then thought about it and yelled WARREN G, and that was that. I also love rap, so....), and we’ve had him for 3 months. We impulse purchased him at Petsmart (I know I know, but we bought him because he was in a tank with a half dead dragon and pounding on the tank walls. Couldn’t leave him there!), and despite that he’s been doing really well. I obsessively research everything and took him to the vet immediately, so it wasn’t too long before we got the hang of it all. Tank setup: 40 gallon, basking spot of 105, cool side of 85, 10.0 uvb light, hide, branches, hammock, tile for substrate. He doesn’t drink from the bowl, so I give water on his greens and regular baths. He’s been kind of alternating between crickets and dubias. Eats about 20 to 30 of them in a sitting twice a day. For lunch he has a nice salad of collards or dandelion greens with the occasional little bits of butternut squash, grape or plums. Glad he likes the fruits I like. We can share. Gets calcium/d3 on one meal 5 times a week and a multivitamin a couple times a week. He also really loves the juvenile supplemental red pellet things. Actually he loves all the food, he’s a freaking chonk.
Anyway, he seems all of a sudden not to like his tank. We took him on a little road trip to see my family for the weekend. He hung out on a furry bed on a heat pad on the center console for the car ride, and we just threw his tank in the back of the car to set up when we arrived. He seemed fine on the drive there and back and fine at my parent’s house. When we returned, all of a sudden he constantly has light stress marks. They’re less noticeable when we take him out of his tank to party with us for a bit. You think it’s just stress from the weekend even though he was fine the rest of the time, or is it possible that now since he’s had a taste of the open road, he’d rather have a little more time out of his tank? Or maybe now that he has been away from my dogs for a bit, he’s realized how much he hates them? Any other thoughts? He’s eating fine, so all is good on that front. Just finished a body shed. First timer here, so I was hoping someone could help me out and give my significant other a break from my obsessing. Just wanted to make sure this sounds normal or if I should take him to the vet since it’s been a couple days of stress marks. Thanks!
Anyway, he seems all of a sudden not to like his tank. We took him on a little road trip to see my family for the weekend. He hung out on a furry bed on a heat pad on the center console for the car ride, and we just threw his tank in the back of the car to set up when we arrived. He seemed fine on the drive there and back and fine at my parent’s house. When we returned, all of a sudden he constantly has light stress marks. They’re less noticeable when we take him out of his tank to party with us for a bit. You think it’s just stress from the weekend even though he was fine the rest of the time, or is it possible that now since he’s had a taste of the open road, he’d rather have a little more time out of his tank? Or maybe now that he has been away from my dogs for a bit, he’s realized how much he hates them? Any other thoughts? He’s eating fine, so all is good on that front. Just finished a body shed. First timer here, so I was hoping someone could help me out and give my significant other a break from my obsessing. Just wanted to make sure this sounds normal or if I should take him to the vet since it’s been a couple days of stress marks. Thanks!
