So yesterday my husband and I went to the cities to get a rehome baby dragon- the girl that had her was just litterly given to her from Petsmart - she had not sold and gotten to big for the tank - she took her home I do not know how long she has had her but she told me she was almost a year old ??????????? To me she looks 5 months old - I forgot to ask her if she had shedded at all in the time she had taken her --- when we were bringing her home she sat on my husbands chest the whole way soaking in the indirect sunlight - it took us two hrs to get home -- to me she was acting very lethargic - to be honest I didnt know if she was going to make it thru the nite- when we got home I put her under her lights for about 2 hrs --- changing out the Zoo Med Reptisun coil 13 watt--- I suspect it is because she has had inadequate UVB for I dont know how long--- at 2 AM I got up to check on her and she was still sleeping in the position I had seen her when shutting the lights off- this morning she was flat on the tile sleeping - I cleaned out her tank as it stunk so bad - replaced the carpet piece thats in there and washed the tile down w/ vinegar/ water etc........ all the decor--- I tried feeding her the smallest roaches I had but I think they are too big 1 hornworm and 3 butter worms of which she tried to eat would chew as if tasting them letting them drop out of her mouth - I dont know if she likes them or what ? Today I am going to pick up some crickets her size - I dont have my cricket keeper anymore so I am wondering if I can keep them in the 10 gallon tank w/ the roaches? For now as I am planing to get roaches her size - I found little tiny one in Hiccups tank retrieved it and put it in the food bowl and she ate it -- she acts like she wants to eat but ???????? I took her out of the food bowl as she was sleeping in it and put her on her basking log - as you can see that is where she is at -- please any advice would be great - I am still working and watching the basking temp - she has a 75 watt on her now and I have a brand new T 8 over her approx 8 inches from basking platform- for now she is in a 20 gallon long and I have a Zen Habitat coming - it will be here about mid Sept- at first when the owner told me she was 6-8 months old but upon picking her up she said she was almost a year--- mmmmm yea right -- if she is that old she is way undernourished and under UVB'd ! She said she was eating vegies so I have fed her those here today too but she has not touched them - I am trying to figure out how to keep crickets till I get some smaller dubias as they wont be here till around Thurs if I order them today -- I have also contacted a girl in St Cloud that might have some-- please give me any advice as what to do w/ her ? I think she is a she -- havent looked yet and I dont know if I will be able to tell - she also seems to have one of her nostrils covered or closed up and I am thinking it might be some shed --- we tried a soft tooth brush this morning but it didnt do anything - I dont really want to put her in water just yet and try w/ warm water since she just got here and shes not shedding anywhere at this time -- also is she going to be a regular colored dragon? I am thinking she is - no fancy coloring they call it ---
Karrie