Hi everyone,
I just bought a baby bearded dragon 3 days ago - he's very young, probably between 6 to 9 weeks. I'm kind of concerned with him.. All he does is sleep all day and night (there are a few times a day where he moves about for a second or two and he's able to pick his head up just fine). Usually, when I pick him up, he'll immediately fall right back asleep in my hand. Also, he hardly eats. The day before yesterday he ate 3 crickets, yesterday he ate 2, and today he's only eaten 1.
I brought him to the vet yesterday, which wasn't very helpful.. The vet did say, however, that the very, very tip of my beardie's tail is necrotic. It had been that way when I bought him.
Some info on his tank....I've got him in a 10 gallon. I'm using 3 types of lights.. a heating light, a UVB light, and a night heating light. His basking spot is about 110-115 degrees, and the cool side is usually around 80-85. The humidity is around 35-40. There's a small water dish, a food dish (I'll put a few chopped pieces of lettuce in there), a log and a rock in his tank. I'm using reptile carpet as a substrate. I've been trying to feed him small crickets covered in the calcium powder..
Please help... I don't understand why he's sleeping all the time or why he won't eat!
-Amy
I just bought a baby bearded dragon 3 days ago - he's very young, probably between 6 to 9 weeks. I'm kind of concerned with him.. All he does is sleep all day and night (there are a few times a day where he moves about for a second or two and he's able to pick his head up just fine). Usually, when I pick him up, he'll immediately fall right back asleep in my hand. Also, he hardly eats. The day before yesterday he ate 3 crickets, yesterday he ate 2, and today he's only eaten 1.
I brought him to the vet yesterday, which wasn't very helpful.. The vet did say, however, that the very, very tip of my beardie's tail is necrotic. It had been that way when I bought him.
Some info on his tank....I've got him in a 10 gallon. I'm using 3 types of lights.. a heating light, a UVB light, and a night heating light. His basking spot is about 110-115 degrees, and the cool side is usually around 80-85. The humidity is around 35-40. There's a small water dish, a food dish (I'll put a few chopped pieces of lettuce in there), a log and a rock in his tank. I'm using reptile carpet as a substrate. I've been trying to feed him small crickets covered in the calcium powder..
Please help... I don't understand why he's sleeping all the time or why he won't eat!
-Amy