chelle4450
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I guess I would be the grandmother to these babies. We adopted 2 babies for my two children. My kids are 9 and 15, so naturally, I am the primary caregiver. Lol. We brought the babies home a little less than a week ago. I am grateful for this forum, it has been a great help with how to care for them properly.
I bought these girls from two different petsmart stores. They were painfully uneducated on the care these animals need. They gave me a care sheet that was vague at best, and sometimes inaccurate (according to what I've read here). The babies were both marked "fancy bearded dragon", still not sure what breed they are. They had no idea of their ages. One ( currently unnamed, I'll refer to her as baby to avoid confusion ) is about 7 in. , and the other (Torn) is about 8.5 in. I'll take close up pics and attach them if someone tells me how. I would appreciate if anyone could give me an estimate their ages, and their breeds (once I figure out how to attach pics)
I originally had them housed together (because I read you could house then in pairs), but they started displaying territorial behaviors. I now have them in separate tanks. I have limited income at this time, and this adventure is much more costly than I had anticipated. I had the money to buy all the things I was told (by petsmart) that I would need which included one 40gal.tank, a few resin rocks and structures.water and food dishes, a basking light, CFL, Probe thermometer, crickets, calcium powder, dragon bites, calcium cricket food and gel, and a cricket house. I have since bought duplicates of most of these items to set up separate homes for these guys. As you can guess I am running out of money quickly, and things still aren't quite right.
Anyway, I will write about their behavior/environment, and would appreciate any help with what's normal, and what I should be concerned about. No detail too small, I invite every criticism.
After a couple of days, I have now been able to get these guys to eat, but not much. I feed them live crickets twice a day. Thorn will eat about 5 at a time, with very little motivation. Baby is usually about the same, but once ate 13 in one sitting. They also have dragon bites in their dishes at all times. They poop at least one a day, and it is the consistency of bird poop (soft brown with runny white). Sorry if that's TMI. With us nurses, it's all about the details. Lol. I have bought basking bulbs, but can't seen to get the temp up higher than 89F. I know this is not enough, please help. I know I can buy ceramic heat emitters,but where would I put them? The top of the tank already has a basking bulb, and CFL. There is not room for another fixture.
Thorn sometimes scratches at the glass, like she's trying to climb it. Baby will sleep standing upright on her hinds legs with her belly pressed against the glass. They both seem to be active when they are awake now (Thorn didn't move a muscle for the first 10 hours we had her), but they sleep a lot. They seem to enjoy being held. One evening (when they were still in the same tank with a divider) they were both "glass surfing", and I assumed they wanted to be held. I got baby out first, and thorn watched and seemed to get angry that she didn't go first. She started puffing out and blackening her beard. Idk if they get jealous, but she seemed to. As soon as I got her out too, she was fine. Lol.
I guess that's enough for now. Sorry about the long post. I just want to give them the best care possible, and definitely could use some guidance. Thanks for your patience, and any help you can offer. I'm sure I will think of more questions soon.
I bought these girls from two different petsmart stores. They were painfully uneducated on the care these animals need. They gave me a care sheet that was vague at best, and sometimes inaccurate (according to what I've read here). The babies were both marked "fancy bearded dragon", still not sure what breed they are. They had no idea of their ages. One ( currently unnamed, I'll refer to her as baby to avoid confusion ) is about 7 in. , and the other (Torn) is about 8.5 in. I'll take close up pics and attach them if someone tells me how. I would appreciate if anyone could give me an estimate their ages, and their breeds (once I figure out how to attach pics)
I originally had them housed together (because I read you could house then in pairs), but they started displaying territorial behaviors. I now have them in separate tanks. I have limited income at this time, and this adventure is much more costly than I had anticipated. I had the money to buy all the things I was told (by petsmart) that I would need which included one 40gal.tank, a few resin rocks and structures.water and food dishes, a basking light, CFL, Probe thermometer, crickets, calcium powder, dragon bites, calcium cricket food and gel, and a cricket house. I have since bought duplicates of most of these items to set up separate homes for these guys. As you can guess I am running out of money quickly, and things still aren't quite right.
Anyway, I will write about their behavior/environment, and would appreciate any help with what's normal, and what I should be concerned about. No detail too small, I invite every criticism.
After a couple of days, I have now been able to get these guys to eat, but not much. I feed them live crickets twice a day. Thorn will eat about 5 at a time, with very little motivation. Baby is usually about the same, but once ate 13 in one sitting. They also have dragon bites in their dishes at all times. They poop at least one a day, and it is the consistency of bird poop (soft brown with runny white). Sorry if that's TMI. With us nurses, it's all about the details. Lol. I have bought basking bulbs, but can't seen to get the temp up higher than 89F. I know this is not enough, please help. I know I can buy ceramic heat emitters,but where would I put them? The top of the tank already has a basking bulb, and CFL. There is not room for another fixture.
Thorn sometimes scratches at the glass, like she's trying to climb it. Baby will sleep standing upright on her hinds legs with her belly pressed against the glass. They both seem to be active when they are awake now (Thorn didn't move a muscle for the first 10 hours we had her), but they sleep a lot. They seem to enjoy being held. One evening (when they were still in the same tank with a divider) they were both "glass surfing", and I assumed they wanted to be held. I got baby out first, and thorn watched and seemed to get angry that she didn't go first. She started puffing out and blackening her beard. Idk if they get jealous, but she seemed to. As soon as I got her out too, she was fine. Lol.
I guess that's enough for now. Sorry about the long post. I just want to give them the best care possible, and definitely could use some guidance. Thanks for your patience, and any help you can offer. I'm sure I will think of more questions soon.
