MistyTwist
Member
Hiya everyone,
I am terribly new to this site but I've joined because I'm concerned about my beardie.
She's the first ever beardie I've owned but I've managed for 2 years so far with her so hopefully I'm getting there. Sorry if this post is long.
I got her from a reptile only store in leeds (i live in the uk) who sold me basically all of her stuff except for her viv which i bought online. it's a 48x24x24 Inch black Vivarium basically around 4ft so hopefully a decent size.
I use large woodchips as a substrate because it was recommended to me at the time and though i was tempted by tile from the research it was basically sold to me because of the whole digging thing. To this day she hasn't had any problems so far with the chips, they're big enough for her to spit out if she does accidently grab one. I'm reluctant to swap substrate because she loves her digging and i really don't want to go to sand.
Anyway, she used to be fed crickets but she stopped eating them so i went to hoppers which she's normally quite happy with but lately I'm lucky to get her to eat one.
She hates anything green other than rocket, we don't get mustard greens here. She does like the odd blueberry as a treat but thats about it. She will not eat anything with powder on it but I've had a stage where she has eaten coated hoppers but she has since stopped.
Since moving homes recently her tempreture has not been what I want it to be but I have been struggling with the hot side being too hot and the cold side being too cold, if i want the cold side a little hotter to meet temp readings the hot side gets too hot and I'm not sure how to fix that.
She's been very very active to the point that she constantly asking to come out of the viv and literally has spent most of her time climbing things, finding little spots under my wardrobe and her viv stand to nestle down to which point i pick her up to put her back in her viv to warm her up again.
the little that she has been eating she has been pooping and there is no yellow in white that ive seen.
the last temp i took the hottest side read 110 but ive since put the temp down a bit and waiting for another reading.
Sorry if this post is long but I am concerned about her and there are so many different opinions that ive read that I get quite stressed out if that makes sense.
Conclusion just in case:
very active, doesnt want to be in viv, not eating and hates powder normally but has been eating powdered hoppers before hand, hates greens, 2 years old, in a 4ft black viv with beechchi substrate, last basking temp was 110 but i have reduced temp, currently waiting for new temp
I am terribly new to this site but I've joined because I'm concerned about my beardie.
She's the first ever beardie I've owned but I've managed for 2 years so far with her so hopefully I'm getting there. Sorry if this post is long.
I got her from a reptile only store in leeds (i live in the uk) who sold me basically all of her stuff except for her viv which i bought online. it's a 48x24x24 Inch black Vivarium basically around 4ft so hopefully a decent size.
I use large woodchips as a substrate because it was recommended to me at the time and though i was tempted by tile from the research it was basically sold to me because of the whole digging thing. To this day she hasn't had any problems so far with the chips, they're big enough for her to spit out if she does accidently grab one. I'm reluctant to swap substrate because she loves her digging and i really don't want to go to sand.
Anyway, she used to be fed crickets but she stopped eating them so i went to hoppers which she's normally quite happy with but lately I'm lucky to get her to eat one.
She hates anything green other than rocket, we don't get mustard greens here. She does like the odd blueberry as a treat but thats about it. She will not eat anything with powder on it but I've had a stage where she has eaten coated hoppers but she has since stopped.
Since moving homes recently her tempreture has not been what I want it to be but I have been struggling with the hot side being too hot and the cold side being too cold, if i want the cold side a little hotter to meet temp readings the hot side gets too hot and I'm not sure how to fix that.
She's been very very active to the point that she constantly asking to come out of the viv and literally has spent most of her time climbing things, finding little spots under my wardrobe and her viv stand to nestle down to which point i pick her up to put her back in her viv to warm her up again.
the little that she has been eating she has been pooping and there is no yellow in white that ive seen.
the last temp i took the hottest side read 110 but ive since put the temp down a bit and waiting for another reading.
Sorry if this post is long but I am concerned about her and there are so many different opinions that ive read that I get quite stressed out if that makes sense.
Conclusion just in case:
very active, doesnt want to be in viv, not eating and hates powder normally but has been eating powdered hoppers before hand, hates greens, 2 years old, in a 4ft black viv with beechchi substrate, last basking temp was 110 but i have reduced temp, currently waiting for new temp