helllojessie":1qhkykgl said:
so my beardie is around 8-9 months old i’m estimating and she’s not very big. i’m concerned that she’s not growing much because she isn’t shedding barely anymore. recently she hasn’t been wanting to eat or getting excited by food. her skin is also wrinkled and she’s lethargic. i found someone on this site with the same issues as me and it seemed to possibly be the
uvb bulb that could be the issue. i went to the store today and got a new bulb as well as a fixture and mounted it inside the tank because i don’t think she was getting the full effect before.
What did you have and how was it installed ?
What did you buy ?
i had a reptisun 10.0 and a hood fixture on her screen. i realized this probably wasn’t the best for her and switched it to be mounted in her tank. i bought a new reptisun 10.0 bulb.
i’ve also gotten her a warmer heat bulb because i’m not quite sure hers was getting hot enough. she looks a little weaker to me and i’m scared she’s not healthy.
Temperatures at basking spot, warm zone , cool zone , and overnight ?
how are you measuring these ? basking spot is about 100-105. warm zone is 90. cool zone is about 85. at night probably around 70. i have a digital temp gun and a thermometer that is in her tank that also measures humidity which is 30%.
i’ve been at least trying to mist her a little. i know this is a lot of information but i can’t help but stop worrying! please help!!
She looks fine to me , all healthy dragons once they get past the their hatchling stage and become juveniles and subadults have some wrinkliness in their skink.
And as they become subadults (about 12 months old) they become much more settled and laid back (and can appear lethargic compared to how they behaved as hatchlings and juveniles as their metabolism slows and their growth rate starts to taper off.
Regarding shedding from about 6 months old , if a bearded dragon sheds monthly it's a lot.
Can you tell us how much she currently weighs ?
she weighs about 9 ounces and is about 14 inches.
Her diet and feeding schedule and lighting schedule ?
i feed her collard greens everyday. a good handful and she eats them throughout the day. i give her one feeding of about a dozen crickets a day. i feel like i should be doing more now that i think about it. lights are both on around 8am the days i work. the days i don’t around 10am and both off everyday around 10pm-11pm.
I recommend two feeds of live insects per day + offering salad daily at 9mth - 1yr old, I'd then cut back 1 feed of live insects per day + daily salad.
Pooing interval ?
she poops every 2-4ish days id say and it looks normal to me. i sometimes have to try to get her to go by giving her a bath and rubbing her tummy but it usually works.
Substrate ?