Not sure what this would go under but:
I’m a new beardie owner and I’ve had Ezekiel since March 1st of this year. I didn’t do THAT much research before hand but made sure to know the basics and made the mistake of having sand for the first day, he’s fine, and I immediately changed it to carpet once finding out it can be harmful to babies. I think he’s about 2-3 months old I last checked his length about 2 weeks ago so he may have grown but he’s in between 6-7 inches. Anyways, I’m already very attached to him and absolutely love the looks of judgement he gives me! I want to give him the best life possible.
TO THE ACTUAL PROBLEM SORRY FOR BABBLING
So, I’ve noticed that his tail (and now today his legs as well) is turning black. I know for a fact it isn’t tail rot I’ve been paranoid about it since I got him but his tail is fine other than starting to turn black. I’m assuming this is because of temperature reasons, as I only have a basking light, a heat lamp, and a night lamp that is blue (I know, shouldn’t have colored light at night. Petsmart didn’t help me with any of this so I had to try to figure it all out on my own). I am getting him a UVB strip, ceramic heat emitter for night time, a light timer, and a new and better basking light since this one is only a 50 watt. I try to monitor his lights myself but it can be challenging if work makes me stay past 7 and since school for me starts at 7:40, his lights come on at 7. But I try to keep it 12 hours on and off with the night light on at night. When it’s time for lights off I wrap him in a towel (soft kitchen towel) and he goes right to sleep. I feed him dubia roaches, and crickets sometimes as well as a wax worm here or there but he doesn’t seem to care for those much. I offer him kale and cabbage almost daily but he doesn’t care much for it either. I dust everything with calcium! He gets berries very rarely, and sometimes bell peppers but not often. I need to get him different types of foods but he doesn’t really care for new things! He also gets bathed pretty regularly with 1-3 times a week, for 15-20 minutes. I also brush/clean him with a soft toothbrush. Sometimes a little more than that if he’s shedding or hasn’t pooped.
I don’t know how to post pictures but I want to post a picture of my setup, him before black tail, and him now.
Sorry for this lengthy post! I’m just worried and the worst scenarios are coming into my head!
He is in a 50 gallon terrarium!
Thanks in advance!
I’m a new beardie owner and I’ve had Ezekiel since March 1st of this year. I didn’t do THAT much research before hand but made sure to know the basics and made the mistake of having sand for the first day, he’s fine, and I immediately changed it to carpet once finding out it can be harmful to babies. I think he’s about 2-3 months old I last checked his length about 2 weeks ago so he may have grown but he’s in between 6-7 inches. Anyways, I’m already very attached to him and absolutely love the looks of judgement he gives me! I want to give him the best life possible.
TO THE ACTUAL PROBLEM SORRY FOR BABBLING
So, I’ve noticed that his tail (and now today his legs as well) is turning black. I know for a fact it isn’t tail rot I’ve been paranoid about it since I got him but his tail is fine other than starting to turn black. I’m assuming this is because of temperature reasons, as I only have a basking light, a heat lamp, and a night lamp that is blue (I know, shouldn’t have colored light at night. Petsmart didn’t help me with any of this so I had to try to figure it all out on my own). I am getting him a UVB strip, ceramic heat emitter for night time, a light timer, and a new and better basking light since this one is only a 50 watt. I try to monitor his lights myself but it can be challenging if work makes me stay past 7 and since school for me starts at 7:40, his lights come on at 7. But I try to keep it 12 hours on and off with the night light on at night. When it’s time for lights off I wrap him in a towel (soft kitchen towel) and he goes right to sleep. I feed him dubia roaches, and crickets sometimes as well as a wax worm here or there but he doesn’t seem to care for those much. I offer him kale and cabbage almost daily but he doesn’t care much for it either. I dust everything with calcium! He gets berries very rarely, and sometimes bell peppers but not often. I need to get him different types of foods but he doesn’t really care for new things! He also gets bathed pretty regularly with 1-3 times a week, for 15-20 minutes. I also brush/clean him with a soft toothbrush. Sometimes a little more than that if he’s shedding or hasn’t pooped.
I don’t know how to post pictures but I want to post a picture of my setup, him before black tail, and him now.
Sorry for this lengthy post! I’m just worried and the worst scenarios are coming into my head!
He is in a 50 gallon terrarium!
Thanks in advance!