noipownsonic
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Hello, I am a new bearded dragon owner and I have a few questions about my beardie, Enzo. He's a baby and I brought him home from petsmart a few days ago with everything (?) he needs. I got him a cage, which is small but I'm planning to upgrade it soon, crickets, which I feed greens and dunk in calcium before giving to him, a log for a perch, a food bowl that I put greens in (which he usually doesn't eat??), a water bowl that I put fresh water in, a spray bottle to mist him (I mist him about once a day by spraying him with the water), a heater with a day light and a night light, a light that I turn off around nine o'clock so he can sleep, some buffet mix that I put in his cage (he rarely eats it), and carpet to cover the glass at the bottom of the cage. I clean his cage whenever he poops with a baby wipe and try to get all the dead crickets out of his cage and occasionally take the carpet out and clean it with a baby wipe.
Recently, I've noticed him acting different. The first thing I noticed was that he got darker when we brought him home (he has lightened a bit since then, but not as bright as he used to be). He NEVER eats his greens, but he almost always eats the crickets. He doesn't seem to like mealworms very much
I've been feeding the crickets many greens, coating them with calcium powder, and trying my best to directly feed him the greens, but he refuses to eat them. I'm worried for his health, since I think they are supposed to eat greens every day.
My main concern as of now is that one of Enzo's toes is red and he is limping. He also looks slightly thinner than before I think. Is there something I can do to help his leg? And is this a fatal injury? Should I take him to the vet? Am I doing all the right things for his care? Any advice? I'm really worried about him because he means the world to me and I'd feel terrible if something happened to him.
Recently, I've noticed him acting different. The first thing I noticed was that he got darker when we brought him home (he has lightened a bit since then, but not as bright as he used to be). He NEVER eats his greens, but he almost always eats the crickets. He doesn't seem to like mealworms very much
I've been feeding the crickets many greens, coating them with calcium powder, and trying my best to directly feed him the greens, but he refuses to eat them. I'm worried for his health, since I think they are supposed to eat greens every day.
My main concern as of now is that one of Enzo's toes is red and he is limping. He also looks slightly thinner than before I think. Is there something I can do to help his leg? And is this a fatal injury? Should I take him to the vet? Am I doing all the right things for his care? Any advice? I'm really worried about him because he means the world to me and I'd feel terrible if something happened to him.