So after our baby beardie died over a week ago we decided to get one that is a little older and from a reputable dealer instead of a petco. I contacted one of the few reptile dealers I could find here in SC and they had a 9 month old male. We drove an hour and a half to the dealer to see the...
Unfortunately our little guy did not make it. I think I waited too long before thinking he was really sick. I tried the things mentioned above, including force feeding him some baby horn worms, etc. A day after this post he wouldn't even bask, would just stay in his usual sleeping spot. The...
I was just able to move the light inside...it's the exact width of the tank so wedged it into place. I have three digital probe thermometers, one on the perch, one below that, and one on the cold side of the tank. I've tested with a friends infrared gun thermometer and they differed by less...
It's a Reptile T5HO 34" Standard Fixture & Reflector, and the bulb is a Zoo Med 26062 Reptisun 10.0 T5-Ho Uvb 39W Fluorescent Lamp, 34" and was purchased new and installed December 20th, so almost 2 months old and was a little over a month when he started acting oddly.
Yes, it's the reptisun 10.0 HO. There is a plastic screen, i'll have to figure a way to get the light directly on him.
I was dusting calcium and vitamins for his dinner 5 days a week, plus gut loading the insects with it.
Hey everybody, new to the board. For Christmas we bought our son a baby beardie, he was fairly tiny. When we brought him home, he was very lively and would veraciously eat 3 times a day about 10 small crickets at a time. He would hunt them down so long as he saw them moving. He quickly grew...