Hello, my baby beardie isn't eating much at all. I got him almost 2 weeks ago and he's only eating a few roaches a day. He eats a little bit of greens daily but will not eat them in front of me. I have tried feeding him in his viv let them loose inside it, I've put them in a bowl in his viv, tried hand feeding with tongs and just my hands, I've tried putting him in a feeding tub and I've tried just letting them loose on the floor but still not eating much. The most he ate was the first 2 days he was here and yesterday. He is still very skittish and is still very wary of me. The last week I've had to handle him a lot more due to the tip of his tail being black and hard. I took him to the vets (not a reptile vet) and they gave me flamazine for his tail. I don't think it is tail rot as it's only the tip which is hard and black and looks like it will drop off. The black has not spread up his tail, the rest of his tail seems normal. You can see a little pinch in his tail just before the black starts so I'm guessing he had gotten it stuck or had a bad shed or it got bitten by another beardie before I got him. I stopped using the flamazine as I don't believe there is an infection there and have been applying it twice a day for a week and no changes, if he is not eating by next week i will be finding a reptile vet to get him looked at. I have put some calciworms in his cage today and fresh salad (spring greens, rocket, tiny bit of butternut squash and tiny bit of yellow bell pepper) along with some juvinenile pellets for added nutrition considering he isn't eating much. I have tried baby food too and he isn't so keen. I have some locusts and waxworms on the way too (I don't plan to feed the waxworms daily, they're just there to try and coax him into getting something in his belly) he has normal bowels movements daily, he didn't have one yesterday, but since having him they are more greeny coloured than brown and have the white urate too. He looks quite small and slim, but I've never owned a beardie before so could just be me. He weighs 13.4grams(weighed on wednesday) unsure of his length as I don't have a ruler. He is very alert and runs around the cage when I clean it and put food in, trying to keep going in there at a minimum. I bath him once a week if he needs it, i keep a water bowl in his cage as well as misting him every couple of days. The water bowl helps keep his humidity around 30% (it was was too dry in there before about 16%)
My set up is: 3ft viv, 60w spot bulb, arcadia t8 12% strip light, dimmer thermostat, i have a digital probe in the viv at all times on the basking spot, i also check temps with a heat gun. Temps are 107 basking, 93 hot side, 85 cool side.
If anyone can help me out here I would be so thankful! I feel like a horrible beardie mum because he still is not eating and I know I shouldn't have handled him as much as what I've had to but I just want to make sure he is happy, healthy and eating well. Thanks in advance!
My set up is: 3ft viv, 60w spot bulb, arcadia t8 12% strip light, dimmer thermostat, i have a digital probe in the viv at all times on the basking spot, i also check temps with a heat gun. Temps are 107 basking, 93 hot side, 85 cool side.
If anyone can help me out here I would be so thankful! I feel like a horrible beardie mum because he still is not eating and I know I shouldn't have handled him as much as what I've had to but I just want to make sure he is happy, healthy and eating well. Thanks in advance!