Cuttlefishh
Juvie Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Charlie
Hi there; posting here because my anxiety is kicking in a bit and i need some interim advice; i have a vet visit booked Tuesday morning
My girl Charlie is 18 months old, and over the last few days shes been hiding all day and not wanting to be out or bask. When i wake her in the morning she will spend maybe 10-15 minutes out warming up then she will crawl back into her hide. She's been doing this on and off last few weeks where she has some days where she will be out more than others, but consistently last 2-3 days shes been just hiding nonstop.
heres some more info about charlies usual care:
salads: daily consisting of rocket, kale, bok choy (any mix of the three), sometimes carrot on the top, bee pollen - cant seem to get her to eat much salad though....
insects: BSFL 2-3 days a week sprinkled in the salads, super worms 1-2x per week (6-7 worms dusted with vitamins)
shes been off roaches since she was 1y old and never liked crickets from day one
shes 17 inches long and weighs 400g
i let her free roam the lounge area for exercise a couple times a week when shes alert
tank setup:
-4x2x2 wood enclosure
-t5 reptisun 10 w/reflector fixed inside the tank approx 14-16inches away from her areas of lounging
-deep heat projector with thermostat to set ambient warm side temps >90 degrees; with the hot spot being roughly around 100
-cool side between 78-80
i was using halogen flood light 60w during the winter in the day, but now that its becoming spring in australia its warming up out and this tends to overheat the warm side, so i had to swap to using the heat projector for the bask and led light for visual effect next to it, there are three fittings total in my setup (two ceramic next to eachother and one for the t5 tube)
some other notes about charlies behaviour:
-she will still eat the super worms (treat worms) when given- she ate 8 this morning with dusting
-she turns her nose completely up at salad and BSFL which she otherwise normally takes a dig at occasionally (shes not big on overeating and previously weighed around 375g at 16.5inches)
-ive tried to cut down super worms to once a week, as the 400g weight worries me; i have cut back significantly on bugs for the last three weeks but her weight has not budged at all- she still weighs 400g
-shes not very active even when i take her out of the tank now, shes still quite lazy; but this behaviour ive only observed in the last day or so, last weekend and the few days after she was pretty active and wanting to move about
-poops once a week in her bath, seems to be normal shape consistency and no odour; though smaller poops bc eating less now
-still overall she seems a lot lazier these days and it really has me quite worried
if you guys need anything else please let me know, thanks
My girl Charlie is 18 months old, and over the last few days shes been hiding all day and not wanting to be out or bask. When i wake her in the morning she will spend maybe 10-15 minutes out warming up then she will crawl back into her hide. She's been doing this on and off last few weeks where she has some days where she will be out more than others, but consistently last 2-3 days shes been just hiding nonstop.
heres some more info about charlies usual care:
salads: daily consisting of rocket, kale, bok choy (any mix of the three), sometimes carrot on the top, bee pollen - cant seem to get her to eat much salad though....
insects: BSFL 2-3 days a week sprinkled in the salads, super worms 1-2x per week (6-7 worms dusted with vitamins)
shes been off roaches since she was 1y old and never liked crickets from day one
shes 17 inches long and weighs 400g
i let her free roam the lounge area for exercise a couple times a week when shes alert
tank setup:
-4x2x2 wood enclosure
-t5 reptisun 10 w/reflector fixed inside the tank approx 14-16inches away from her areas of lounging
-deep heat projector with thermostat to set ambient warm side temps >90 degrees; with the hot spot being roughly around 100
-cool side between 78-80
i was using halogen flood light 60w during the winter in the day, but now that its becoming spring in australia its warming up out and this tends to overheat the warm side, so i had to swap to using the heat projector for the bask and led light for visual effect next to it, there are three fittings total in my setup (two ceramic next to eachother and one for the t5 tube)
some other notes about charlies behaviour:
-she will still eat the super worms (treat worms) when given- she ate 8 this morning with dusting
-she turns her nose completely up at salad and BSFL which she otherwise normally takes a dig at occasionally (shes not big on overeating and previously weighed around 375g at 16.5inches)
-ive tried to cut down super worms to once a week, as the 400g weight worries me; i have cut back significantly on bugs for the last three weeks but her weight has not budged at all- she still weighs 400g
-shes not very active even when i take her out of the tank now, shes still quite lazy; but this behaviour ive only observed in the last day or so, last weekend and the few days after she was pretty active and wanting to move about
-poops once a week in her bath, seems to be normal shape consistency and no odour; though smaller poops bc eating less now
-still overall she seems a lot lazier these days and it really has me quite worried
if you guys need anything else please let me know, thanks