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I got a bd around mid/end Jan. Tiny little thing when I got him (4 1/2"). He is now about 7 1/2" in length. Not too sure of the weight. Not sure what is going on with him. It started about 1-2 weeks ago, but he isn't eating much. He was chowing down on 10-20 crickets a day. He then just stopped eating. He's behavior seems to the same, moving around, watching us, watching the crickets bounce around his cage, the phoenix worms wiggle in front of him. I think his eyes appear to be shunken in a bit, so I thought he might be a bit dehydrated, so I've been soaking him for about 10-20 minutes daily for the past 5 days or so. All that I've seen him eat over the past 5 days have been about 10 phoenix worms (2 days ago), drops of water, and a few licks of apple sauce off of my finger. Is it normal for BD this young to stop eating? I got rid of his UVB light a few days ago, thinking that might be the cause of the problem. But that hasn't done much. Only thing that I can think of that has changed is that I feed him some phoenix worms about 2 weeks ago. Possible that he got a parasite from the phoenix worms? Just a sick from the phoenix worms? Maybe just spoiled from phoenix, and the crickets just aren't appealing anymore?
As for his environment (since I know you guys are gonna ask).
29 Gallon Glass Tank
75 watt standard home light bulb (I think it was 75 watt)
100 watt powersun uvb. (took out and replaced with a 100 watt household light bulb)
Temps around 105-115 in the basking spot
Carpet turf on the bottom. (recently replaced for sand, plan on getting rid of the sand tonight when I get home, that made no difference)
Crickets are dusted in calium 5x a week. Vit 2x a week.
Any thoughts, suggestions?
As for his environment (since I know you guys are gonna ask).
29 Gallon Glass Tank
75 watt standard home light bulb (I think it was 75 watt)
100 watt powersun uvb. (took out and replaced with a 100 watt household light bulb)
Temps around 105-115 in the basking spot
Carpet turf on the bottom. (recently replaced for sand, plan on getting rid of the sand tonight when I get home, that made no difference)
Crickets are dusted in calium 5x a week. Vit 2x a week.
Any thoughts, suggestions?