Hello! New beardie mama here. We got our little one 3 days ago. It is 4-5 months old. When we brought it home it ate about 10 dubia roaches (total for the day). The second day it ate about 15 (5 per meal) and had a few nibbles of kale. Yesterday it only ate 3 dubias in the morning and refused all other meals. We have a 40 gallon tank, 150w basking bulb, reptisun T5 5.0 HO UVB. Hot side is 95-110, cool side 75-85, temp at night 65-70.
I figure it’s probably relocation stress and possibly overhandling, but I just wanted to see if anyone has any advice on techniques to get it to eat more. The first two days it was pretty active and let us hold it quite a bit but yesterday pretty skittish and seemed scared, pretty much stayed in the same spot all day. It has had 2 normal bowel movements since it’s been home.
It did take a few drops of water from my finger two days ago and went into its water bowl and had a drink. I also misted it one time yesterday.
Any help or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I figure it’s probably relocation stress and possibly overhandling, but I just wanted to see if anyone has any advice on techniques to get it to eat more. The first two days it was pretty active and let us hold it quite a bit but yesterday pretty skittish and seemed scared, pretty much stayed in the same spot all day. It has had 2 normal bowel movements since it’s been home.
It did take a few drops of water from my finger two days ago and went into its water bowl and had a drink. I also misted it one time yesterday.
Any help or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!