A few questions about my new dragon

[Adama]

For sure, he'll get better with the crickets. Whatever you can do to get them to him in the mean time is great. Our baby wouldn't eat more than maybe 15 a day as a 1-2 month old. As he gets from 4-12 months, be prepared for 50-100 a day, more or less.

 

[lauraj1055]

I can't get my baby to chase a cricket so I use reptiworms. I tried the cricket thing, the tiny little ones, he didn't eat one, and when I tried for 1/2 hour to get them out of his tank, I killed most of them with the tweezers. Oops

 

[thanybeauty1]

Baby dragons are a lot trickier than adult dragons for sure. I would just always offer a fresh plate of greens and another veggie such as yellow squash every day. My first dragon was nearly 9 months old before I got him to eat greens and veggies but because I offered them every day they were there for him when he wanted them. Baby dragons are more skittish and will run around their vivs when you try to take them out to hold them. In time they will stop doing that but try taking him or her out at night before bedtime when they are more relaxed and tired. I wouldn't force their head into the water but take a dropper and drop some water drops on the tip of their nose. Some people do not like the idea of spraying water inside the vivs because the humidity can raise too high but other people say spraying once a day inside the viv is okay so I guess as far as that you will really have to look further into it. Our vet told me that dragons absorb water through their butt when they are bathing. I don't know how true that is but my dragons don't drink they just take their baths 3 x a week and their poop is fine. I agree with the other posters, uvb bulbs are extremely important as well as accurate temp monitoring. Good luck and you've come to the right place for the best advice possible.

 

[shaung]

So the side of the tank with the tree branch is the basking side right?and above that goes the basking light.the other side is the cool side and I am suppose to put the UVB light above that side right?

 

[Denduran87]

So the side of the tank with the tree branch is the basking side right?and above that goes the basking light.the other side is the cool side and I am suppose to put the UVB light above that side right?

Yes the side that has the highest point where he will most likely spend most of his time is the basking side and should have the uvb and heat lamp at. If yo could get a pic of your set up would be best to help you but you can see on here alot of peoples set up. Uvb is best throughtout the enclosure but should be closest at the basking spot.