A few questions

[Ashleyblake2010]

I feel like I have been posting on this site a lot but I just want to make sure I am a good beardie mom and my beardie stays healthy. :-?

My first question is his poop. I fed him a couple of wax worms and then stopped because it looked like he wasn't getting them digested enough and his poops were huge! So i just fed him strictly small crickets and vegetables. But his poops are still really big. [ximg]83983 6838407172[/ximg] This was one from today. Just want to make sure it looks OK. His poop is not smelly, I mean it might be if I stick my head down in the cage but I can't smell it when I walk in the room or anything.

Second question. How much should he be eating a day in regards to crickets and/or worms. And where is a good place to buy worms or crickets online? I don't want a 1000 of them because we live in an apartment and we don't have room for a tub of crickets. And I was not sure if he is old enough for certain worms (he is a little over 2 months old).

And last question. How do I know if he is getting enough water? He has a bowl of water I keep filled up and I spray him and other things in his enclosure with water. Sometimes I see him lick the water..other times he just looks annoyed. So how do I know if he is getting enough fluid?

Again sorry for the long post but when I was looking through some of the older post I was getting a little freaked out because all I kept seeing was parasites and take them to the vet.

 

[AHBD]

Hi Ashley....compared to their body, it seems like their poos are huge. With some adult dragons, it may look like you have a small dog in the tank at times. :shock: It's perfectly normal, and that stool looks perfectly formed. Feed him all the small crix he'll eat twice a day, and if he's eating veggies [ turnip, mustard, shredded collard greens , squash ] that's a plus.

You can drip water on his snout for a drink every other day....it's O.K. to spray but just gently on his snout to see if he'll drink.

You will save a lot of money if you order crickets online from a company like Ghann's, Hungry Lizard or Rainbow mealworms. Most worms aren't suitable as a staple for babies [ with the exception of Phoenix or Calci worms ] and are VERY expensive compared to crix. If you buy a small [ but tall ] plastic storage tote you can keep 1,000 crix for about a month, the time it will take him to eat those crix. They may cost you around $26 -$30 including shipping on average.....compare that to what you would spend at a pet store.

 

[Ashleyblake2010]

Another thing my husband worries about is that the crickets will chirp at night. When you have ordered from those places did the crickets chirp?

 

[AHBD]

Baby crickets up to prewinged crickets don't chirp. So until you order the 3/4" or adult you will not have chirpers. Once in a great while a larger cricket is accidentally sent along with the small ones but they are easy to spot and dispose of.