CaptainCrawlie
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So, I work for a pet store and fell in love with one of the beardies there and took him home, about 2 weeks ago.
I didn't have enough cash to completely get a complete perfect set up immediately but here is what I have.
10gallon tank
75w Basking Bulb for day
50w black night light (I keep my house in the 60s because I get too hot)
A coil UVB 13w (yes yes I know!!)
Newspaper for substrate
Stick on temp reader
Drift wood perch
Wood U thingie for him to hide under
I do have a back ground on the tank as well.
Dusting powders for veg and crickets
What I am upgrading to in a 1.5 weeks, when I get paid and it goes on sale.
40gallon ($1 per gallon sale... YAY!)
Reptile Mat
Another piece of drift wood for the tank
Possibly a hammock
Long bulb UVB (can't remember the name :/)
Captain Crawlie is "his name" but I haven't sexed him yet, he's still small. He's shed once since bringing him home. I've started him on veg. I didn't think captain would eat it being so small, however he jumped right down and went to town eating. We feed crickets 3x daily - and Mr. Crawlie is a fatty - eats upwards of 10+ crickets per feeding. When he sees us getting his veg or crickets he comes down from his wood and stares at us. Will even accept veg from my hands.
For the past two days he's been rubbing his belly and under neck on the top of the drift wood, so I'm assuming it's shed time again. He's gotten a lot bigger, he was only being fed once 3-5 crickets per day.
My main thing...
Does my new set up I'm going to get him sound acceptable? I only got this one because I knew that it was only temporary and an upgrade, better than what he had at the time.
Does anyone order feeders online? I'm looking into getting hornworms, and possibly roaches - but all I can find are the larger ones. He's such a big eater that I know he'd love to eat something different.
Since he was in a pet store, he wasn't used to being handled that much. He will accept being handled here and there so we are going at it slowly, mainly he just wants to chill in our hands and take a nap.
Sorry for the long post, any advice is appreciated!!
I didn't have enough cash to completely get a complete perfect set up immediately but here is what I have.
10gallon tank
75w Basking Bulb for day
50w black night light (I keep my house in the 60s because I get too hot)
A coil UVB 13w (yes yes I know!!)
Newspaper for substrate
Stick on temp reader
Drift wood perch
Wood U thingie for him to hide under
I do have a back ground on the tank as well.
Dusting powders for veg and crickets
What I am upgrading to in a 1.5 weeks, when I get paid and it goes on sale.
40gallon ($1 per gallon sale... YAY!)
Reptile Mat
Another piece of drift wood for the tank
Possibly a hammock
Long bulb UVB (can't remember the name :/)
Captain Crawlie is "his name" but I haven't sexed him yet, he's still small. He's shed once since bringing him home. I've started him on veg. I didn't think captain would eat it being so small, however he jumped right down and went to town eating. We feed crickets 3x daily - and Mr. Crawlie is a fatty - eats upwards of 10+ crickets per feeding. When he sees us getting his veg or crickets he comes down from his wood and stares at us. Will even accept veg from my hands.
For the past two days he's been rubbing his belly and under neck on the top of the drift wood, so I'm assuming it's shed time again. He's gotten a lot bigger, he was only being fed once 3-5 crickets per day.
My main thing...
Does my new set up I'm going to get him sound acceptable? I only got this one because I knew that it was only temporary and an upgrade, better than what he had at the time.
Does anyone order feeders online? I'm looking into getting hornworms, and possibly roaches - but all I can find are the larger ones. He's such a big eater that I know he'd love to eat something different.
Since he was in a pet store, he wasn't used to being handled that much. He will accept being handled here and there so we are going at it slowly, mainly he just wants to chill in our hands and take a nap.
Sorry for the long post, any advice is appreciated!!