Any suggestions? :(

[jello]

I adapted my beardie on August 6th. It has been 10 days since then! He shed 3 days ago.
I am giving him a bath ONCE in every 3-4 days.

I am feeding him crickets and kale & leave some commercial food as well. Of course, WATER, too!
He only eat 1-3 small pieces of kale a day. And he doesn't eat kale much anymore. I feed him 3 crickets in the morning, 2 more crickets for lunch and 3-4 crickets for dinner.

I have both basking light and UVB light during the day for at least 10-12 hours. And he sleeps under night light for 10-12 hours a day. He doesn't take a nap.

Since he is not eating veggies much anymore and doesn't eat hand-fed vegetable. I am getting worried..
Does his habitat looks okay ?

Any suggestions?

 

[Claudiusx]

His habitat looks ok, besides that thermometer. Dial thermometers are very inaccurate, you will need a digital thermometer with a probe, or a temp gun if you don't have one.

What uvb bulb do you have?

It's a rare day when a baby eats its salad, so you don't need to worry about that.

The crickets, are you feeding him as many as he can eat in a 10-15 minute time span, or are you limiting him to that many crickets?

-Brandon

 

[jello]

I am using desert 50 UVB T8 Flourescent bulb. I am trying to limit # of crickets. It's I don't know how to remove uneaten crickets after feeding. Do you think # of crickets are too little?

 

[AchiKat]

if the uvb you are talking about is the one in the zilla slimline fixture, you should get that replaced with a better bulb ASAP. babies rarely eat salad, mines sneaks a few nibbles between feedings but thats about it. also, you should be feeding as many crickets as the baby will eat in 10-15 mins, if you are worried about getting them out, just feed them in 1 at a time. till he wont eat any more, my baby was eating 20-40 a feeding 3x a day when i was feeding her crix.

 

[jello]

which UVB light do you guys recommend?!?

If I keep want to use zilla desert 50 UVB fixture. How often do i need to change the bulb ?

 

[munchkins9802]

your current light is not a very good one , the one highly recommended is the reptiSUN (NOT GLO) 10.0 and is inexpensive at petmountain.com. In addition you need a better thermometer--best one is the accurite digital (walmart usually has for 15). They should be eating as many crickets as they can in 10-15 mins. You could always choose another container (rubbermaid or something) to feed him his crickets. as babies they can eat up to 100 crickets in one day--are you dusting them with calcium as well for 5 days and vitamins the other 2 days?