Claire1997
Member
I got my guy 4 days ago, he is 3 months old. On the second day I had him, he had eaten a few pieces of the veges I'd given him, and a cricket (it was a bit bigger than the space between his eyes, but he ate it after chasing it around). Since then, he hasn't eaten anything. I thought maybe it was because the cricket was too big, so I got rid of the ones I had, and got smaller ones. But he isn't eating those either. All he does is turn his head and close his eyes when one is near him. I've tried giving him a warm bath, but I don't want to freak him out with too much handling, so I just placed him in the bath and he sat in there for a couple of minutes, opening and closing his mouth. He has done a couple of poos, so I know everything is passing through fine.
I have a 10.0 UVB light set up, a ceramic heater for the basking end that gets up to 38-40 degrees Celsius during the day and the cool end is between 26-30 degrees, depending on time of day. His enclosure is 3 feet, and I'm using fake grass for the substrate. He's got a little hideaway, a log that gets close enough, but doesn't touch the heater, fake plants and one of those hammock things. He was one of the smaller ones down at the pet shop, poor guy had too much competition for food in the one tank.
Could this just be him still settling in? I was handling him and bit much to start with, until I read that maybe I should leave him for a bit. Any ideas?
I have a 10.0 UVB light set up, a ceramic heater for the basking end that gets up to 38-40 degrees Celsius during the day and the cool end is between 26-30 degrees, depending on time of day. His enclosure is 3 feet, and I'm using fake grass for the substrate. He's got a little hideaway, a log that gets close enough, but doesn't touch the heater, fake plants and one of those hammock things. He was one of the smaller ones down at the pet shop, poor guy had too much competition for food in the one tank.
Could this just be him still settling in? I was handling him and bit much to start with, until I read that maybe I should leave him for a bit. Any ideas?