lizardmom25
Hatchling Member
Hi,
I got a very small baby bearded dragon on Friday. He/she is the length on my palm including tail and weighs 8g. Tiny.
Te first night home he ate 10 crickets, but I had to hand feed them. Since then he has bee refusing hand feeding and been very inconsistent with eating. He ate 3 crickets Sat. Nothing Sun, a small piece of mango Monday, nothing Tuesday, and 2 crickets last night. I had to take him off his basking spot and put him directly in front of the cricket to get him to even do that. I have tried popping the head off the crickets and hand feeding, no dice. We tried feeding in a seterilite tub, and he just tried to wall climb. No interest in the crickets.
I am offering salad with collard green, squash, and carrot run through the food processor, as well as a few tiny pieces of mango all dusted with repashy calcium plus, along with small dusted crickets.
I originally had him in a 10 gallon, but switched him to the 40 gallon with half blocked off when he started having problems. Right now he has a reptiglow 18 inch UV light (waiting for my 24 inch fixture to get her to set up a reptisun 10.0). He can get within 6 inches of the light. Basking spot is 110, hot side temp about 90, and cool side closer to 80 during the day. I am using a 75 watt basking bulb and a 75 watt ceramic heat emitter in a combo dome. I turn the basking bulb and UV off at night and temps drop to about 73.
He is very handle able, doesn't run from me when I try to pick him up, lays on my hand, and clings when I try to put him back in the tank.
Is there anything else i should be doing or do I just wait out the relocation stress.
I got a very small baby bearded dragon on Friday. He/she is the length on my palm including tail and weighs 8g. Tiny.
Te first night home he ate 10 crickets, but I had to hand feed them. Since then he has bee refusing hand feeding and been very inconsistent with eating. He ate 3 crickets Sat. Nothing Sun, a small piece of mango Monday, nothing Tuesday, and 2 crickets last night. I had to take him off his basking spot and put him directly in front of the cricket to get him to even do that. I have tried popping the head off the crickets and hand feeding, no dice. We tried feeding in a seterilite tub, and he just tried to wall climb. No interest in the crickets.
I am offering salad with collard green, squash, and carrot run through the food processor, as well as a few tiny pieces of mango all dusted with repashy calcium plus, along with small dusted crickets.
I originally had him in a 10 gallon, but switched him to the 40 gallon with half blocked off when he started having problems. Right now he has a reptiglow 18 inch UV light (waiting for my 24 inch fixture to get her to set up a reptisun 10.0). He can get within 6 inches of the light. Basking spot is 110, hot side temp about 90, and cool side closer to 80 during the day. I am using a 75 watt basking bulb and a 75 watt ceramic heat emitter in a combo dome. I turn the basking bulb and UV off at night and temps drop to about 73.
He is very handle able, doesn't run from me when I try to pick him up, lays on my hand, and clings when I try to put him back in the tank.
Is there anything else i should be doing or do I just wait out the relocation stress.