So I've had him for about 4-5 days and have been having a couple issues getting him to eat. Here's what I have been doing and the results:
1) Placing him in a separate plastic container with paper towel flooring and putting crickets in one by one.
- Result: He stands still for a couple minutes and eventually gets very hyper and runs along the walls until I let him out.
2) Placing the crickets in his habitat
- Result: He goes to the top of the perch and just watches them
3) Hand feeding live crickets to him.
- Result: He will eat a few at a time but eventually starts running and very obviously doesn't want to eat anymore
Other relevant information:
-He's very active and poops daily and I think that's from the greens that I've been giving him. Also doesn't seem to be too skinny based on pictures of other beardies on here.
-He is probably around 6 weeks old (6in long).
-He's very friendly and jumps to my hand when I put it in and will crawl towards me and climb on me when I let him out.
-The basking temp is 100-110 depending on elevation and the cool side is around 75-80 depending on how early it is in the day.
-Using a Desert UVB florescent light from Thrive.
My preliminary conclusion: He seems to be afraid of crickets and to test this I bought a shipment of the smallest purchasable crickets and the smallest phoenix worms.
If all this seems good then just a post of confirmation would be appreciated. However, if there is another thing I could try or if my conclusion seems off, a little guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Nragis
1) Placing him in a separate plastic container with paper towel flooring and putting crickets in one by one.
- Result: He stands still for a couple minutes and eventually gets very hyper and runs along the walls until I let him out.
2) Placing the crickets in his habitat
- Result: He goes to the top of the perch and just watches them
3) Hand feeding live crickets to him.
- Result: He will eat a few at a time but eventually starts running and very obviously doesn't want to eat anymore
Other relevant information:
-He's very active and poops daily and I think that's from the greens that I've been giving him. Also doesn't seem to be too skinny based on pictures of other beardies on here.
-He is probably around 6 weeks old (6in long).
-He's very friendly and jumps to my hand when I put it in and will crawl towards me and climb on me when I let him out.
-The basking temp is 100-110 depending on elevation and the cool side is around 75-80 depending on how early it is in the day.
-Using a Desert UVB florescent light from Thrive.
My preliminary conclusion: He seems to be afraid of crickets and to test this I bought a shipment of the smallest purchasable crickets and the smallest phoenix worms.
If all this seems good then just a post of confirmation would be appreciated. However, if there is another thing I could try or if my conclusion seems off, a little guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Nragis