tinydinosaurmum
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- Beardie name(s)
- Ryu
Hi! Sorry in advance for the background - I've got a 7mo old female bebe I've had for only 2 weeks. She came from a not-great home, so she's not well-socialized, and wasn't on the right diet and feeding schedule for a juvenile beardie. However, after just a couple days with me and getting the right foods she now keeps herself on a weirdly-specific schedule of activity, basking and pooping. At night, she sleeps on her favorite hammock, and when the lights come on in the morning, I give her 1.5 hours before we do breakfast, which is mostly protein like grasshoppers, beardie buffet or dubias, and then I leave her a lil salad she will monch on throughout the day. She'll bask, walk around, push her little ball around, and sit on a goat vertebrae in her tank she loves for some reason. She poops at 9 am and 4 pm. Totally normal and healthy poo/urate. She's always a tad overhydrated, if anything. Second feeding is at 5 pm. Again, mostly protein. Maybe a couple berries 3x a week-ish.
ANYWAY, last night was the first time I took her out to cuddle for bedtime. I wrapped her in a blanket that smells like me and set her on my tummy. She stayed calm, looked around for awhile, even let my husband pet her a bit, and eventually fell dead asleep. I put her back in her viv on her little dinosaur plush/blanket combo she loves, and she was still sleeping there when I turned her lights on this morning. But here's the thing - it's past noon and she still hasn't gotten up, still hasn't pooped or anything. She ate breakfast just fine and is alert and everything; she's just not going about her normal day; like, she usually only goes over to the dino blanket when she's trying to get away from her 4 pm poo. I will say that I'm noticing a bit of flaking at the top of her tail, and it is about time for her to start a new shed, so idk if that affects anything. So - is this lazy day something I should be concerned about? Or am I just overanalyzing?
ANYWAY, last night was the first time I took her out to cuddle for bedtime. I wrapped her in a blanket that smells like me and set her on my tummy. She stayed calm, looked around for awhile, even let my husband pet her a bit, and eventually fell dead asleep. I put her back in her viv on her little dinosaur plush/blanket combo she loves, and she was still sleeping there when I turned her lights on this morning. But here's the thing - it's past noon and she still hasn't gotten up, still hasn't pooped or anything. She ate breakfast just fine and is alert and everything; she's just not going about her normal day; like, she usually only goes over to the dino blanket when she's trying to get away from her 4 pm poo. I will say that I'm noticing a bit of flaking at the top of her tail, and it is about time for her to start a new shed, so idk if that affects anything. So - is this lazy day something I should be concerned about? Or am I just overanalyzing?
