Baby_Magatron
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- Beardie name(s)
- Maggie
Please try a different insect -- dubia roaches -- silk worms or BSFL -- she still needs her proteinHey everyone,
I’m relatively new to having a beautiful little bearded friend so I hope this isn’t a stupid question! I can’t seem to find any help online anywhere, if it’s a bizarre one the next stop is a vet!!
So I’ve had baby Maggie since October 2021, at this point I was told she was around 9 months old meaning she will have been born around February 2021.
She has always been a really big eater to the point she jumps out of her viv and jumps on me when she knows eats feeding time (so adorable), anyway my apologies I digress, in the last week or so she has completely avoided locusts which were her favourite live food by far!! She ate a couple of Morioworms which I was told should only be used as a treat so to speak, but now she isn’t even touching those!! She is still eating all of her wild rocket though, she won’t touch any other greens and I get concerned trying her on new things as there are soooooo many contradicting things on what I can and can’t feed her, but they all say wild rocket is fine so I’ve stuck with it.
So yeah, basically my question is should I be as worried as I am? Is this a serious problem I need to get checked immediately? All I can think is she may be uncomfortable from shedding? (I’ve been misting her to help which sometimes she hates and sometimes loves)
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated as there is a very concerned beardie dad at the moment
Many thanks
She hasn’t dug for a while no, she was eating through that period! And hasn’t been with any other beardies so can’t lay anything!It's possible she's just cranky from shedding. They can also be picky and want what they want and at the moment it's greens. Have you noticed her digging? Sometimes females will stop eating before they are ready to lay, usually they stop all together at least in my experience but it could also be what's happening.
She can, they will be infertile, and they will lay up to 20 eggs sometimes even without a male. You may want to provide a dig box just in case.She hasn’t dug for a while no, she was eating through that period! And hasn’t been with any other beardies so can’t lay anything!
Oh!! She has the sand terrarium in her viv will that be ok? Or still provide a dig box?She can, they will be infertile, and they will lay up to 20 eggs sometimes even without a male. You may want to provide a dig box just in case.
She may or may not lay in that, depending on how deep it is.Oh!! She has the sand terrarium in her viv will that be ok? Or still provide a dig box?
She may or may not lay in that, depending on how deep it is.
Just checking, better to be safer, is it a loose clay sand?
A mix of cocohusk and a premix soil substrate would be perfect
Looks good as a substrate, but it's not thick enough for her to lay in that, so she would need a dig box, it will be easier for you to check it as well for eggs periodically too.View attachment 71448
It’s that, sorry I’m still learning all the names of things and don’t have the bag from it when I fill it upbut I do recall the man from the shop saying it was what most people use?
What does gravid mean??Looks good as a substrate, but it's not thick enough for her to lay in that, so she would need a dig box, it will be easier for you to check it as well for eggs periodically too.
She looks gravid from that photo but only an exotics vet would be able to confirm that for you.
Holding eggs/pregnantWhat does gravid mean??
I have had better luck with the strawberry and banana then plain calciumsometime they get tired of eating the same things. You can maybe try adding flavored calcium powder
Me too. Neither of mines will eat anything without that or bee pollen.I have had better luck with the strawberry and banana then plain calcium
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