Screamin99
Juvie Member
late October, weather just started getting cooler. He went from being up most of the day and wondering about to sleeping all day and trying to hide on Monday. He ate a few supers monday morning but thats all.
I don't wanna shut his lights off until he's had a bowel movement (for whatever reason he just is holding back these days).. He also has a piece of loose skin on his side from a recent shed, I know this needs to come off. What if he's shedding elsewhere, is it safe to let him go down like that? Last year he was burmating and im sure I ruined him by thinking he was just sick which he was a little. He's a little over 2 years old I got him in august of 09 and he was about 7 inches long at that point.
How old is your dragon? slightly over 2 years
How long have you had your dragon? see above
How long is your dragon? 22-24inches
What is the sex of your dragon? male
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 55gallon
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? tile
Do you use UVB lights? reptisun 10 TUBE
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? See above
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? See above
How old is your UVB bulb? roughly 1 month
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 8-10 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb? house bulb,40watt I believe, white/day bulb
What are the basking temps? 101.0* F
What is the cool side temp? typically about 84-88* F
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? Digital Acurite thermo with wire probe
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? directly ontop of his bask rock maybe slightly off center from the beam pattern
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? Never
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. Superworms every other to every 2 sometimes 3 days, I offer greens daily, collard,mustard,endive,bok choy,dandelion,turnips usually 2 of these
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? I place greens in the AM before I leave for work I also put worms in the greens usually
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? no, they are on oats and eat potatos
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? yes rep-cal brand, ultra fine with D3 and multi-vitamin I try to give once a week, not sure he eats it when I put it on the greens though
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? no, not at all. Maybe once every 2 weeks?
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Yes, about 3 times a week give or take a day
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? no
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? yes, not sure when the last was but he had no parasites
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? no
I don't wanna shut his lights off until he's had a bowel movement (for whatever reason he just is holding back these days).. He also has a piece of loose skin on his side from a recent shed, I know this needs to come off. What if he's shedding elsewhere, is it safe to let him go down like that? Last year he was burmating and im sure I ruined him by thinking he was just sick which he was a little. He's a little over 2 years old I got him in august of 09 and he was about 7 inches long at that point.
How old is your dragon? slightly over 2 years
How long have you had your dragon? see above
How long is your dragon? 22-24inches
What is the sex of your dragon? male
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 55gallon
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? tile
Do you use UVB lights? reptisun 10 TUBE
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? See above
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? See above
How old is your UVB bulb? roughly 1 month
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 8-10 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb? house bulb,40watt I believe, white/day bulb
What are the basking temps? 101.0* F
What is the cool side temp? typically about 84-88* F
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? Digital Acurite thermo with wire probe
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? directly ontop of his bask rock maybe slightly off center from the beam pattern
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? Never
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. Superworms every other to every 2 sometimes 3 days, I offer greens daily, collard,mustard,endive,bok choy,dandelion,turnips usually 2 of these
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? I place greens in the AM before I leave for work I also put worms in the greens usually
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? no, they are on oats and eat potatos
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? yes rep-cal brand, ultra fine with D3 and multi-vitamin I try to give once a week, not sure he eats it when I put it on the greens though
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? no, not at all. Maybe once every 2 weeks?
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Yes, about 3 times a week give or take a day
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? no
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? yes, not sure when the last was but he had no parasites
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? no
