I just adopted my first beardie about 4 days ago, a 3 year old female. I was expecting some relocation stress and I'm most likely just fretting over nothing because I know I tend to be a worrier - but I want to get an opinion here before I take any kind of action towards doing something for her. She's incredibly tame around people, and not startled or really upset by being handled - so I know she must have had a very one-on-one owner before me.
This is a picture of her setup, it's a 40gal breeder with a regular 60watt floodlight for heat and a reptisun 10.0 UVB strip across the middle. Since I got her, she's pretty much only eaten maybe 1-3 bites of collard leaves once in the afternoon, and refuses anything else - including bugs. She spends all her time up in her basking spot (which I monitor with an infrared zoomed gun, it stays around 100-105) and has only gotten down from it to explore her tank a few times. Originally, she had a hide without an opening - and she never got down the first two days I had her, and then I built her the new one that you see in the picture - and she's started the habit of getting down from her basking spot after sunning herself for a while, scratching around all the corners of the inside of the hide, and then settling down with her head facing the hole in the front. I know she's dehydrated as her skin does not snap back the way it should, so I gave her a bath today and she drank a good bit of water and soaked for about 10 minutes. I'm thinking about doing that daily until she starts eating better, but I want an opinion from someone who's been raising beardies for a while about what you think is going on.
I took a whole bunch of pictures of her abdomen because I wasnt sure what angle was needed -
As well as an above shot -
Her abdomen feels pretty squishy to me, but I really am not sure as I'm new to all of this, and I'm worrying myself half to death over her lethargic behavior. Do you think I should get a laybox prepped for her or just keep offering food and bathing her until she feels better after relocating??
EDIT:
Here's a picture of what she does when she goes into her hide, I'm a little bit concerned that her mouth is slightly hanging open? The temp inside is about 88 degrees right now.
This is a picture of her setup, it's a 40gal breeder with a regular 60watt floodlight for heat and a reptisun 10.0 UVB strip across the middle. Since I got her, she's pretty much only eaten maybe 1-3 bites of collard leaves once in the afternoon, and refuses anything else - including bugs. She spends all her time up in her basking spot (which I monitor with an infrared zoomed gun, it stays around 100-105) and has only gotten down from it to explore her tank a few times. Originally, she had a hide without an opening - and she never got down the first two days I had her, and then I built her the new one that you see in the picture - and she's started the habit of getting down from her basking spot after sunning herself for a while, scratching around all the corners of the inside of the hide, and then settling down with her head facing the hole in the front. I know she's dehydrated as her skin does not snap back the way it should, so I gave her a bath today and she drank a good bit of water and soaked for about 10 minutes. I'm thinking about doing that daily until she starts eating better, but I want an opinion from someone who's been raising beardies for a while about what you think is going on.
I took a whole bunch of pictures of her abdomen because I wasnt sure what angle was needed -
As well as an above shot -
Her abdomen feels pretty squishy to me, but I really am not sure as I'm new to all of this, and I'm worrying myself half to death over her lethargic behavior. Do you think I should get a laybox prepped for her or just keep offering food and bathing her until she feels better after relocating??
EDIT:
Here's a picture of what she does when she goes into her hide, I'm a little bit concerned that her mouth is slightly hanging open? The temp inside is about 88 degrees right now.
you made her, get it down to about 80 so she can cool off if she wants. Eggs can not always be detectable , especially infertiles, so that's not the way to determine if she's carrying any. If she is, she'll dig more frantically and possibly lay them there in the cave since she seems comfy in there.
