Carbie, back with more questions.

[Twinz]

My beardie Carbie still is always placing his hand down with his actually hand backwards, he doesn't walk like it but sometimes when he stops it just does it. I always fix it when I am around but I am still worried.
Also a few weeks ago I had him in the bath, he kind of stuck his head in the water and looked like he was dieing so I picked him up and he kinda of snapped back. I am sure he wasn't drinking because I made sure of that before I picked him up. I put him back in and he was fine, he even drank a little bit after and finished his bath.

I feed him superworms dusted everyday with squash as his staple fruit/veggy. He has the reptisun 2.0 and he basks about 4 inches away. I have never had him on loose substrate and he poops regulary.



Anyone know whats up.

 

[Beardednoob]

The Reptisun 2.0 does not put out adequate UV for a bearded dragon. Suggest you change it to a Reptisun 10.0 LINEAR tube.
How old is this dragon and how long is it from nose to tail tip?

 

[Twinz]

The Reptisun 2.0 does not put out adequate UV for a bearded dragon. Suggest you change it to a Reptisun 10.0 LINEAR tube.
How old is this dragon and how long is it from nose to tail tip?

Crap I meant the 10.0 (tube), sorry about that. I got him in august and he is about 12 inches.

 

[Beardednoob]

I would vary the diet up and drop the superworms until he is 16+ inches, they are fairly high in fat. What dust are you using?

 

[Twinz]

rep-cal calcium with vit.d3 and I have just recently switched to superworms for a bit, i have fet crickets and mealworms previously.

 

[Beardednoob]

rep-cal calcium with vit.d3 and I have just recently switched to superworms for a bit, i have fet crickets and mealworms previously.

Crickets are a good staple feeder for a growing juvenile, even better would be silkworms, you are wanting to get this protein from them. Adding on to this diet is ideal, butterworms for the calcium, hornworms also have a good protein content but lack calcium, so feeding these two feeders together in a diet is great. Feeding feeders with lower amounts of protein and high chitin content poses more then just blockage risks for a juvenile dragon, they also can hinder growth rates.

I hope this to be informative. :wink:

Are you also dusting with multivitamins?

 

[Twinz]

The only "multivitamins" i am using is the calcium with vitamin d3.

Before I had the tube light ontop about 10 inches away (beginner with reptiles) not knowing how bad it was but I switched very fast. He has had a huge activity improvment since then but the hand thing was there ever since i had him. Still hasn't had someone tell me they had expierenced it.

 

[Beardednoob]

The only "multivitamins" i am using is the calcium with vitamin d3.

Before I had the tube light ontop about 10 inches away (beginner with reptiles) not knowing how bad it was but I switched very fast. He has had a huge activity improvment since then but the hand thing was there ever since i had him. Still hasn't had someone tell me they had expierenced it.

I have seen it before here and there but, it was a rather long time ago.
Calcium w/D3 are not the multivitamins, just a calcium w/D3 supplement. RepCal makes a good multivitamin "Herptivite".
Should dust with the cal 5x a week, once a day. The multivitamins 1-2x a week, one time a day on day(s) that do not have the calcium supplement.

 

[Twinz]

Ill look into getting the vitamins, but do you remember if the hand thing was linked to something wrong?

 

[Beardednoob]

I cannot at the moment.

I remember the thread was pointed in the direction of UV.
How old is the UV you have?

 

[Twinz]

Like one month.

 

[Beardednoob]

Is the Reptisun 10.0 a linear or coil/compact?

 

[Twinz]

Linear, if thats the tube.

 

[Beardednoob]

Linear, if thats the tube.

Yes.
Do you have a picture of the dragon?

 

[Twinz]