I have now noticed for the pst 2-3 days that my bearded dragon is chewing on wood. He is fed 15 3/4 sized dubias everyday and baby food since he won’t eat actual greens. Could anyone tell me why he would be chewing on his wood hide? I had to cook it in the oven since he pooped on it and I wanted to get rid of anything that had bacteria on it, he never has done this before. Thanks again!
If supplements is vitamins and such, I give him repticalcium with D3. And time to time I will give him peaches without the skin. And he does get hungry do I will leave dried crickets in his bowl whenever he gets hungry. I just started leaving them in there today
I would change your staple feeder to LIVE ones --- and to dubia roaches -- they are better health wise - are you feeding salads ? Are you giving vitamins w / beta carotene?
Karrie
I feed him dubia roaches as his actual food, he eats 15 in a day and they are 3/4ths in size. And I don’t feed him salads because he doesn’t like to eat salads. I stick to feeding him baby food like squash, pumpkin, and pea purée. I’ll see about the vitamin though
Is he eating the baby food by himself or are you force feeding him? I would not give the peas--- here is a website for nutrition http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder
Karrie
When I give him the baby food I put it on the tip of his mouth and he tries to lick it off and that’s when I slowly will put some on his tongue. A lot of the time I’ll put the abby food onto the dried crickets and will hand feed it to him which he eats.
I agree, it could be a nutritional issue, such as lacking in B vitamns or calcium or just that
his hide has areas on it that spark curiosity for him. If you can post some pictures that would
be helpful.
Hi Im sorry I havent responded but as of right now he is continuing to chew on the wood, he literally tried eating it like a big dubia roach. And as of right now he is limping I am getting worried for his health. I am not sure what to do right now, he hasn't pooped in 1-2 days.
Take the piece he's chewing on out--- I would feed him live insects no more dried stuff- it's not in common for them to not poop for weeks-- and the pumpkin and squash should make him go-- please post a pic of him and his tank
Karrie