Hi everyone!
I am new to this place...been reading everything since I got my BD.
Well I have owned "Zod" m/f still not really sure what she is...lol! For about 6 months. She is as old I think. About a foot long or so. But just of lately she has been getting upset, not liking being picked up, flaring her beard and opening her mouth, digging in the corners of the tank and eating so much...We have to buy 40-60 crickets every 2-3 days and it's causing an issue. We also need to buy her a new tank. She is still in her 10gl and it's making me mad. I keep telling my husband she is unhappy and we need a new tank. So when taxes come in a week I will be getting a new one. But the attitude is a problem. She has bit me once due to no food in her tank. Which is my husbands fault because I was out of town due to my mothers well being (she almost died). I live 6hrs away from home.
Anyways. I told him to make sure she eats all the time. Give her the greens and fresh water and crickets. He was really good about it when we first got her and now is lacking. But she lunges at the tank at me and opens her mouth and flares her beard. I dont know what else to do, other then get her the new tank and which we have to wait on. I know she is stressed, but she just started the major digging and being "pissy" with me. She gets greens 2x a day, and eats crickets whenever she gets hungry. Fresh water is given 2-3xs a day. Her tank is clean, fresh sand and everything is always washed by me by hand.
I really just dont know what else to do other then a new tank but I cant even give her water today because she wants to eat my hand off...LOL!
So I need some help on that one. Also..quick question...can they tell when you are menstrating? I read on these beautiful lizards and yet..I dont know alot. I knew when she got sick...she almost died and then I took her to a specialist and got her well again. She had issues with calicium *lack there of* that was due to poor fed crickets I was buying. Now I give her meds once a week and I add cricket dust and food to them and put them in there for her.
Soon the new tank will be here but untill then...what can I do. She wont let me pick her up and she runs from me.
Thanks
Maranda "Zods" Mommy
I am new to this place...been reading everything since I got my BD.
Well I have owned "Zod" m/f still not really sure what she is...lol! For about 6 months. She is as old I think. About a foot long or so. But just of lately she has been getting upset, not liking being picked up, flaring her beard and opening her mouth, digging in the corners of the tank and eating so much...We have to buy 40-60 crickets every 2-3 days and it's causing an issue. We also need to buy her a new tank. She is still in her 10gl and it's making me mad. I keep telling my husband she is unhappy and we need a new tank. So when taxes come in a week I will be getting a new one. But the attitude is a problem. She has bit me once due to no food in her tank. Which is my husbands fault because I was out of town due to my mothers well being (she almost died). I live 6hrs away from home.
Anyways. I told him to make sure she eats all the time. Give her the greens and fresh water and crickets. He was really good about it when we first got her and now is lacking. But she lunges at the tank at me and opens her mouth and flares her beard. I dont know what else to do, other then get her the new tank and which we have to wait on. I know she is stressed, but she just started the major digging and being "pissy" with me. She gets greens 2x a day, and eats crickets whenever she gets hungry. Fresh water is given 2-3xs a day. Her tank is clean, fresh sand and everything is always washed by me by hand.
I really just dont know what else to do other then a new tank but I cant even give her water today because she wants to eat my hand off...LOL!
So I need some help on that one. Also..quick question...can they tell when you are menstrating? I read on these beautiful lizards and yet..I dont know alot. I knew when she got sick...she almost died and then I took her to a specialist and got her well again. She had issues with calicium *lack there of* that was due to poor fed crickets I was buying. Now I give her meds once a week and I add cricket dust and food to them and put them in there for her.
Soon the new tank will be here but untill then...what can I do. She wont let me pick her up and she runs from me.
Thanks
Maranda "Zods" Mommy