Hey, so this is our little girl's info:
Age: 4 months
Length: 11 1/2 "
Cool Side: 79.9
Basking: 103.0 (basking spot is a piece of twisted drift wood set vertically, so she can go up or down however much she needs to, to get the proper temp)
Lights: Reptisun 10.0 and floodlight as heat lamp
Substrate: paper towel
Baths: bath given couple times a week
Pooping?: Daily
Vitamins: Calc with D3 5-6 days/week, multi-vitamin 3 days/week
Greens: collards, sometimes apple, squash, or mustard greens
So previously (about two weeks ago), this little girl was eating around 100 small crickets daily (crickets no larger than distance between eyes). She probably could have eaten more. Some local person with beardies told us we were overfeeding her (said 25 cricks per day), but from my reading on here, I know that's not true. Right? Anyway, about two weeks ago we introduced her to our other female (5 months). My b/f and I each took one of the girls and we sat on the couch next to each other, they never touched, we just let them look at each other. Neither showed any distress, no bearding, no stress marks, or anything. Only about ten minutes. Neither of their cages were in view either, it was essentially a neutral environment. Neither was ever allowed in the other's tank. Anyway, after that the little girl stopped eating. We've managed to get her to eat a max of about thirteen crickets per day and we're getting worried, because she's still not eating like she used to. She's too young to go into brumation from what I've heard and she's really active too. In the morning she wakes me up becuase she's glass dancing for the first several hours or trying to attach to the lid of her cage from her driftwood. This behavior is really unusual for her and erratic. She was never very easy to handle b/c the breeder didn't really handle the babies much, but now she's more edgy and gapes more when I try to pick her up. Sometimes she even hisses audibly at me. Anyways, our other girl is eating great and not having any problems. It seems to me that this meeting scared our little girl, but I'm not sure how to correct it. I don't want her to lose weight or start getting sick because of not eating. She used to munch on greens in the morning but she doesn't seem to do that anymore either. I'm ready to go get baby food to try and keep her healthy, but I am hoping someone has a way to get her back on cricks.
She did get to try dubia and wax worms in the past (only one waxie per day as a treat), but she went back on crix just fine. So I don't think it has to do with wanting the other ones. But she does seem to be repulsed by the crix. Half the time I can only get her to eat them by holding them up to her mouth for a long time so that she get's annoyed and gobbles it down. But that only works for the first two to three.
If anyone has any tips that'd be great.
Age: 4 months
Length: 11 1/2 "
Cool Side: 79.9
Basking: 103.0 (basking spot is a piece of twisted drift wood set vertically, so she can go up or down however much she needs to, to get the proper temp)
Lights: Reptisun 10.0 and floodlight as heat lamp
Substrate: paper towel
Baths: bath given couple times a week
Pooping?: Daily
Vitamins: Calc with D3 5-6 days/week, multi-vitamin 3 days/week
Greens: collards, sometimes apple, squash, or mustard greens
So previously (about two weeks ago), this little girl was eating around 100 small crickets daily (crickets no larger than distance between eyes). She probably could have eaten more. Some local person with beardies told us we were overfeeding her (said 25 cricks per day), but from my reading on here, I know that's not true. Right? Anyway, about two weeks ago we introduced her to our other female (5 months). My b/f and I each took one of the girls and we sat on the couch next to each other, they never touched, we just let them look at each other. Neither showed any distress, no bearding, no stress marks, or anything. Only about ten minutes. Neither of their cages were in view either, it was essentially a neutral environment. Neither was ever allowed in the other's tank. Anyway, after that the little girl stopped eating. We've managed to get her to eat a max of about thirteen crickets per day and we're getting worried, because she's still not eating like she used to. She's too young to go into brumation from what I've heard and she's really active too. In the morning she wakes me up becuase she's glass dancing for the first several hours or trying to attach to the lid of her cage from her driftwood. This behavior is really unusual for her and erratic. She was never very easy to handle b/c the breeder didn't really handle the babies much, but now she's more edgy and gapes more when I try to pick her up. Sometimes she even hisses audibly at me. Anyways, our other girl is eating great and not having any problems. It seems to me that this meeting scared our little girl, but I'm not sure how to correct it. I don't want her to lose weight or start getting sick because of not eating. She used to munch on greens in the morning but she doesn't seem to do that anymore either. I'm ready to go get baby food to try and keep her healthy, but I am hoping someone has a way to get her back on cricks.
She did get to try dubia and wax worms in the past (only one waxie per day as a treat), but she went back on crix just fine. So I don't think it has to do with wanting the other ones. But she does seem to be repulsed by the crix. Half the time I can only get her to eat them by holding them up to her mouth for a long time so that she get's annoyed and gobbles it down. But that only works for the first two to three.
If anyone has any tips that'd be great.