Hello All,
I just recently purchased (saved) my first bearded dragon from petsmart. He seemed ok in the store, but the helper did say he was shy. I ended up buying the Zoo-Med 40g dragon kit. I am looking at replacing teh compact reptisun 10 with the tube. I believe the cage is setup correctly based on everything I have researched. My beardie is only 6"~, and is pooping every single day. It reminds me of bird poop, where the big majority is brown/black solid, with a stripe of white down the side. I can only assume he is health? He seems to eat only while no one is home, so typically I place some crickets in the morning and then supplement some greens and fruits mixed with pellets. Every single day I come home he/she is perched on the log I have for the basking spot with his/her mouth open. I try to bath in a shallow dish and make sure the water is around 96*. My biggest concern is how I can get around this little guy/gal from going into its hiding spot every time we are come home and while we are home. Being the weekend I have only seen him twice, first was when I removed him from the tank, second being when we left for an errand to come back with him being at the basking spot.
Any ideas as to why it only wants to hide while we are home?
I just recently purchased (saved) my first bearded dragon from petsmart. He seemed ok in the store, but the helper did say he was shy. I ended up buying the Zoo-Med 40g dragon kit. I am looking at replacing teh compact reptisun 10 with the tube. I believe the cage is setup correctly based on everything I have researched. My beardie is only 6"~, and is pooping every single day. It reminds me of bird poop, where the big majority is brown/black solid, with a stripe of white down the side. I can only assume he is health? He seems to eat only while no one is home, so typically I place some crickets in the morning and then supplement some greens and fruits mixed with pellets. Every single day I come home he/she is perched on the log I have for the basking spot with his/her mouth open. I try to bath in a shallow dish and make sure the water is around 96*. My biggest concern is how I can get around this little guy/gal from going into its hiding spot every time we are come home and while we are home. Being the weekend I have only seen him twice, first was when I removed him from the tank, second being when we left for an errand to come back with him being at the basking spot.
Any ideas as to why it only wants to hide while we are home?