Well hey everyone! I'm new to owning reptiles but I've always had an attraction to them. I've wanted a Bearded Dragon for a couple years now and I've done extensive research on them so I adopted Meeko on February third, of 2011. The reptile store I adopted him from specializes in reptiles and I thought I'd try them out. They were getting 10 babies in the day I got him, their breeder had a clutch of reds with a couple hypos in there. I got the smallest of the clutch; one of the hypos. I'm always concerned that he isn't eating enough. I feed him twice a day and he will eat an average of 4 crickets each feeding. I always offer him salad but he never touches it, I also have dry pellets for baby Beardies, and a wet food that you keep in the fridge? It smells fruity but it looks like chopped liver.
He won't touch that either. I know their diet is %80 protein and %20 greens, but it still concerns me. He's only pooped once in the time that I've had him, but after feedings his belly gets big and not hard, but it's not squishy anymore. By the next day it will be back to squishy but still, no poopies in his tank. I have a day basking light, a nigh heat light, and a UVB/UVA light. He's always eager to grab up those little crickies but he'll be done after 4. Anyways, I'm Sarah-Mae and Meeko is my baby Beardie!
I can snap some pictures tomorrow.
I have the Zilla Desert kit, with 75 wat bulbs instead as the temperatures were not high enough. With the 75 wat lights AND the UBV light it will get to 111-115 Fahrenheit in the basking spot, about 6 inches from the top and around 80 in the cool side of the tank. The UVB/UVA light is the Reptisun 5.0 UVB florescent lights.
K well u need the reptisun 10.0 temps are good what are u geting the temps from what a stick on probe temp gun?? Try worms I would say horn,Phoenix or silkworms
And what about the reptisun 10.0 I would call ur petstore that u bought the 5.0 at then tell them that they gave u the wrong bulb and they might return it if not u got to buy one ASAP or within a week
K hey and if u want to keep more crickets at a time get a clear Rubbermaid cut the top open and put some of that screen stuff there u can hold up to 1000 crickets but I would only do about 300