Hi everyone,
just wanted to introduce myself... I just got my first beardie a few days ago. His name is Drake (I think he's a boy, taking him to the vet for a check-up on wednesday so i'll know for sure then). He's apparently around 10 months old but quite small for his age, about 10 inches, although he is missing a few centimetres from the end of his tail... the girl I got him from was only feeding him every couple of days and then only veggies, she wasn't feeding him any insects at all and was giving him a pinkie mouse once a week. She also wasn't giving him baths at all.
Despite this he seems fairly healthy, and over the last few days has become more and more active and interested in his surroundings. I've given him a bath the last two days, which he loved and drank lots of water while in there. Tonight I got him to eat for me for the first time - five crickets and two mealworms.
His enclosure is 3 feet long, 2 feet high and 2 feet wide. It has a combined heat and UV bulb which I'm thinking about replacing with a normal heat bulb and putting a UVB tube light in, I just have to buy the fixtures for the tube light. Temps are 35C in the hot end, 23C in the cool end and 42C on the basking spot.
Here's a couple of pics of him:
just wanted to introduce myself... I just got my first beardie a few days ago. His name is Drake (I think he's a boy, taking him to the vet for a check-up on wednesday so i'll know for sure then). He's apparently around 10 months old but quite small for his age, about 10 inches, although he is missing a few centimetres from the end of his tail... the girl I got him from was only feeding him every couple of days and then only veggies, she wasn't feeding him any insects at all and was giving him a pinkie mouse once a week. She also wasn't giving him baths at all.
Despite this he seems fairly healthy, and over the last few days has become more and more active and interested in his surroundings. I've given him a bath the last two days, which he loved and drank lots of water while in there. Tonight I got him to eat for me for the first time - five crickets and two mealworms.
His enclosure is 3 feet long, 2 feet high and 2 feet wide. It has a combined heat and UV bulb which I'm thinking about replacing with a normal heat bulb and putting a UVB tube light in, I just have to buy the fixtures for the tube light. Temps are 35C in the hot end, 23C in the cool end and 42C on the basking spot.
Here's a couple of pics of him: