Help with new beardie getting shipped cross country

[JLollino]

I am getting a beardie shipped over night from a good breader in California. He'll have a great travel setup and should be in transit for only 12 hours give or take. I'm in Chicago and that's A two hour time difference plus the obvious stress of travel. What do I do to make sure my new guy gets as comfortable as he can? Is there anything I can do to help with the time difference? He'll be setup on the same times as Khaleesi so 7:30 am - 9:30 pm . Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AHBD]

Hi there....if he's a healthy, well adjusted baby he'll be just fine with no need to worry about the time difference. He may take a few days , a week or more to be totally comfortable, or he may settle in very quickly. One thing ....when you open the box, give about a minute before you lift his container out in to the light so as not to shock his eyes going from a dark box to bright light. Then let him settle in with very little handling. After about an hour offer a small/medium meal and a bit of water via syringe or spray bottle dribbled on his snout. He should settle in O.K, even if he doesn't eat much at first.

 

[JLollino]

Hi there....if he's a healthy, well adjusted baby he'll be just fine with no need to worry about the time difference. He may take a few days , a week or more to be totally comfortable, or he may settle in very quickly. One thing ....when you open the box, give about a minute before you lift his container out in to the light so as not to shock his eyes going from a dark box to bright light. Then let him settle in with very little handling. After about an hour offer a small/medium meal and a bit of water via syringe or spray bottle dribbled on his snout. He should settle in O.K, even if he doesn't eat much at first.

Thanks for the relief I didn't really think about it in the beginning but as it got closer I was like wow my little beardie seemed traumatized after a 5 minute car ride where I treated his container like an armed bom to my apartment what is this guy going to do on a 12 hour trip with fedex. But you made a point that I completely agree with and think that's great you told me because I probably wouldn't of thought about that, but is it a problem when they're lights go on in the morning? Like it's totally dark and than bam 100 watt light bulb and a uvb bulb go on. Is this something that I shouldn't be doing?

 

[AHBD]

How early do your lights go on ? Is it actually total darkness ? I guess if that's the only option it will have to do, but if you can wait another 30 -60 minutes [ when it's not pitch black ] it would be better. You can get timers to turn them on if need be. But either way your dragon should be O.K.

 

[JLollino]

How early do your lights go on ? Is it actually total darkness ? I guess if that's the only option it will have to do, but if you can wait another 30 -60 minutes [ when it's not pitch black ] it would be better. You can get timers to turn them on if need be. But either way your dragon should be O.K.

Ok I see, ya it's not completely dark their time goes on at 739 and off at 930 so it's not completely dark when they go in. Ok phew I was worried I was doing something wrong haha thanks again!!

 

[AHBD]

Yeah, that's fine.