How long should I wait?

[beardiebro]

Hello everyone. On monday I added the second bearded dragon to my collection. My first one is now almost a year old and so I decided I would get another one. When I got my first one there was no delay between being brought home and eating. She was eating that night and very active. The one I received monday however, is lethargic and is not really eating. Are these normal signs of relocation stress? I am not exactly sure if I am just being over anxious or if it is normal because this never happened with my first beardie. The temps are good and I am only holding it to put in the feeding bin twice a day to try and cut down on stress. Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Claudiusx]

Yup, those are normal signs of relocation stress.

The dragon should come around in a few days from now.

-Brandon

 

[beardiebro]

Ok thank you very much. Is there a general time period for this or does it simply depend on the individual bearded dragon?

 

[beardiebro]

just for the record his/her temps are 101F on the basking spot and in the low 80's on the cool side. Should I create a little higher basking spot or is that ok?

 

[clossboss]

young dragons need 105-110 i think, so that would be better

 

[beardiebro]

ok thank you. Tomorrow I will go buy another thing for him/her to bask on that gets closer to the light.

 

[beardiebro]

Just as an update the basking temperature has been 110F since Friday morning. He has become more lively, but still has not eaten. I gave him a bath tuesday and another one today.

 

[Kalyn876]

Which uvb are you using?
And how close can he get to it?

Kalyn

 

[beardiebro]

I am using a reptisun 10.0 which I have velcro on so it is in the enclosure. He can get within 5-6" inches from it.

 

[Kalyn876]

Hmm, well I'm not sure what's going on then, I know that my little guy wouldn't eat outside his tank, I tried tough love for a week to no avail. Now I feed him in his tank after I remove all his furniture he eats like a little pig in there. Maybe he's just finicky too lol.

Kalyn