JosieGray007
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i have two things,
1. my pygmy bearded dragon has always not eaten by himself. i have to put water on his nose and when he licks it i put it in his mouth. i want him to do this by himself without me. if i don't feed him he won't eat at all, i am getting really worried if i put a cricket in his enclosure he will completely ignore it. IT WILL CRAWL ON HIM AND HE WON'T CARE! i can tell he wants to eat it but he won't, for example, today his eyes went pin point when he saw it and all he did was what looks like lick the air. i spend nearly an hour everyday trying to get him to attack by himself or even just take it out of the tweezers. it is really worrying.
2. this is leaked to the first one about a fortnight ago i changed his sand substrate to artificial grass in hopes for him to attack a cricket ( he couldn't attack a cricket in sand substrate because bad for him so i would but it in the food bowl but never worked.) he still won't feed by himself and now he is glass surfing and trying to escape. we have this little mesh stripe in his enclosure and he will climb that to try and escape. he won't sleep in his usual hiding spot but near that mesh stripe in the back corner. side notes
the enclosure is big enough his temp is good we have a ceramic heat light for night and uv and 100w heat light for day his day temp is 30-34 celsius ( 86-95 fahrenheit) and night temp is 24- 26 celsius ( 75-78 fahrenheit). he also only poops when he is in the bath. we have a good diet for him one day veggies and next day cricket or meal worm ( usually cricket ). Every few days he has a calcium coated cricket. he usually only has one cricket some time two and he is very fussy when it comes to veggies. i try and feed him every day but sometimes when i do the water trick on his nose he won't lick i think he licks his when he is hungry. he is very fussy and only eats particular vegetables he love peas it is the only veggie he will eat lots of i have tried, peas ( favourite , baby spinach( won't eat ),, bok choy ( won't eat ), sweet potato ( sometimes eats ) peaches ( sometimes eats ), rocket ( won't eat ), ice berg lettuce ( sometimes eats ) and strawberries ( won't eat ). he also looks at the glass alot the enclosure is in a little nook in my house so 3/4 glass walls are covered are surrounded could that be something to do with glass surfing. he also only glass surfs the sides were the glass is surrounded by the walls. he is a bit small for a pygmy he is about 3-4 cm off the average ( including tail) he is about a little over 8 mouths old.
side thing
he always gulps always ever since he was 6 mouth he is always gulping.
i really need some help
thank you.
1. my pygmy bearded dragon has always not eaten by himself. i have to put water on his nose and when he licks it i put it in his mouth. i want him to do this by himself without me. if i don't feed him he won't eat at all, i am getting really worried if i put a cricket in his enclosure he will completely ignore it. IT WILL CRAWL ON HIM AND HE WON'T CARE! i can tell he wants to eat it but he won't, for example, today his eyes went pin point when he saw it and all he did was what looks like lick the air. i spend nearly an hour everyday trying to get him to attack by himself or even just take it out of the tweezers. it is really worrying.
2. this is leaked to the first one about a fortnight ago i changed his sand substrate to artificial grass in hopes for him to attack a cricket ( he couldn't attack a cricket in sand substrate because bad for him so i would but it in the food bowl but never worked.) he still won't feed by himself and now he is glass surfing and trying to escape. we have this little mesh stripe in his enclosure and he will climb that to try and escape. he won't sleep in his usual hiding spot but near that mesh stripe in the back corner. side notes
the enclosure is big enough his temp is good we have a ceramic heat light for night and uv and 100w heat light for day his day temp is 30-34 celsius ( 86-95 fahrenheit) and night temp is 24- 26 celsius ( 75-78 fahrenheit). he also only poops when he is in the bath. we have a good diet for him one day veggies and next day cricket or meal worm ( usually cricket ). Every few days he has a calcium coated cricket. he usually only has one cricket some time two and he is very fussy when it comes to veggies. i try and feed him every day but sometimes when i do the water trick on his nose he won't lick i think he licks his when he is hungry. he is very fussy and only eats particular vegetables he love peas it is the only veggie he will eat lots of i have tried, peas ( favourite , baby spinach( won't eat ),, bok choy ( won't eat ), sweet potato ( sometimes eats ) peaches ( sometimes eats ), rocket ( won't eat ), ice berg lettuce ( sometimes eats ) and strawberries ( won't eat ). he also looks at the glass alot the enclosure is in a little nook in my house so 3/4 glass walls are covered are surrounded could that be something to do with glass surfing. he also only glass surfs the sides were the glass is surrounded by the walls. he is a bit small for a pygmy he is about 3-4 cm off the average ( including tail) he is about a little over 8 mouths old.
side thing
he always gulps always ever since he was 6 mouth he is always gulping.
i really need some help
thank you.
