Hello,
I picked up a very active bearded dragon from a highly rated pet store here in Florida yesterday evening. The guys at the shop said he is ~3-4 months old. He has been eating from his veggie dish every once and a while and I fed him about 14 calcium dusted crickets, all of which he ate quite quickly. Let him roost on his basking rock for about 3 hours (temps 100-107) and then gave him a bath in some warm water. He proceeded to defecate so all is well.
Couldn't be happier with the little guy, however I've noticed that he has some odd (but infrequent) behavior: he/she, every once in a while, closes his/her eye and then proceed to close (with dificulty it seems) his/her nictitating, which appears red and inflamed. At least I'm assuming this is what is happening according to this article.
The pet store had newspaper for substrate so I'm assuming the irritation is not from any loose substrate getting caught in his eye. Other than that, he is very curious and active, constantly exploring his enclosure when not on his log or basking spot.
My setup:
-DIY 4x2x2 melamine cross fire enclosure
-newspaper substrate
-75W Halogen flood bulb
-Reptisun 10.0 24"
Should I be concerned, and if so what should I do?
Here is the little guy/gal
I picked up a very active bearded dragon from a highly rated pet store here in Florida yesterday evening. The guys at the shop said he is ~3-4 months old. He has been eating from his veggie dish every once and a while and I fed him about 14 calcium dusted crickets, all of which he ate quite quickly. Let him roost on his basking rock for about 3 hours (temps 100-107) and then gave him a bath in some warm water. He proceeded to defecate so all is well.
Couldn't be happier with the little guy, however I've noticed that he has some odd (but infrequent) behavior: he/she, every once in a while, closes his/her eye and then proceed to close (with dificulty it seems) his/her nictitating, which appears red and inflamed. At least I'm assuming this is what is happening according to this article.
The pet store had newspaper for substrate so I'm assuming the irritation is not from any loose substrate getting caught in his eye. Other than that, he is very curious and active, constantly exploring his enclosure when not on his log or basking spot.
My setup:
-DIY 4x2x2 melamine cross fire enclosure
-newspaper substrate
-75W Halogen flood bulb
-Reptisun 10.0 24"
Should I be concerned, and if so what should I do?
Here is the little guy/gal