Is this normal

[Tigger_14]

My bearded dragon is in his basking spot hes standing front legs extendednhead high looking up is this normal?
I checked the temps there 100
He doesnt eat alot he eats only a few bugs a day ( he wont take anymore)
Ive had him for 3 days now today is the first day he ate crickets he wont eat out his bowl either and doesnt run around his tank he stays in the same couple spots all day

 

[KarrieRee]

My bearded dragon is in his basking spot hes standing front legs extendednhead high looking up is this normal?
I checked the temps there 100
He doesnt eat alot he eats only a few bugs a day ( he wont take anymore)
Ive had him for 3 days now today is the first day he ate crickets he wont eat out his bowl either and doesnt run around his tank he stays in the same couple spots all day

He's going thru relocation stress- but he should be moving around his tank-- please go over the surface basking temps--how are you taking them? Your uvb ? Coil or long tube fixture?

 

[acidburn01]

My bearded dragon is in his basking spot hes standing front legs extendednhead high looking up is this normal?
I checked the temps there 100
He doesnt eat alot he eats only a few bugs a day ( he wont take anymore)
Ive had him for 3 days now today is the first day he ate crickets he wont eat out his bowl either and doesnt run around his tank he stays in the same couple spots all day

Is he looking straight up, like he's staring up into the sky.? Or does he just have his head extended up.? How old is he.? Do you have a photo of him doing this.?

 

[Tigger_14]

Is he looking straight up, like he's staring up into the sky.? Or does he just have his head extended up.? How old is he.? Do you have a photo of him doing this.?

Yeah hell look up like right into the basking light hes about 1-2 months old

 

[Tigger_14]

He's going thru relocation stress- but he should be moving around his tank-- please go over the surface basking temps--how are you taking them? Your uvb ? Coil or long tube fixture?

I take them with my temp gun my uvb is a tube reptissun 10.0

 

[KarrieRee]

I take them with my temp gun my uvb is a tube reptissun 10.0

Temp guns are good but not as accurate as the digital probe thermometer - temp guns can be off because of certain materials basking decor is made from - please get 2 digital probes one for your basking side and one for the cool side of the tank -- the UVB is where in the tank ? top of screen or inside the tank? Your screen will determine where the UVB goes and is it a T 5 bulb or a T 8 bulb another factor

 

[Tigger_14]

Temp guns are good but not as accurate as the digital probe thermometer - temp guns can be off because of certain materials basking decor is made from - please get 2 digital probes one for your basking side and one for the cool side of the tank -- the UVB is where in the tank ? top of screen or inside the tank? Your screen will determine where the UVB goes and is it a T 5 bulb or a T 8 bulb another factor

It is ontop of the screen i couldnt figure out how to moubt it in the tank its a t8 i believe

 

[acidburn01]

Yeah hell look up like right into the basking light hes about 1-2 months old

It's hard to tell from that angle if that's stargazing but I don't think so. When I got Toothless, he was maybe three months old, closer to two and didn't move around his tank either. He stayed in his basking spot. I would spend a lot of time talking softly to him and would offer his food from tweezers. And I did that for three days, four times a day and he'd eat. And now, he's almost a year old, a huge monster and the biggest baby I've ever met. He's definitely going through relocation stress so try feeding him with tweezers/prongs. Do his eyes look sunken, like do his eyes look like that of a bloodhound, if that makes sense.?

 

[Tigger_14]

It is ontop of the screen i couldnt figure out how to moubt it in the tank its a t8 i believe

Can you show me a picture on where on the basking spot i ahould put it ( i keep reading dont put where they can chew do u have an example on where to put it)

 

[xp29]

It's not start gazing. Star gazing is a symptom of adv and is a permanent condition, once it happens their head is stuck in that position from then on. He is just soaking up the heat, it is perfectly normal.

 

[Tigger_14]

It's hard to tell from that angle if that's stargazing but I don't think so. When I got Toothless, he was maybe three months old, closer to two and didn't move around his tank either. He stayed in his basking spot. I would spend a lot of time talking softly to him and would offer his food from tweezers. And I did that for three days, four times a day and he'd eat. And now, he's almost a year old, a huge monster and the biggest baby I've ever met. He's definitely going through relocation stress so try feeding him with tweezers/prongs. Do his eyes look sunken, like do his eyes look like that of a bloodhound, if that makes sense.?

I cant really tell hes semi eating and pooping and peeing but he will only eat food right infront of him he will not hunt of it i have to plop it infront n make sure it stays infront for him to eat yesterday he ate 4 crickets today 1 crickets one worm so far ive tried to look at examples of sunkibg eyes i cant really tell if they are i thought maybe he wasnt taken care of right before i got him maybe dehydrated so i bathed him n gave him water he seemed better right after moving around but he stays basking n eats minimul will only eat worms sometimes from tweezers never crickets

 

[Tigger_14]

I cant really tell hes semi eating and pooping and peeing but he will only eat food right infront of him he will not hunt of it i have to plop it infront n make sure it stays infront for him to eat yesterday he ate 4 crickets today 1 crickets one worm so far ive tried to look at examples of sunkibg eyes i cant really tell if they are i thought maybe he wasnt taken care of right before i got him maybe dehydrated so i bathed him n gave him water he seemed better right after moving around but he stays basking n eats minimul will only eat worms sometimes from tweezers never crickets

Thats the best photo i can get of his eyes that i have

 

[Axil]

100f is a little on the low side for a baby like yours. You want to use a digital probe to get his basking temps in the 105-110f range. Give the probe 20-30min to fully warm up and get an accurate reading.

 

[Tigger_14]

100f is a little on the low side for a baby like yours. You want to use a digital probe to get his basking temps in the 105-110f range. Give the probe 20-30min to fully warm up and get an accurate reading.

Is there a brand better then others im gonna get two probe ones instead of using my gun for temps

 

[acidburn01]

It's not start gazing. Star gazing is a symptom of adv and is a permanent condition, once it happens their head is stuck in that position from then on. He is just soaking up the heat, it is perfectly normal.

That's what I thought but my first lizard was stargazing before he died and we didn't know it but he'd do it then stop so I wasn't 100%.