Is this typical eating habits?

[RobertD]

So today is my third day of having my new beardie. The first day he/she hardly ate at all which I know is typical because of being relocated. The second day he/she ate like a pig. I had lost count in how much feed he/she ate. However today he/she has refused any food that we have offered. From looking at charts I want to say he/she is about 2.5-3 months old. He/she is a little over 8 inches long from tip of snout to tip of tail. We have offered veggies/fruits/wax worms and gut loaded crickets. The crickets we were offering about 3 times a day at about 2-3 each time, and did not eat any today.

The cage is a 10 gallon tank, which we will be getting a new one as that is so small. We have the basking light over her log which sits around 95-100 degrees, then a uvb light next to it. The other end of the tank sits at about 80 degrees. She has been basking mostly all day long and has had a poop every day. I was holding her for a bit today and she was having fun running all over me.

Another question outside of the feeding. We bought her during a shedding stage and her skin does not seem to be making any progress. How often should we give her a bath?

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. She probably has some relocation stress. Idk why pet stores say a 10 gallon is fine? She needs at least a 20 gallon and hopefully once you get that and can regulate her temps she'll improve. Does she have a uvb?

 

[RobertD]

So is those temps that she has right now not good? And yes she has a uvb lamp

 

[destiny1998]

How are you taking them? Round gauge, temp gun, digital with a probe? Did you take her temps on the basking spot? What kind of uvb is it coil/compact or tube?

 

[RobertD]

I have round gauges. The one that is at her basking spot is right at where the top of log sits at. The UVB light looks like 2 long U's one right next to each other.

 

[RobertD]

Talked to the pet store also today and they said that they poop quickly compared when they eat. She has been pooping every day, has even just had one not to long ago tonight. We have not seen her eat since Saturday, but they said that since she has been pooping that means she has been eating, just not when we have seen her eat.

 

[destiny1998]

Hopefully she is eating. Those round gauges are not accurate they are usually off by 20 degrees or more. You need to get a temp gun or a digital with a probe and put it on her basking spot for 45 mins to get the accurate temps. I used those round gauges too until I found out I was cooking my guy

 

[RobertD]

Alright, I will go and get one of them when I can to make sure I am not cooking mine. Thanks

 

[destiny1998]

Welcome. Hope she improves

 

[ChristieD]

So, this morning the bedroom was nice and toasty and we have a routine going where when we wake up around 8 am, we turn on her lights, and wait about an hour before feeding attempt.

Gave her a couple crickets to start with and she ran off her log pretty fast and snatched them up. So we gave her more, she had ate 6 before getting full. There are a couple wax worms in there and Rob is cutting up some fruits and veggies for her now. So good to see her eating crickets finally. We think perhaps on Saturday she was so full on wax worms she hadn't been interested in anything else for a while.

Do intend on getting a laser thermometer today and ordering a larger cage for her.

*we think she is a she, but is only approximately 2 and half months old, 8 1/4 inches from snout to tip of tail, so we know we have a while to wait for confirmation of gender*

So very happy today!

 

[destiny1998]

Yay! I hope she keeps eating for you guys