jumping up at the uv light

[Iowuk]

the uv light is a arcadia 12% 2months old 7inchs from him i dont understand y he jumps up at it. Also hes not eatin,hes ok with his greens but not live foods im sure if i gave him locusts he would stuff them but i dont wont him to just want them and not eat crix if this makes sense lol

 

[zebraflavencs]

Ah... you have a feisty one!
Why not just the locust ? If he eats them... he's eating fairly good.
Could there be a shadow near the light, that he is jumping at ?
Or has something perhaps feeder wise, gotten into the fixture ?

*this is a joke* Perhaps he is asking for a trampoline ?
Sounds fine. Just make sure he can't get into the fixture.
You can breath now

 

[Iowuk]

you cant feed a bearded dragon on just locusts and there are shadows but i dont think its that but it might be

 

[zebraflavencs]

Why not ? As long as they are gut loaded, with the veggies and such.. Am I missing something ?
Yeah if there is a shadow, and it moves, then that could be the reason for the jumping...
Hope this helps out.

 

[Iowuk]

i have been told they need crix to live on, locusts are more of a treat but if im wrong some1 els please tell me

And the shadows dont move ?

 

[Buggsy]

No i think someone was pulling your leg, locusts are a perfectly good live feeder, meal worms, although pet shops 'recommend' them as a treat should be totally avoided, as should wax worms.

 

[Iowuk]

ok so can you write me a small list of what i can feed him daily lol please

 

[Buggsy]

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutritionframeset.html

lists all the foods and when you can feed them, it is an American site so there are some name differences, for example collard greens over there are called spring greens here and so on.

As for live food, it depends how old he is??? For babies as much as they can eat in 10-15 min, three times a day. 8-18 months as much as they want in 10-15 min once a day, the adult 30-50 feeders a week. The feeders (such as locusts) should be no bigger than the space between the eyes. Totally avoid meal worms, wax worms or 'giant meal worms' If he is over 16" superworms (and not the giant meal worms) are also very good.

 

[Iowuk]

ok thanks koby is 1 1\2 ish

 

[Iowuk]

he just ate 10 superworms

 

[zebraflavencs]

Did you remember to dust them with calcium first ?

 

[Iowuk]

yep put calcium on everthing salad worms locusts crix also get calcium jelly and vitamin jelly for koby he dont eat it but i feed it to the bugs just gives him that little bit more