This should help you with sexing them but the little one is probably too young yet.
http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/sexing/ The females do have femoral pores too but they are much less visible.
I know what you mean about seeing them at pet stores, I got 3 from a small pet store too, they just tore my heart out seeing them there. It's a good thing you got your 1st one from there since all the others didn't survive.
If you could measure the littlest one tomorrow from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail, I would be interested to find out his length. Most pet stores sell them when they are way to young and too small. :roll: I do suggest that you give him a
bath tomorrow, test the temp by the inside of your wrist, should feel warm but not cold or hot. I explained above about the container and cloth on the bottom. He would probably be more comfortable laying in the palm of your hand with your hand lowered in the water, that should be less stressful for him the 1st few times. If you do decide to put him down in the container, make sure you watch him very closely because babies can drown in a very small amount of water and that's why we don't recommend using a water dish in a tank where a baby is.
Glad to hear that the food chart was helpful, just about all of us refer to it.
Does your thermometer looks similar to this?
http://www.petmountain.com/show_product/501969/?utm_source=celebros&utm_medium=search&utm_term=501969 If so, those thermometers can be off by as much as 20 degrees. Those measure the temp of the glass rather than the basking SURFACE temp which is what you need to know. Walmart has the AcuRite brand digital thermometer with probe that will give the basking & cool side temp at the same time as well as humidity level. It costs about $12.00 and is well worth the $, they have it in the area where the outdoor plastic thermometers are sold, probably the garden center. Here's a picture of it:
What you do is lay the probe end right on the basking spot so that it is touching it, place the thermometer part way over on the bottom of the cool side, wait about 45 min for the temp to stop rising, then the "out" reading is the basking and the "in" reading for the cool side. Do you have a Walmart near you?
Regarding feeding baby food, it's a good idea to have some chicken, squash and applesauce on hand at all times. Sometimes for one reason or another, a beardie won't eat and start to lose a little weight. A little chicken mixed with some squash helps give them a boost and a lot of times they again start eating on their own. You can use a plastic (not glass) medicine dropper and put drops on their nose for them to lick off. Usually once they get a taste of it, they really like it. If your baby doesn't start eating soon, you could feed some to him. The applesauce helps with impactions. I always heat the baby food up just a little to take the chill off and that makes it more pleasant for them. Heating it in a small dish with just a small amount of water helps thin it just a little.
I never liked reptiles either and if anyone had told me years ago that I'd have
4 of them, I would have told them that they were crazy! :shock: But now I can't imagine not have all of them, they are the sweetest and also have such unique personalities.
