Juvenile diet

[diamc]

Hi KarrieRee do you have any suggestions to vegetables or fruits. I am trying to figure out what vegetables to give my juvenile beardie daily. I live i Massachusetts so it is difficult to find certain vegetables.

I live in NY and buy the greens I mentioned above at the grocery store. Squash is always a good veggie for them, you can grate it or cut it into long thin pieces and wiggle them around to get your dragon's attention.

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

Sorry he has been laying on his heating pad. I use a carpet substrate. I did take out the rock. I saw read something online early this morning that said to soak him in water and massage his belly so I did that and he laid back down. Right now he seems to have more spunk to him. Could the bath and belly rub have helped a bit?

 

[KarrieRee]

Sorry he has been laying on his heating pad. I use a carpet substrate. I did take out the rock. I saw read something online early this morning that said to soak him in water and massage his belly so I did that and he laid back down. Right now he seems to have more spunk to him. Could the bath and belly rub have helped a bit?

Can you post a pic of him please? I am not sure what is going on w/ him ---did we go over your surface basking temps and UVB? where is the Arcadia Pro T 5 placed?

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

Sorry everyone I panic and I’m still learning. He looks better. I got up to clean out his cricket pen and he came running over to the door to be fed. Now I’m afraid to feed him. Should I feed him even though he had a rough night? Should I give him his greens today? I think I gave him way too much last night and I think he overate and I don’t know how much to give him.

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

He has a 100 watt basking bulb, 23 watt desert 10.0 UV. I don’t know what an arcadia pro T5 is unless that is the heating pad.

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

im so happy he just pooped. he just pooped and he is so much better. Could it just be he over ate last night?

 

[KarrieRee]

He has a 100 watt basking bulb, 23 watt desert 10.0 UV. I don’t know what an arcadia pro T5 is unless that is the heating pad.

I am upgrading his UVB light to the Arcadia reptile proT5---- did you do this? If your using a coil UVB that would be in a dome they are a health hazard ----

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

Yes the kit came with a coil. He has been using it for 2 months now. Okay I will see if I can find one. He is asking for crickets should I give them to him? He is finally looking better a lot more like himself. Do you know if last night he could have overindulged himself and made himself sick.

 

[KarrieRee]

Yes the kit came with a coil. He has been using it for 2 months now. Okay I will see if I can find one. He is asking for crickets should I give them to him? He is finally looking better a lot more like himself. Do you know if last night he could have overindulged himself and made himself sick.

Please post a pic of the UVB this is what a Arcadia Pro T 5 looks like

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I dont think it was the greens that upset his stomach or he ate too much --yes feed him his staple feeder--- are you dusting the crickets w/ calcium D3 ?

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

Yes I am dusting them. Why would he have done what he did after he ate the greens. He did engorge himself last night. As soon as I put them in there. Before this I was getting an in store veggie mix that I found out it was not healthy to give him everyday which is why I changed to fresh vegetables after I got your help. I did read the list you sent me and went out and bought the right veggies. I started with the collard greens and after I gave them to him he started acting funny.

 

[KarrieRee]

Yes I am dusting them. Why would he have done what he did after he ate the greens. He did engorge himself last night. As soon as I put them in there. Before this I was getting an in store veggie mix that I found out it was not healthy to give him everyday which is why I changed to fresh vegetables after I got your help. I did read the list you sent me and went out and bought the right veggies. I started with the collard greens and after I gave them to him he started acting funny.

Was there any other stuff in the salad bowl besides the collards-- yours would be the first that I have heard getting sick from the collards unless there was something on the greens from the store that caused this reaction- your UVB is critical is the one I posted the one you have?

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

The website you gave me didnt tell me whether to cook them or to give them to him raw so I gave them to him raw. It also didn’t tell me whether to give him the white part or the leaves so I gave him the leaves. Did I do the right thing?

 

[KarrieRee]

The website you gave me didnt tell me whether to cook them or to give them to him raw so I gave them to him raw. It also didn’t tell me whether to give him the white part or the leaves so I gave him the leaves. Did I do the right thing?

Yes veggies are served raw more nutrients- white part? are you talking about the stem / vein? Is the UVB your using a long tube fixture like the one I posted or in a dome?

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

No I have the coil it came with the habitat. But it has been in there for 2 months. I was doing the wrong thing before giving him the greens. It was my fault I was giving him a pet store veggie mix that I was adding water to but I found out that was really bad for him it was supposed to be only given to him as a snack and only 2 to 3 times a week. So this was the first time I have purchased fresh vegetables for him. I am hoping I didn’t harm him, but could this be the reason he ate so much

 

[ScooterRenee2022]

Okay I fed him the leaves. The white part I’m talking about is I think the vein at the bottom of the leaf