dragonmama2047
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We're not sure how old Bandit (male) and Banzai (female) are, but they are each pushing 19 inches long and both weigh more than 400 g now. (We got them as juvies from PetSmart, so we just don't know). However, there are a couple of new behaviors that we are beginning to notice from them and I wondered if they're just being pubescent.
Behavior number one, and it's the one that's worrying me more, is that they've gotten really picky and erratic about food. Bandit loves his squash, all kinds, but he leaves some of his greens behind and won't touch crickets anymore. He'll gorge on superworms one day then eat maybe three dubia and a superworm the next day while acting otherwise alert and normal. Banzai won't touch the crickets anymore either and eats uneven portions of worms and dubia as well, and is hiding more often with just her head sticking out of her cave when she almost never hid before. They now both reject prey that has been dusted, so we are experimenting with dusting greens instead. My husband says he has better luck feeding them if he lets them one of them at a time out on the living room floor and drops superworms in front of them so they can hunt "free range." I am afraid that some of this is my fault because I work a new job with uneven hours and they don't always get fed by the same person at the same time each day.
The other new behavior is what makes me think they must be hitting puberty. They live separately and can't see each other unless one or both are out cuddling or exploring the house (always supervised--we have other animals, and they themselves used to have bullying issues, so we generally keep them apart). Once, and only once, they were on the floor together and Bandit head-bobbed for the very first time, Banzai dashed and Bandit made an attempt to mount her, which I quite inconsiderately put a stop to. Now, if Bandit notices Banzai somewhere, he gets jet black in the beard, wave/stomps, and starts bobbing forcefully. If she notices him doing this, she very delicately nods back and graciously waves at him. They will go on doing this even in their enclosures and even after the other lizard is out of sight, and Bandit in particular seems sad to be back in his enclosure when he settles down afterwards. He clings to his branch and puts his little head down and looks so pathetic.
Are these normal issues when the hormones start flowing? I hate seeing my Bandit look so sad. And does anyone know an alternate method of calcium supplement? We're using recently-changed Reptisun 10.0 tube lights so it's just a matter of getting the calcium into their diets to begin with.
Any help is appreciated.
Behavior number one, and it's the one that's worrying me more, is that they've gotten really picky and erratic about food. Bandit loves his squash, all kinds, but he leaves some of his greens behind and won't touch crickets anymore. He'll gorge on superworms one day then eat maybe three dubia and a superworm the next day while acting otherwise alert and normal. Banzai won't touch the crickets anymore either and eats uneven portions of worms and dubia as well, and is hiding more often with just her head sticking out of her cave when she almost never hid before. They now both reject prey that has been dusted, so we are experimenting with dusting greens instead. My husband says he has better luck feeding them if he lets them one of them at a time out on the living room floor and drops superworms in front of them so they can hunt "free range." I am afraid that some of this is my fault because I work a new job with uneven hours and they don't always get fed by the same person at the same time each day.
The other new behavior is what makes me think they must be hitting puberty. They live separately and can't see each other unless one or both are out cuddling or exploring the house (always supervised--we have other animals, and they themselves used to have bullying issues, so we generally keep them apart). Once, and only once, they were on the floor together and Bandit head-bobbed for the very first time, Banzai dashed and Bandit made an attempt to mount her, which I quite inconsiderately put a stop to. Now, if Bandit notices Banzai somewhere, he gets jet black in the beard, wave/stomps, and starts bobbing forcefully. If she notices him doing this, she very delicately nods back and graciously waves at him. They will go on doing this even in their enclosures and even after the other lizard is out of sight, and Bandit in particular seems sad to be back in his enclosure when he settles down afterwards. He clings to his branch and puts his little head down and looks so pathetic.
Are these normal issues when the hormones start flowing? I hate seeing my Bandit look so sad. And does anyone know an alternate method of calcium supplement? We're using recently-changed Reptisun 10.0 tube lights so it's just a matter of getting the calcium into their diets to begin with.
Any help is appreciated.
The supers may have to go.
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