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I want to make sure I am feeding my dragon right and he is getting the proper care. I worry that I may do something wrong and he wont like me or he wont stay healthy. He is 3 years old, weighs 3.46g and is 18.50 inches long.

here are a few questions i had:

I feed my dragon collar greens and dandelion leaves, some sweet potato, and then i will add something else once in a while like mango, or fruit. I like to mix up what i give him so its not always the same thing. I know for the fruit he can only get that once or twice a week and the veggies and leafy greens he can get every day. I also know that he needs 20% protein and 80% greens and veggies. So my question is how often and how many crickets, meal worms, or phoenix worms should I feed my dragon?

Right now I am only giving him crickets because I haven't been able to get the others right now. I dust the crickets in calcium powder in a bag before i give them to my dragon.I feed him the crickets about twice a week, some times it every other day. I feed him about 4-6 crickets. When i took my dragon to the vet for a check up, the doc told me i should put a supplement powder like Tums (crushed up into a powder form) on top of my dragons food once or twice a month. I was wondering what this does for my dragon since i dust the crickets as well?

I know these next two questions are not related to feeding but i wasnt sure where to put them so thats why i added them here.

I put two thermometers and two humidity thermometers in my dragons cage. one thermometer and humidity thermometer on the non basking side and the other ones on the basking side. I know the temperature for the basking side needs to be between 95 degrees - 105 degrees. The humidity for the basking side im not sure what the range should be though. but my question is what should the temperature and humidity range be for the non basking side?

lastly, I tried giving my dragon a bath the other day. I didn't want too put him directly in my bathtub so i bought a big rectangular cat litter box. I wanted him to be able to move around and not feel trapped. i didn't fill it up too much and i put a thermometer in the water to make sure it wasn't hot. plus i put my hand in the water before putting my dragon in and the water felt fine to my. it wasn't too warm or too cold. He seemed fine at first when i put him in the water but then after a few minutes he was trying to escape the tub. I read that someone used a toothbrush to help their dragon get clean, so i tried that. he seemed to like it at first on his back but then he didn't like it anywhere and thats when he started to try to get out. so we stopped with the toothbrush but he still wanted out.
I just wanted to get my dragon clean because he had poop on his tail from when he drags it through his poop. but also because I know baths are good for them. I just don't know why he didn't want to stay. we gave him his bath close to the time his lights go out that way he wouldn't be so active. Any tips on why he wouldnt want to stay or what i should do?
 

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I want to make sure I am feeding my dragon right and he is getting the proper care. I worry that I may do something wrong and he wont like me or he wont stay healthy. He is 3 years old, weighs 3.46g and is 18.50 inches long.

here are a few questions i had:

I feed my dragon collar greens and dandelion leaves, some sweet potato, and then i will add something else once in a while like mango, or fruit. I like to mix up what i give him so its not always the same thing. I know for the fruit he can only get that once or twice a week and the veggies and leafy greens he can get every day. I also know that he needs 20% protein and 80% greens and veggies. So my question is how often and how many crickets, meal worms, or phoenix worms should I feed my dragon?

Right now I am only giving him crickets because I haven't been able to get the others right now. I dust the crickets in calcium powder in a bag before i give them to my dragon.I feed him the crickets about twice a week, some times it every other day. I feed him about 4-6 crickets. When i took my dragon to the vet for a check up, the doc told me i should put a supplement powder like Tums (crushed up into a powder form) on top of my dragons food once or twice a month. I was wondering what this does for my dragon since i dust the crickets as well?

I know these next two questions are not related to feeding but i wasnt sure where to put them so thats why i added them here.

I put two thermometers and two humidity thermometers in my dragons cage. one thermometer and humidity thermometer on the non basking side and the other ones on the basking side. I know the temperature for the basking side needs to be between 95 degrees - 105 degrees. The humidity for the basking side im not sure what the range should be though. but my question is what should the temperature and humidity range be for the non basking side?

lastly, I tried giving my dragon a bath the other day. I didn't want too put him directly in my bathtub so i bought a big rectangular cat litter box. I wanted him to be able to move around and not feel trapped. i didn't fill it up too much and i put a thermometer in the water to make sure it wasn't hot. plus i put my hand in the water before putting my dragon in and the water felt fine to my. it wasn't too warm or too cold. He seemed fine at first when i put him in the water but then after a few minutes he was trying to escape the tub. I read that someone used a toothbrush to help their dragon get clean, so i tried that. he seemed to like it at first on his back but then he didn't like it anywhere and thats when he started to try to get out. so we stopped with the toothbrush but he still wanted out.
I just wanted to get my dragon clean because he had poop on his tail from when he drags it through his poop. but also because I know baths are good for them.<<<< ??? not sure where you got that idea from .... they evolved as dry savannah/woodland/desert creatures and do not need regular immersion in water or regular drinks even (if they are getting plenty of nice juicey bugs and greens and vegs).>>>> I just don't know why he didn't want to stay. we gave him his bath close to the time his lights go out that way he wouldn't be so active. Any tips on why he wouldnt want to stay or what i should do?
 
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