male grows female dose not

[Deviant]

Don't really know what is going on. Both are the same age and size when we got them. The male has shed for the 3rd time now and the female has not even shed one time. He is over twice her size now. She dose eat and she does act normal. I just don't understand. :dontknow: Anyone know what might be going on?

 

[herpgirl2510]

Are they by any chance housed together.

 

[ohmybandit]

Do you have them housed together? Male may be dominating her and stressing the female out.

 

[Deviant]

yes they are, I will start to set the other 20L up and move her over. She was in there eating worms and I grabbed the green horn warms and he took it off my finger and ate it. Then a got one more and she took it off of my finger and I said "that's my good girl" LOL But guess I need to move her.

 

[herpgirl2510]

They definitely need to be seperated. He is probably dominating her so she is not eating as much.

 

[Deviant]

she is eating I watch them when I feed them but I will set them new 20L up when I get home Thursday

 

[Claudiusx]

Eating isn't the only factor that goes into growth. A stressed animal will not grow as fast as an unstressed animal, even if kept the same. And like others have mentioned, it would be best to get her separated, and go from there. It would be even better if you are able to keep them out of sight of each other.

I am glad you will be moving her, just remember, that can still set off a bit of relocation stress, so don't get worried if after you move her she seems to lose a bit of her appetite, it should come back once the relocation stress settles, if there is any.

-Brandon

 

[AHBD]

She should do better once they're separated....one thing to add, it would be best to let her remain in the original tank. It would be better to move the male, since he can tolerate the stress of moving to new tank better than she can. She should do fine after that.

 

[Claudiusx]

She should do better once they're separated....one thing to add, it would be best to let her remain in the original tank. It would be better to move the male, since he can tolerate the stress of moving to new tank better than she can. She should do fine after that.

Very good suggestion! I wish I would have thought of that. :mrgreen:

-Brandon

 

[Deviant]

well I moved her into the new tank before I read this and she looks happy. She sat there for about a min and just looked around, then tried to eat the wooden log :lol: she ran around and then hopped up on the rock hut. I want to see if she would eat so I got a green horn worm and was tring to put it next to her BUT she said that's good right there and she ate it off my finger. I was tring to get a pic of her eating it but I was to slow. She is under the heat lamp now And on the othe hand Fred is mad at me for moving her :roll:

 

[bunnyrut]

it's good that you separated them. stress can cause so many problems. it can increase the amount of parasites that they have and can make them sick, and it can be passed on to other beardies.

did you happen to get them at a petstore? it was recommended to me to take ANY animal purchased from a petstore to the vet to be checked out.

 

[Deviant]

no I got them at a show at the same time two breeders was at the same table. so I got one from each I for got what kind they are tho but they are on facebook :lol:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fred-and-Ginger/352736061492797?ref=hl

 

[bunnyrut]

no I got them at a show at the same time two breeders was at the same table. so I got one from each I for got what kind they are tho but they are on facebook :lol:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fred-and-Ginger/352736061492797?ref=hl

ok. i got Tasty Treat from a breeder. she ate like a machine!!!! for a while it never seemed like she had enough food. she finally stops eating when she is full, lol.
did they write down what type of beardies they are on your receipt? or give you a receipt?