babybeardieparth
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Ok, so I’ve had my beardie for roughly 2 months now. He started off pretty bad and then it got good and it’s getting worse again. His hatch day is Jan 17, 2019 so roughly 10 months old. He’s about a foot or so long from his tail to his nose.
My beardie, currently, will not eat anything with calcium, eat anything but dried greens, or drink water at all. He doesn’t go into his hide at all, and sleeps a lot.
He doesn’t have any signs of anything, just the fact that he won’t eat it.
With the roaches that I try to dust, he won’t eat. I put some water on them and wash the dust off, and he eats them. I’ve tried the liquid calcium and he won’t take it. He’ll see the dropper and flip out. I’ve tried all of the things I’ve given him. Mealworms, Dubias, superworms, and crickets. I’ve even tried putting it on his salad and he won’t touch it.
That brings me to the second problem, the salad. I give him mustard/collard/dandelion greens, and kale. I will put raspberry dust on it and carrots and blueberries and he won’t touch it. I used to change it every day but I left it for a few days and he likes the kale dehydrated. That’s the only part of it that he’ll eat. I’ve even tried putting superworms in the greens but he wont do it. I’m kinda at a loss with that too.
I bathe him once a week, scrubbing the belly and all. I put some water droplets on his nose and he won’t lick it/drink it. He won’t eat his greens if they’re wet, and I’ve tried spraying his nose, but to no avail.He physically doesn’t wanna drink water.
He sits on his hammock under his heat/UVB light all day, and then sleeps there when it’s off. He hasn’t stayed in his hide for more than 5 seconds before.
I think it has something to do with the temperature in his tank. He has a 75 gal tank that’s hot side temp ranges 70-90. I can’t get it up and the humidity down for the life of me. Humidity is settled at roughly 45%. He has a large hide, a hammock, a water dish, a mealworm dish, and a greens dish. He stays in one spot to bask and one to sleep.
I’m worried he’s killing himself. Like, I feel like he’s a suicidal lizard. He will jump off his hammock (that is a foot from the bottom of his tank) and will hang off The hammock from his back feet.
I genuinely don’t know what to do. I feel terrible because I feel like I’m not giving him the best life ever and I’m a bad dragon mom. Help?
My beardie, currently, will not eat anything with calcium, eat anything but dried greens, or drink water at all. He doesn’t go into his hide at all, and sleeps a lot.
He doesn’t have any signs of anything, just the fact that he won’t eat it.
With the roaches that I try to dust, he won’t eat. I put some water on them and wash the dust off, and he eats them. I’ve tried the liquid calcium and he won’t take it. He’ll see the dropper and flip out. I’ve tried all of the things I’ve given him. Mealworms, Dubias, superworms, and crickets. I’ve even tried putting it on his salad and he won’t touch it.
That brings me to the second problem, the salad. I give him mustard/collard/dandelion greens, and kale. I will put raspberry dust on it and carrots and blueberries and he won’t touch it. I used to change it every day but I left it for a few days and he likes the kale dehydrated. That’s the only part of it that he’ll eat. I’ve even tried putting superworms in the greens but he wont do it. I’m kinda at a loss with that too.
I bathe him once a week, scrubbing the belly and all. I put some water droplets on his nose and he won’t lick it/drink it. He won’t eat his greens if they’re wet, and I’ve tried spraying his nose, but to no avail.He physically doesn’t wanna drink water.
He sits on his hammock under his heat/UVB light all day, and then sleeps there when it’s off. He hasn’t stayed in his hide for more than 5 seconds before.
I think it has something to do with the temperature in his tank. He has a 75 gal tank that’s hot side temp ranges 70-90. I can’t get it up and the humidity down for the life of me. Humidity is settled at roughly 45%. He has a large hide, a hammock, a water dish, a mealworm dish, and a greens dish. He stays in one spot to bask and one to sleep.
I’m worried he’s killing himself. Like, I feel like he’s a suicidal lizard. He will jump off his hammock (that is a foot from the bottom of his tank) and will hang off The hammock from his back feet.
I genuinely don’t know what to do. I feel terrible because I feel like I’m not giving him the best life ever and I’m a bad dragon mom. Help?