maybe i spoke too soon?

[iwoodtoo]

A few days ago i was singing the praises of my newly acclaimed dragon, how i did not have any of the problems some members here have. It was a case of him/her fitting right in to the new environment.
The dragon is about 5" in length including the tail and on it's second day it was right at home exploring the new digs. It ate crickets ,had a bath with no complaints, had a poop, allows me to pick it up without a chase, waved at me, and even fell into slumber on my chest.
Now on day three till today , day 6, it's like someone traded dragons on me. It is still tame, allows me to pick it up, still falls asleep on my chest , but , it does not eat, anything, still tolerates a bath, but turns it's nose up at anything i hold up in front of it. It use to eat wax worms , crickets and even collard greens from my fingers , but nothing now. Why this drastic change?

 

[citrusdragon]

I don't recommend a lot of handling for dragons smaller that 10 inches in length. They are still very fragile at 5 inches. It would seem that dragon is either 3-4 weeks old and still not out of the woods as far as baby development, or it is older and has been a slow grower for some unknown reason. It is possible the dragon fed well when you 1st got him because he was very hungry, and now relocation stress may have settled in.

I would continue to bathe the baby everyday, and make sure the temps are warm. My babies like the 110+ basking with an ambient temp in the low 90s. I don't give them any hides and they bask on wood or egg crate. Feed like you normally would, and keep us posted.

Some people handle their babies more than I do, so this just one man's opinion.

Jeff