Bamberz1977
Hatchling Member
I have always wanted a snake but my husband would never relent I did finally get him to agree to a lizard and after doing the research we decided on a Bearded Dragon. Morris has been a part of our family since Tuesday. He is about 4 months old and 12" long. He is currently in a 20 gallon tank with shelf liner as a substrate but we have a 55 gallon just waiting for him. He is using a 100 watt Mega Ray MVB and his basking temps are 100-110. He is still getting acclimated and sometimes he eats 15-20 gut loaded crickets twice a day along with a nice salad of mustard greens, squash, and apple mush both are dusted with calcium. Other days he has only eaten maybe 5 or 6 crickets a day but still eating his salad. Is this likely due to his acclimation? He is also shedding and I have read that their appetite can be pretty spotty during this time. He has had two baths this week and has pooped everyday but yesterday. On another thread I read that his urates should be somewhat chalky and today they were relatively hard, is there a way to fix this? We are handling him for short periods everyday, he is a little bit wiggly and temperamental right now. I am assuming this will change with time. I have included a pic of my new "little guy", I hope y'all like him!