Hi!
We (Angie & Jay) joined the forums earlier, and have been reading ever since. Most of our questions have been answered but there's still so much more for us to learn. Any advice/tips will be greatly appreciated!
Here's a picture of our baby, his name is Nino.
We had been researching for about a month and went to PetSmart last Monday just to look and they let us hold him. When we went to put him down, he didn't want to let go. So he was kind of an impulse buy but we're so happy to have him.
We bought the Zoo Med 20 gallon Kit. From what we have read here, we are going out to buy a reptisun 10.0 tomorrow, as well as a thermometer to properly gauge the temps in the viv. We had been keeping the infrared bulb on at night but now know it can interrupt his sleep pattern, so will turn everything off around 10pm, and turn them back on around 5am before heading to work (got the timer plug). Is that too long? Also, is it ok to have both the basking light (100w) and the infrared light on at the same time? Not sure if it will make the viv too hot. We are using paper towels as a substrate, not the sand that came with the kit. Here's a picture of our current set up (working on making it nicer in there for him).
Nino has not been eating well, and he has had those stress marks. We read that it may take up to two weeks for him to get used to his new environment, and that we shouldn't hold him during this time. That was probably on Wednesday so we haven't touched him ever since except for a bath because he started shedding! Anyway, we bought him crickets (dusted them) and he ate about 25 of them but it took him 2 days. We have been preparing a kale, shaved baby carrots and mealworms salad but he eats the mealworms and leaves everything else. After his bath he seems to have perked up a little. Today he ate about 15 crickets, and 10 mealworms. I feel he might have eaten more crickets but we ran out. We are going to buy much more tomorrow. Can babies eat super worms or silkworms? The pet store has them but we weren't sure.
Sorry for the long post. We are so excited to have him, and want to make sure we keep him healthy. Thanks!
-Angie
We (Angie & Jay) joined the forums earlier, and have been reading ever since. Most of our questions have been answered but there's still so much more for us to learn. Any advice/tips will be greatly appreciated!
Here's a picture of our baby, his name is Nino.
We had been researching for about a month and went to PetSmart last Monday just to look and they let us hold him. When we went to put him down, he didn't want to let go. So he was kind of an impulse buy but we're so happy to have him.
We bought the Zoo Med 20 gallon Kit. From what we have read here, we are going out to buy a reptisun 10.0 tomorrow, as well as a thermometer to properly gauge the temps in the viv. We had been keeping the infrared bulb on at night but now know it can interrupt his sleep pattern, so will turn everything off around 10pm, and turn them back on around 5am before heading to work (got the timer plug). Is that too long? Also, is it ok to have both the basking light (100w) and the infrared light on at the same time? Not sure if it will make the viv too hot. We are using paper towels as a substrate, not the sand that came with the kit. Here's a picture of our current set up (working on making it nicer in there for him).
Nino has not been eating well, and he has had those stress marks. We read that it may take up to two weeks for him to get used to his new environment, and that we shouldn't hold him during this time. That was probably on Wednesday so we haven't touched him ever since except for a bath because he started shedding! Anyway, we bought him crickets (dusted them) and he ate about 25 of them but it took him 2 days. We have been preparing a kale, shaved baby carrots and mealworms salad but he eats the mealworms and leaves everything else. After his bath he seems to have perked up a little. Today he ate about 15 crickets, and 10 mealworms. I feel he might have eaten more crickets but we ran out. We are going to buy much more tomorrow. Can babies eat super worms or silkworms? The pet store has them but we weren't sure.
Sorry for the long post. We are so excited to have him, and want to make sure we keep him healthy. Thanks!
-Angie
. You can turn off the infered light. All beardies need are a bright white basking light and a good uvb like the reptisun 10.0 tube. I'd nix those mealworms as they are hard for babies to digest. Crickets, Phoenix worms, silk worms and dubia ( depending where you are) are all great feeders. Also here is a site that is color coded beautifuldragons.com. That'll help you establish a good base for salads. Although lots of times they won't eat much salad until they are older and even then sometimes they still won't .
