How old is your dragon? 6 Months
How long have you had your dragon? 5 months
How long is your dragon? 12"
What is the sex of your dragon? male
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 125 litre tank (2 ft by 1.5 deep)
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? Calcium sand
Do you use UVB lights? Yes two strips (One UVB and one normal)
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? Fluorescent tube
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? Repti Glo 10.0 UVB - 20 watt
How old is your
UVB bulb? 5 months
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? About 8" close to it however my hubby is sanding some branches atm so he can get closer
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Yes a red light heat bulb 100 watt on a habistat (theromstat)
What are the basking temps? 95
What is the cool side temp? 85
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? No
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? From the habistat (and a strip thermostat on the cool side)
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? No
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. He was on locusts about 20 per feed twice per day, and Rocket. when he stopped eating we bought some crickets, which he ate a 2 for two days then stopped again. After he had not eaten for 3 days we were so worried so we tried him on locusts again and he ate one (Yesterday). I have also bought him some different salad / fruit to try and get him eating something. He had one small bite of broccoli and apple which I hand feed him on Saturday.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? I feed him salad in the morning and locusts in the evening.
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? WE use Komodo cricket dust which we now use every other day.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? Yes (They were not as hard as normal but yesterdays was fine. He goes once per day)
Do you
bath your dragon? How often? He was having a
bath once per week. Since he has been poorly he has had a
bath once per day as to keep him
hydrated cos he is not eating and he very
thirsty.
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the
bath? He has a bowl of water which he drinks from. And we mist him every day which he enjoys.
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? Not yet
OK so I need to turn the heat lamp down to 65 at night and see how he goes tonight. Thank you for your time and help