seansean":3a581 said:
i'm using a 60 watt edison bulb on his warm side. we gauge the temp with a small hand thermometer and its usually around 90 to 110 f, the place we live is kind of drafty. he eats mainly superworms, some crickets, and greens (collard, mustard, romaine).. i feed him an occasional carrot, but he's really not into them. i've been using washed playsand. he seems back on track today, though. i bathed him and let him run around for awhile today.. he's attentive and his normal curious self. i hope it was an isolated incident, because whatever it was, was definitely not cool. oh yeah, his name is Homie. we picked it because we think its funny how he cocks his head when you talk to him.
When you say "hand thermometer" do you mean a temp gun? What about a UVB? How old is he? Superworms shouldn't be fed to beardies younger than 6 months/smaller than 16" long, same with the sand (glad it's washed playsand though
). I'd stick to collards and mustards for right now, carrots aren't the "best". Are you dusting his crickets?
Glad Homie is back to normal, though! They do tend to "cock" their heads' to the side when you talk to them, it's cute.
They're curious little things!
Let us know on the other stuff, though. Lighting and heating is VERY important, along with feeders, calcium & multi-vitamins.
Oh, and you may want to try to get his humidity up just a bit. 35-45% is good (I'm struggling with that myself, though
...a 75 gallon and a 40 gallon in the same room get very different humidity levels!)
Abi