Linpai":22rnzfm3 said:
Thank you! His favourite spot is on the hammock where it gets 34 deg and is directly under the UVB tube (at a safe distance).
I am a nervous new mumma (technically grandmama as he is my daughter's but I am too young for that term!). We managed to get him to eat 5 roaches today. He is a stubborn turd. Has to run them down or he doesn't want a bar of them. Have ordered some BSFL and small supers. Hoping they won't be too big for him and might entice him into eating a bit more.
When the supers arrive , set them aside , the little hatchling will be too young to cope with small supers (or mealworms as well) til it reaches about 12 months old and the GIT straightens out a bit.
Only a few as bribes or treats OCCASIONALLY == beardie McDonalds.
I raised two lots of hatchlings from about the same age on crickets and silkworms. BSFL were not available 2 years ago here in Australia for the herp hobby.
I started off my 5 - 6 week olds on small crickets (Piscus) then discovered Frog Arcade and was buying 700 - 800 x 25 day old - 1/3 size crickets every few weeks (to feed 2 hatchlings 3x per day, two meals of crickets + one meal of silkworms + greens and grated veg + softened mix of VetaFarm and Repcal (Juvenile bearded dragon) pellets. And they thrived in their individual 100L tubs under 26W UVB200s.
BSFL are excellent , but you might need to snip the heads off them to get the hatchling to eat them , this is what I do for my water skink ....wont touch them otherwise. Fluffy (my water skink who's about 30g polishes of 20 - 30 BSFL per day , but she's a challenge ( super lively ).
Aussie Fauna have silkworms , small and medium size will be fine for your little hatchling. Check Gumtree you might get a few hundred small (mealworm sized) silkworms from hobbyist for $20 , and a shopping bag full of fresh mulberry leaves for $5 , I buy my mulberry leaves from a guy in Penrith via GumTree, I believe he raids an avenue of big mulberry trees in a park there abouts. Worth it for me to buy 200 leaves express post them and then rebag and put the leaves in the crisper.
The leaves can be blanched . snap chilled and frozen are used out of season to feed silkworms (that you've hatched from eggs (I harvest my own eggs and keep them til needed in the fridge).