cheezeeoreilly94
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Hello, so I have recently got myself a baby bearded dragon, he/she is about 16 weeks. I have had him/her for about 3 days now. He does have black stress lines under his chin and belly although I've read this is normal for when rehoming a beardy and that if it last up to two weeks I should take him to the vet. Although for the most part he does seem to just enjoy lounging on his rock under the heat lamp. My issue seems to be eating though, he simply will not eat crickets, I even have caught one and held it infront of him thinking maybe he just isn't good at catching them, no luck. He does like meal worms but when I feed him those he only eats about 2-3 and than he just won't eat anymore. I left some apple, dark greened lettuce and some pepper in his food dish since the first day I got him and he hasn't touched it. I changed it today because it had been sitting in there a few days now. His hot side temp reads 87-91 and his cool side reads 77. I have read the temp needs to be higher, I have placed something on the top of the mesh to help hold the heat in better which has seemed to work although any ideas on how I can get his temp up to 99? Also any ideas on why he might not be eating much? and he hasn't pooped!