New 2 Month Beardie Not Eating

[jadentracyn]

So last Saturday my wife and I bought our first beardie from PetSmart. It's our first reptile and we tried to research as much as possible a month before we bought him/her (still don't know the sex) Anyway since getting our beardie he has been pretty low key and chill. We Keep the temp around 100-110 like most people say. He ate crickets the first day now he won't eat any crickets. He poops well and will eat greens so that's good. We covered the back and right side with black paper inside to make him feel more secure. Also we changed his light from a compact coil UVB (found out on tuesday they were bad) and bought a Zoo "Med ReptiSun® 10.0 High Output UVB Fluorescent Bulb" for him. Now hes more active and seems to be exploring his cage now, but isn't eating any crickets. We are just wondering if its just relocation stress?

 

[daner923]

Sounds like relocation stress to me. Do you feed him in the tank, or separately? Some dragons only like to eat in the tank.

 

[jadentracyn]

We feed him in the cage, we figure more moving in and out of a feeding container would be possibly to much for him.

 

[KristineM]

Is the temp of the entire enclosure 100-110 degrees? Or do you mean the basking spot?

 

[jadentracyn]

The basking spot is 100-110 the cool side is about 70-75.

 

[KristineM]

If the temps are all correct and taken properly then I would have to agree with daner as far as the relocation stress. I also missed the pic of the bath Keep us updated, let us know if things improve in time! What a cutie

Edited to add: any changes in our beardies enclosure at all tend to throw him off a bit as well.

 

[daner923]

Another thought would be to divide the tank - he may be intimidated by the size. Give him a couple months in a divided tank (you can use cardboard or something like that, and then you can open it up when he's a bit bigger/more comfortable.

 

[jadentracyn]

This is the size, and the black card stock along the back. Also hes been doing a lot of glass dancing and admiring himself.

 

[jadentracyn]

Well daddy gave him another bath as mom rearranged his cage into half its size.

 

[jadentracyn]

We just fed him two crickets one in the cage and one in a separate container. The caged fed one he saw on the black paper, we have brown carpet so is that confusing them with both cricket and carpet being brown?