I just got a baby bearded dragon yesterday and this is my first ever bearded dragon. Although I did research on bearded dragons , I’m still struggling a lot. Basically whenever I get close to it or put my hand near it in it’s tank, it jumps or runs away to the corner of the tank and oftentimes it will only eat 1-2 bugs or 1-2 bites of its greens and then it will just bask and won’t eat anymore. I’m going to list the lighting & age & other information and can someone first , tell me if anything is wrong with the lighting & other things and second , give me tips on bonding with my bearded dragon so that it’s not so scared of me :
I bought mango from petco and they said that she is about 2 months old , I have her in a 20 gallon tank , but I bought a 20 gallon terrarium kit instead of buying everything separately so what came (other than samples of repti calcium and other food) in the kit was :
-a mat to use as a substrate
-a 75 watt repti basking spot lamp from zoomed
-a reptisun 10.0 UVB mini compact fluorescent lamp also from zoomed
-mopani wood
-and lastly a sticker / stick on thermometer
as for mango’s diet, I try to give her as many baby crickets as she can eat for 15 minutes but she only eats 1-2 crickets and then will just go onto her hide.
I also try to give her small pieces of apples , sweet/bell peppers, and cilantro but she’ll only take one bite then again be done eating
and occasionally I give her meal worms but some people say that they could cause digestive issues / impaction but others say that they’re fine so I feed them but not too often
I can’t hold her , I can’t really pet her because she gets extremely scared when I put my hand near her and I don’t want to stress her out by forcing myself onto her , and she barely eats so far.
I’m a brand new bearded dragon owner so if there’s anything that I’m doing wrong or any tips that I may need , or any further information you need to know before being able to help me , please reply !!
I bought mango from petco and they said that she is about 2 months old , I have her in a 20 gallon tank , but I bought a 20 gallon terrarium kit instead of buying everything separately so what came (other than samples of repti calcium and other food) in the kit was :
-a mat to use as a substrate
-a 75 watt repti basking spot lamp from zoomed
-a reptisun 10.0 UVB mini compact fluorescent lamp also from zoomed
-mopani wood
-and lastly a sticker / stick on thermometer
as for mango’s diet, I try to give her as many baby crickets as she can eat for 15 minutes but she only eats 1-2 crickets and then will just go onto her hide.
I also try to give her small pieces of apples , sweet/bell peppers, and cilantro but she’ll only take one bite then again be done eating
and occasionally I give her meal worms but some people say that they could cause digestive issues / impaction but others say that they’re fine so I feed them but not too often
I can’t hold her , I can’t really pet her because she gets extremely scared when I put my hand near her and I don’t want to stress her out by forcing myself onto her , and she barely eats so far.
I’m a brand new bearded dragon owner so if there’s anything that I’m doing wrong or any tips that I may need , or any further information you need to know before being able to help me , please reply !!