New baby beardie not eating

[Hallerback]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum, and first time as a beardie owner. I received my little guy in the mail about two weeks ago on Wednesday. Since then he's had 5 crickets a day tops, along with a few waxworms and greens, but I know that's nowhere near enough. At first I chalked it up to relocation stressed, but now I'm getting worried. I've tried feeding him in a separate tank with white paper on the sides and the results don't change. He eats one and then just let's them crawl on him. There's a privately owned pet store below my apartment and I was told that the problem might be that the fluctuation of temps between night and day are to drastic... thoughts?

 

[kingofnobbys]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum, and first time as a beardie owner. I received my little guy in the mail about two weeks ago on Wednesday. Since then he's had 5 crickets a day tops, along with a few waxworms and greens, but I know that's nowhere near enough. At first I chalked it up to relocation stressed, but now I'm getting worried. I've tried feeding him in a separate tank with white paper on the sides and the results don't change. He eats one and then just let's them crawl on him. There's a privately owned pet store below my apartment and I was told that the problem might be that the fluctuation of temps between night and day are to drastic... thoughts?

After two weeks he should be settled in.

ie how much does he weigh ?

what size are the crickets ?

Need much more information and details on your beardie's setup and your husbandry otherwise we can't even hazard a guess.

Here's my Cheat Sheet :
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=234738&p=1806050#p1806050

If you work through it methodically , the chances are there are likely a lot of issues that need to be tweeked or changed and they will pop right out at you, if you can give very detailed answers we will then be in a position to offer help. Is impossible to help you if you don't provide thorough details .

It covers :
>heating & lighting
>UV
>substrates
>lighting schedule
>feeding schedule
>feeder insects
>and other husbandry issues.

It may prove necessary to involve a reptile vet if your bearded dragon has serious health issues , are you in a position to afford to take him to a good reptile vet should this prove necessary ?