sledzeppelin
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My son just got a baby red beardie a few days ago. He's about 8" nose to tail. Currently he's in a 10 gallon tank (we'll get a larger one ASAP). He'd been doing fine, as far as I can tell, eating freeze dried crickets and kale.
We got a "All Living Things" brand beardie/tortoise kit "desert UV" and 75w basking bulb. He's been under that for about 2-3 days now. Basking side of the tank is around 95-100, and the other side is about 85. He can climb a log to get closer to the lights.
Two days ago, his tail shedded, and it looks like his feet are next and he has a little flake of skin on top of his head.
This morning, my son accidentally dropped one of the lights on him but quickly picked it up. He thought he was dead and he didn't move for about a minute, but then he came around. Now he's walking around and seems fairly normal, but he's had his eyes closed all day and he sits with his head up in the air. He hasn't eaten today. He'll crawl around on the stuff in his tank and he crawls up our shirts if we hold him. He did have a good poop today.
Now we're doing research on forums but it's so frustrating with all the conflicting information. We've seen a lot of mentions of coil bulbs being bad for their eyes.
We're worried and my son feels terrible. Any advice? I told him we'd go out tonight and get a reptisun 10.0 tube, which seems to be highly recommended here.
Thank you SO MUCH for this wonderful resource!
We got a "All Living Things" brand beardie/tortoise kit "desert UV" and 75w basking bulb. He's been under that for about 2-3 days now. Basking side of the tank is around 95-100, and the other side is about 85. He can climb a log to get closer to the lights.
Two days ago, his tail shedded, and it looks like his feet are next and he has a little flake of skin on top of his head.
This morning, my son accidentally dropped one of the lights on him but quickly picked it up. He thought he was dead and he didn't move for about a minute, but then he came around. Now he's walking around and seems fairly normal, but he's had his eyes closed all day and he sits with his head up in the air. He hasn't eaten today. He'll crawl around on the stuff in his tank and he crawls up our shirts if we hold him. He did have a good poop today.
Now we're doing research on forums but it's so frustrating with all the conflicting information. We've seen a lot of mentions of coil bulbs being bad for their eyes.
We're worried and my son feels terrible. Any advice? I told him we'd go out tonight and get a reptisun 10.0 tube, which seems to be highly recommended here.
Thank you SO MUCH for this wonderful resource!