Sulitlana
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I have had my little baby a week now. I am apprehensive to give them a bath to get the hydrated since I have had them for only a short period, haven't even gotten to hold them yet. My beardie is eating some veggies on their own now and mostly roaches at the moment, but I ordered some bee pollen to make bsfl and crickets more appetizing.
Anyhow, I have never seen them really drink? I have tried the misting method using room temp water, they actively hate it, the temperature of the water might the issue with that method possibly in hindsight while writing this. But even using an eye dropper putting tiny drops on the tips of their nose they will freak out and rub their head on their basking rock and scramble away.
Because I haven't had them for so long I am kind of afraid to push picking them up and giving them a bath, I have tried to remedy the water issue a bit by keeping their greens in some shallow water. They don't look to wrinkly or anything and poops seem normal and not overly dry, minus one bad poo experience that I think was from stress.
Is it too soon to pick them up and try a bath? They are still pretty skittish and I just don't want to add more stress or push it too soon, but I don't want them to be dehydrated.
Anyhow, I have never seen them really drink? I have tried the misting method using room temp water, they actively hate it, the temperature of the water might the issue with that method possibly in hindsight while writing this. But even using an eye dropper putting tiny drops on the tips of their nose they will freak out and rub their head on their basking rock and scramble away.
Because I haven't had them for so long I am kind of afraid to push picking them up and giving them a bath, I have tried to remedy the water issue a bit by keeping their greens in some shallow water. They don't look to wrinkly or anything and poops seem normal and not overly dry, minus one bad poo experience that I think was from stress.
Is it too soon to pick them up and try a bath? They are still pretty skittish and I just don't want to add more stress or push it too soon, but I don't want them to be dehydrated.