buddhasmom
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Hello all!
I apologize in advance this is going to be a long post lol :lol:, but please bare with me!
I got my dragon last monday, I purchased her off facebook from a lady and her boyfriend who were moving out of state and did not want to take the beardie with them. After doing my research on proper beardie care before picking my dragon up (Bless this site!!) I was horrified at the care they were providing :shock:. They were using calcium sand as substrate, the cage had no UVB, and only one thermometer that was not digital !!! :shock: , the cage only had a blue lightbulb for day time and a red infra red light they always kept on,they had no calcium powder, and the only food she had for the beardie was this food from petsmart that contained dried crickets and mealworms, and she also had veggie pellets. The old food was all over the cage and all in the sand, did not look like she cleaned the cage often just continued to dump this food in there. I asked her old the dragon was and and all she said was that it is a juvenile, So I have no idea the age I will include pics, but definitely a young dragon. I'm thinking about 3-4 months.
I am doing my best to provide my beardie with the proper care but just want to make sure I am doing everything right, I am very worried about my beardie because of the horrific state of her diet and habitat. I have her in a 20gal long tank right now ( she is small) and will definitely upgrade once she grows. I have a reptisun 10. uvb and a 100w basking light, I also have a zoomed heating pad on the side of the cage, at night i use a black ceramic bulb that does not emit light. Basking temp:110, cool side in the 70's, around 75-79F at night. I use the zoomed digital thermometer with a probe, I moved to paper towels as substrate and washed all the sand off all her stuff. I am giving her collared greens kale everyday that are calicum and d3 dusted, but she never eats them!! The first day I got her she ate her veggies, but never since then. I tried to put her worms in the veggies. but whenever she accidently picked up some veggie she would just spit it out. I am also feeding dubias and phoenix worms, along with some wax worms, she looked skinny when I got her so I was hoping the wax worms would fatten her up. I also dust the feeders daily.
I have some questions about my beardie,
How in the hell do I get her to eat her veggies?
On Saturday she shed her back, and last week she shed her tail, her humidity is at 30-40%, but she did not yet shed her head or feet? I gave her a bath Saturday and will give her another bath tonight.
The very bottom of her tail is crooked, like it has a little kink in it?
She spends most of the time on her rock in her basking spot, or on the other side of her log, but I have never seen her go on the cool side unless in the morning when she runs around because she wants to be fed, is this normal??
Thanks for reading sorry for the long post just want to make sure everything is okay for my new baby.
I apologize in advance this is going to be a long post lol :lol:, but please bare with me!
I got my dragon last monday, I purchased her off facebook from a lady and her boyfriend who were moving out of state and did not want to take the beardie with them. After doing my research on proper beardie care before picking my dragon up (Bless this site!!) I was horrified at the care they were providing :shock:. They were using calcium sand as substrate, the cage had no UVB, and only one thermometer that was not digital !!! :shock: , the cage only had a blue lightbulb for day time and a red infra red light they always kept on,they had no calcium powder, and the only food she had for the beardie was this food from petsmart that contained dried crickets and mealworms, and she also had veggie pellets. The old food was all over the cage and all in the sand, did not look like she cleaned the cage often just continued to dump this food in there. I asked her old the dragon was and and all she said was that it is a juvenile, So I have no idea the age I will include pics, but definitely a young dragon. I'm thinking about 3-4 months.
I am doing my best to provide my beardie with the proper care but just want to make sure I am doing everything right, I am very worried about my beardie because of the horrific state of her diet and habitat. I have her in a 20gal long tank right now ( she is small) and will definitely upgrade once she grows. I have a reptisun 10. uvb and a 100w basking light, I also have a zoomed heating pad on the side of the cage, at night i use a black ceramic bulb that does not emit light. Basking temp:110, cool side in the 70's, around 75-79F at night. I use the zoomed digital thermometer with a probe, I moved to paper towels as substrate and washed all the sand off all her stuff. I am giving her collared greens kale everyday that are calicum and d3 dusted, but she never eats them!! The first day I got her she ate her veggies, but never since then. I tried to put her worms in the veggies. but whenever she accidently picked up some veggie she would just spit it out. I am also feeding dubias and phoenix worms, along with some wax worms, she looked skinny when I got her so I was hoping the wax worms would fatten her up. I also dust the feeders daily.
I have some questions about my beardie,
How in the hell do I get her to eat her veggies?
On Saturday she shed her back, and last week she shed her tail, her humidity is at 30-40%, but she did not yet shed her head or feet? I gave her a bath Saturday and will give her another bath tonight.
The very bottom of her tail is crooked, like it has a little kink in it?
She spends most of the time on her rock in her basking spot, or on the other side of her log, but I have never seen her go on the cool side unless in the morning when she runs around because she wants to be fed, is this normal??
Thanks for reading sorry for the long post just want to make sure everything is okay for my new baby.