catUK":32te7nji said:Just relax, everything looks good and sounds like your doing right. A couple of suggestions, mixed salad packs and spinach are not great for beardies- little nutritional value etc- i would check on http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html site for the best greens. Butternut squash is great. Also that water dish looks too big- risk of drowning and raising humidity levels. I don't have a water dish in my viv (its not necessary) as many beardies don't drink from it. Keep him hydrated by misting daily and baths when he's big enough. Hope you dont mind my suggestions. The UVB is fine- i keep mine on the back wall positioned like yours and it looks like your beardie can get within the appropriate distance. He is gorgeous and don't worry because of your last beardie, you sound like you really care and will do a great job
deh05001":1eyvrq9x said:Everything looks and sounds like it's in order. I find it really cool that he's only 6 inches yet eating lots of greens and using the water dish already. Your dragon doesn't seem affected by relocation at all. For UVB , I say switch the reptiglo out for the reptiSUN 10.0 UVB tube. It did wonders for my dragon (went from eating 5-10 crickets a day to over 30!!! He's been so much more active and growing better because of it). I think it's great that you're really determined to make this a good home for your dragon and keep him/her happy. Good luck and Congrats!
Nickthegreek":2lwvoef9 said:I live in the UK and I've been having a lot of trouble finding a reptiSUN tube, I've even gone as far as looking on eBay lol. Is there something equally as good that I could use?
catUK":3souv01w said:Ah its good that he's drinking from the bowl, wish mine would.
Nickthegreek":3souv01w said:I live in the UK and I've been having a lot of trouble finding a reptiSUN tube, I've even gone as far as looking on eBay lol. Is there something equally as good that I could use?
The arcadia 12% UVb is as good as, if not better than the reptisun. I ordered mine from http://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/rep...-lamps-562/arcadia-d3-reptile-lamp-57099.html for about £24- i had the reptiglo at first and since putting in the arcadia she has become more active
Nickthegreek":1t6vlctz said:catUK":1t6vlctz said:Ah its good that he's drinking from the bowl, wish mine would.
Nickthegreek":1t6vlctz said:I live in the UK and I've been having a lot of trouble finding a reptiSUN tube, I've even gone as far as looking on eBay lol. Is there something equally as good that I could use?
The arcadia 12% UVb is as good as, if not better than the reptisun. I ordered mine from http://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/rep...-lamps-562/arcadia-d3-reptile-lamp-57099.html for about £24- i had the reptiglo at first and since putting in the arcadia she has become more active
Ahh that's great thanks! I'll order one probably on fridayIf Red gets any more active I think I'll have to buy him an 8ft viv lol
Nickthegreek":1rbpzhxx said:Just a few more questions, I hope you don't mind answering.
Firstly, should I wait a while before I start letting him out of his viv/handling him etc? I was told to let him settle for a few days to avoid him getting stressed, but then I was told I should be getting him out to let him get used to being handled. Which is right? i was told the same when i got mine but i was impatient and held her straight away. It didn't do her any harm. she used to be a bit jumpy and run off but i held her little and ofen at first. Now she is 100% comfortable with me to the point where she comes and cuddles in to my neck and sleeps. It wont hinder the taming process if you leave it a few days- its really up to you. if he struggles, don't let him down as he'll learn struggling = getting his own way/getting put down. Also hold him near the ground as they have a tendancy to jump at a young age
Also, he seems to have his eyes shut quite a lot, is this normal? He sits under his vine quite a lot of the time just chilling sometimes with his eyes open and sometimes with them shut. closed eyes can be from bad UVB. You've ordered a new one so you may see a difference.
Edit: Just ordered him some small calci-worms from http://www.reptilecentre.com - along with an Arcadia D3are the worms ok for him to eat at such a small size? calci woms are very small so they'll be fine- a lot of babies eat them
catUK":2d8zyrrz said:I wouldn't be confident turning off the tube but if its affecting his eyes then you may have to. You could start a new post asking for help with this issue, im sure ppl will know what to do. Im guessing they'll say to turn off the UVB as its only just over a day you'll have to wait. I used a repti-glo tube for the first 3 months of having my beardie with no problems (before i knew it wasn't a great bulb), but maybe i was lucky. Sorry i can't help you on this one
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