green2griffin
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I got a bearded dragon on the 1st April, we didn't ask the store how old he was but judging by his length I am guessing at around 6 months old.
I am new at reptiles and have been setting up and planning his vivarium and arrival for a month before we got him but because of this maybe I have set something up wrong?
So
The first couple of days he ate very little, a couple of locusts a day and a single leaf of greens. But for the last 8 days he has only had maybe 4 locusts in total and his poos at first just became dry and now non-existent... probably due to the lack of food and nutrients.
His lack of eating also means he is not getting any calcium in him either which I am worried about.
He doesn't drink from a bowl we have been bathing him every day, he doesn't like it and tries to escape so they are short lived baths. We spray him and his cage with water as well.
He has had a permanent black beard since arriving. Probably from stress although that as well as his pacing seems to have gone down.... though I can only guess it's because of the lack of energy he has from not eating.
He had been basking well until today where he has favoured the cool end which only gives me more reason to be worried.
The temperatures are:
Warm end : 32-35c
Cool end : 24-27c
Basking spot : 39-42c
The temps very between these throughout the day as he is near a window.
I have two uvb lights in the vivarium one 10.0 and one 2.0
One 75watt basking bulb attached to a thermostat
And a ceramic heater for night should he need it it comes on via the thermostat.
A problem I can think of is being the humidity in the vivarium, it's far too dry in there and is one of the reasons for spraying the viv and bathing him every day. This is not a permanent nor practical solution I am trying to figure out the best way to raise the humidity at the moment if any-one here has any solutions for that.
I don't think that this could cause all the issues I have with him though. Maybe I am wrong and adding humidity is my solution I don't know.
His vivarium is completely different to his set up in the pet shop where he had bark substrate and cork ornaments we have him on tile and rocks with a couple branches.
Just trying to see if any one else can shed some light on what else it could be.
I also don't think it's impaction he feels empty
He could be getting ready to shed his tail is a slight different colour to the rest of him but I am not sure!
I am new at reptiles and have been setting up and planning his vivarium and arrival for a month before we got him but because of this maybe I have set something up wrong?
So
The first couple of days he ate very little, a couple of locusts a day and a single leaf of greens. But for the last 8 days he has only had maybe 4 locusts in total and his poos at first just became dry and now non-existent... probably due to the lack of food and nutrients.
His lack of eating also means he is not getting any calcium in him either which I am worried about.
He doesn't drink from a bowl we have been bathing him every day, he doesn't like it and tries to escape so they are short lived baths. We spray him and his cage with water as well.
He has had a permanent black beard since arriving. Probably from stress although that as well as his pacing seems to have gone down.... though I can only guess it's because of the lack of energy he has from not eating.
He had been basking well until today where he has favoured the cool end which only gives me more reason to be worried.
The temperatures are:
Warm end : 32-35c
Cool end : 24-27c
Basking spot : 39-42c
The temps very between these throughout the day as he is near a window.
I have two uvb lights in the vivarium one 10.0 and one 2.0
One 75watt basking bulb attached to a thermostat
And a ceramic heater for night should he need it it comes on via the thermostat.
A problem I can think of is being the humidity in the vivarium, it's far too dry in there and is one of the reasons for spraying the viv and bathing him every day. This is not a permanent nor practical solution I am trying to figure out the best way to raise the humidity at the moment if any-one here has any solutions for that.
I don't think that this could cause all the issues I have with him though. Maybe I am wrong and adding humidity is my solution I don't know.
His vivarium is completely different to his set up in the pet shop where he had bark substrate and cork ornaments we have him on tile and rocks with a couple branches.
Just trying to see if any one else can shed some light on what else it could be.
I also don't think it's impaction he feels empty
He could be getting ready to shed his tail is a slight different colour to the rest of him but I am not sure!