New dragon not eating

[KarrieRee]

I understand its just the impaction thing I am worried about- must be the mail system my order is coming in slow too and usually its a day ahead of what the tracking # is telling me - well lets hope he goes for the dubias -- if it continues the slow eating you may haft to move your UVB into the tank --- but lets see what he does w/ the dubias -- and give him some more time - it could be the relocation stress too but I want to see if that UVB placement is effecting his eating

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

I understand its just the impaction thing I am worried about- must be the mail system my order is coming in slow too and usually its a day ahead of what the tracking # is telling me - well lets hope he goes for the dubias -- if it continues the slow eating you may haft to move your UVB into the tank --- but lets see what he does w/ the dubias -- and give him some more time - it could be the relocation stress too but I want to see if that UVB placement is effecting his eating

He does like to sit under the UVB on top of his tree a lot. But as you can see from the picture he does move around and sit in different places too. (some are not directly under the uvb, some are)

 

[KarrieRee]

What is the distance of that spot he sits of the uvb

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

What is the distance of that spot he sits of the uvb

It's about 8-9 inches away.

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

and If im including his body and head it's about 6-7 inches

 

[KarrieRee]

Ok 8-10 is good w/ screen obstructing- I am surprised he's not eating the bsfl- keep watch see if his appetite increases here in the next week or so

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

Ok 8-10 is good w/ screen obstructing- I am surprised he's not eating the bsfl- keep watch see if his appetite increases here in the next week or so

He finally ate some crickets I say about 8 but there are still around 8 in there. There were two that got left in there overnight by accident(plus its hard to get em out) and I put the last one I had in there a hour after his light turned on but he never touched any of the 3. I went to go get more and he started eating those. I just hope he eats the rest before bed cause I'm not tryna catch these things.

 

[chestermymunchkin]

that tank looks awesome lots of enrichment!

Thanks!

np!

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

I understand its just the impaction thing I am worried about- must be the mail system my order is coming in slow too and usually its a day ahead of what the tracking # is telling me - well lets hope he goes for the dubias -- if it continues the slow eating you may haft to move your UVB into the tank --- but lets see what he does w/ the dubias -- and give him some more time - it could be the relocation stress too but I want to see if that UVB placement is effecting his eating

He loves the dubias. I got them saturday night and it was 100 of them it's around 20 now. I gave him 3 mealworms 5 crickets and 10 dubias for breakfast and then lunch I gave him 6 crickets and while feeding him those he stopped eating them because he wanted the dubias and proceeded to eat like 15 of them. I ended up ordering 200 more dubias and some silkworms. He still wont eat the BSFL but he does like wax worms when I give it to him so I'm thinking maybe it's a size thing so hopefully he likes the silkworms.

 

[KarrieRee]

Ok you need to get him on salads- ASAP-- first thing in the morning-- add 1-3 mealworms to the top of his salads make sure he sees you add in front of him - he needs to start eating some even a little or when his diet flips to mainly salads he won't eat them --

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

Ok you need to get him on salads- ASAP-- first thing in the morning-- add 1-3 mealworms to the top of his salads make sure he sees you add in front of him - he needs to start eating some even a little or when his diet flips to mainly salads he won't eat them --

He does eat a little of the carrots one day and some parsley one day or collard greens another day. It's not a whole lot but it's some. I leave the greens out all day and spray them with water throughout the day. But I will also try and put the mealworms in the salad too.

 

[KarrieRee]

Ok good I will get the nutrition website posted for you
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
ignore the kale thing its a great staple feeder

 

[brianarmstrong2224]

Ok good I will get the nutrition website posted for you
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
ignore the kale thing its a great staple feeder

Alright thanks for all the help. One more question right now lol, I've been feeding him 3 times a day currently. His lights come on at 9am (it was 8 but daylight savings happened and I got too lazy change it plus i think it matches my schedule) Then I feed him at 11 and again at around 4 and then again at 9(2 hours before lights out). Should I be feeding him more? When I feed him I do it until it looks like he's done. But since Im fairly new at this I didn't really know if I wasn't giving him enough.

 

[KarrieRee]

Thats good -- you want a photo period of 12 hrs tho --- so if you can feed him earlier than the 9 at nite feeding -- if you add the salads in the morning w/ some BSFL to it leave in the tank til the next feeding that schedule will eventually not be as often - you can add some super worms medium 1-3 on top of the salads as well w/ small horn worms too - those will fill him up along w/ dubias they are easier to feed and keep in a glass or ceramic bowl like this https://www.amazon.com/MACGOAL-Reptile-Ceramic-Leopard-Bearded/dp/B084VJJWTV?pf_rd_r=R0HNPKXJ2ZARWAT5MPAH&pf_rd_p=c5b6893a-24f2-4a59-9d4b-aff5065c90ec&pd_rd_r=0173f98f-f39b-4d44-9f76-6ae4d88c419b&pd_rd_w=AuGQB&pd_rd_wg=tLkwE&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d
you can leave the BSFL and dubias in the bowl till next feeding - he may eat them throughout the day -