LuxDreamer0521
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Hi everyone! I hope this is the right place for a post like this, I apologize if it isn't!
I've owned my leopard gecko for over 7 years now, but recently we decided to get a Bearded Dragon - a baby, that we got from a breeder in BC, Canada. (we live in Ontario, Canada). She's a beautiful little girl, hatched on Dec 20th and arrived to us in the beginning of February. We named her Calcifer.
I have spent countless hours reading countless care guides, watching countless videos and going over and over the same information over and over again. Yet, I cannot shake the thought that I am doing something wrong and this site has been a great resource so I thought I would take a chance and just .. ask people who actually have dragons.
She is in a 36 x 18 x 18 Exoterra (this is temporary, we are getting her a 4 x 2 x 2 enclosure from Zen Habitats in June).
We have a thermostat with the probe on the basking point, an overhead 150W light, and an Arcadia T5 36 Inch. ( this one https://www.reptilesrus.ca/arcadia-pro-t5-uvb-kit-with-12-desert-lamp-39w-35/ )
She is primarily fed a diet of Black Soldier Fly Larvae when it comes to insects, however she does get a few occasional crickets, wax worms or hornworms to give her a treat and variety.
She generally gets mustard greens with bell peppers as her salad, but she tends not to eat it much. I am told this is normal for baby beardies, as they are primarily insectivores at their age. I hope this is correct.
Her temperature gradient is 78 on the cold side, and 110 on her basking spot, with the hot side being around 94 (all of this in fahrenheit). Her humidity hovers around 20-30%.
We do dust her food with Calcium with d3, and also with ReptiMultiVitamin Powder.
My biggest concern, is the way she behaves when we go near her. She is terrified of us, if I walk in the room (I'm always really quiet, and I speak in a soft voice when I do talk to her) she bolts under her rock or hides in a corner. If I try to touch her (I always come from beside or behind, never from above her head) she kind of opens her mouth and goes black. So I back off immediately.
We have had to change the tank a few times since we got her, as the set ups weren't working (couldn't maintain the right heat gradients). I am worried this is the reason she is so upset/seems so stressed out and therefore won't let us handle her.
Have I completely messed this up somehow, or is this just the way a baby behaves? Or did we mess up changing her tank so much ... and eventually she might calm down? I just want to give her the best life possible. Sorry for the long post!
I've owned my leopard gecko for over 7 years now, but recently we decided to get a Bearded Dragon - a baby, that we got from a breeder in BC, Canada. (we live in Ontario, Canada). She's a beautiful little girl, hatched on Dec 20th and arrived to us in the beginning of February. We named her Calcifer.
I have spent countless hours reading countless care guides, watching countless videos and going over and over the same information over and over again. Yet, I cannot shake the thought that I am doing something wrong and this site has been a great resource so I thought I would take a chance and just .. ask people who actually have dragons.
She is in a 36 x 18 x 18 Exoterra (this is temporary, we are getting her a 4 x 2 x 2 enclosure from Zen Habitats in June).
We have a thermostat with the probe on the basking point, an overhead 150W light, and an Arcadia T5 36 Inch. ( this one https://www.reptilesrus.ca/arcadia-pro-t5-uvb-kit-with-12-desert-lamp-39w-35/ )
She is primarily fed a diet of Black Soldier Fly Larvae when it comes to insects, however she does get a few occasional crickets, wax worms or hornworms to give her a treat and variety.
She generally gets mustard greens with bell peppers as her salad, but she tends not to eat it much. I am told this is normal for baby beardies, as they are primarily insectivores at their age. I hope this is correct.
Her temperature gradient is 78 on the cold side, and 110 on her basking spot, with the hot side being around 94 (all of this in fahrenheit). Her humidity hovers around 20-30%.
We do dust her food with Calcium with d3, and also with ReptiMultiVitamin Powder.
My biggest concern, is the way she behaves when we go near her. She is terrified of us, if I walk in the room (I'm always really quiet, and I speak in a soft voice when I do talk to her) she bolts under her rock or hides in a corner. If I try to touch her (I always come from beside or behind, never from above her head) she kind of opens her mouth and goes black. So I back off immediately.
We have had to change the tank a few times since we got her, as the set ups weren't working (couldn't maintain the right heat gradients). I am worried this is the reason she is so upset/seems so stressed out and therefore won't let us handle her.
Have I completely messed this up somehow, or is this just the way a baby behaves? Or did we mess up changing her tank so much ... and eventually she might calm down? I just want to give her the best life possible. Sorry for the long post!