CiriTheBeardie
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Ive always been into reptiles, but never owned one. My boyfriend’s friend could no longer care for hers, so she asked me to take her in. I’ve been doing a lot of research, but I still feel like I’m doing everything wrong. Please help! Ciri is an almost 2 year old female. Her previous owner was feeding her pellets, crickets, and blueberries only. She had a 60W aqua culture bulb, a heat rock, newspaper substrate, and a log. She had no UVB.
I got her yesterday and revamped her 40 gal. I have an 8.5” Fluker clamp lamp with a 100W Zoo Med basking bulb. I originally bought a coil UVB and then read on here that they’re no good, so I have a fluorescent fixture arriving Monday for use with the Reptisun tubes for UVB.
She was very calm and relaxed yesterday. We held her and pet her and she was very sweet. I shut off all of her lamps at 9 PM (no colored bulbs, no night light) and she fell asleep. She was sound asleep until a little after I laid down, then she started glass surfing. She did it periodically through the night- temp did not fall below 65F. When I woke up at 7 AM to turn on her lamp, she was still vertical against the glass. She got down shortly after I turned on the lamp. She’s been acting kinda weird all day, very grumpy, doesn’t want to be touched. She looks like she’s going to shed, but because she’s grumpy I don’t want to take her out to soak. I have a large water bowl on the cool side so she can soak if she needs but I don’t want to agitate her.
So now for all of my questions: for grumpy shedders, how do you deal with soaking? Do you think that’s why she’s acting grumpy/weird? I used a temp gun and her basking side is only 95F, should I get a higher wattage bulb? Or a different kind of bulb entirely? Do I have too much in her tank? How do I get her to switch to a salad diet? She’s not going for it so far, but she could also be too stressed from the move to eat right? I’m stressed for her haha. Please offer any kind of advice for helping her with the transition. I’m going to post images of her and her setup.
Also for clarification, her substrate is an Exo Terra sand mat, not actual sand.
I got her yesterday and revamped her 40 gal. I have an 8.5” Fluker clamp lamp with a 100W Zoo Med basking bulb. I originally bought a coil UVB and then read on here that they’re no good, so I have a fluorescent fixture arriving Monday for use with the Reptisun tubes for UVB.
She was very calm and relaxed yesterday. We held her and pet her and she was very sweet. I shut off all of her lamps at 9 PM (no colored bulbs, no night light) and she fell asleep. She was sound asleep until a little after I laid down, then she started glass surfing. She did it periodically through the night- temp did not fall below 65F. When I woke up at 7 AM to turn on her lamp, she was still vertical against the glass. She got down shortly after I turned on the lamp. She’s been acting kinda weird all day, very grumpy, doesn’t want to be touched. She looks like she’s going to shed, but because she’s grumpy I don’t want to take her out to soak. I have a large water bowl on the cool side so she can soak if she needs but I don’t want to agitate her.
So now for all of my questions: for grumpy shedders, how do you deal with soaking? Do you think that’s why she’s acting grumpy/weird? I used a temp gun and her basking side is only 95F, should I get a higher wattage bulb? Or a different kind of bulb entirely? Do I have too much in her tank? How do I get her to switch to a salad diet? She’s not going for it so far, but she could also be too stressed from the move to eat right? I’m stressed for her haha. Please offer any kind of advice for helping her with the transition. I’m going to post images of her and her setup.
Also for clarification, her substrate is an Exo Terra sand mat, not actual sand.