New owner, please judge my setup

[flobeee]

I hope the picture upload worked.
So I got my lil Juniper yesterday at the Cow Palace expo. She's about 3 months old. She seems pretty happy so far. I've been putting her in a little separate tub to eat roaches and she's gobbling them up! How do you know how many roaches is too many? I'm worried she'll get through the supplies in just a few days. Can you overfeed?
My heat situation still needs work. I have a 100W basking bulb, a 60W CHE, and Reptisun T5 UVB, the mesh is not fine mesh, so hopefully she's getting enough uvb. However, I don't think the temps are working. I have the stick on electric temp gauge, but it's only showing about 85 (however this temp is taken much lower than where her basking spot is). Should I buy a higher wattage CHE? Or maybe elevate her basking spot higher? Any advice welcome.
Other questions I have: should I buy her mealworms to encourage her to eat her greens? She hasn't shown any interest in them or her water.
Thank you in advance.

 

[KarrieRee]

Great set up - so your UVB should be 8-10 inches from her decor piece since it's on top---- basking spot needs to be 105-110 taken w/ a digital probe or infrared heat gun- NO MEALWORMS-- She is too young- you can use bsfl from here www.symtonbsf.com they are a great staple and great lure to eat her greens-- you will need a glass bowl so they can't get out and order large as they are small- feed as many as you want and don't dust them - you can also use small super worms if you can find them only use 1-3 on top of salad another great lure make sure she sees you put them in her bowl that will draw her to bowl-- let her eat from that bowl for like an hour or so- then take a little salad out feed her dubias in that bowl-- you can order other worms from here www.dubiaroaches.com- butterworms- horn worms they grow fast so order small amounts- waxworms can be used but only use like 1-3 they are like candy- you can start out w/ 12 dubias in bowl see if she eats them all - sometimes they fill.up.on that morning feed and will not eat in the afternoon- you can offer again and if she doesn't eat that's okay- she will go thru relocation stress so her eating will slow but she should not quit eating completely -- the che can be used if your tank is 65 or lower at nite--- but your basking spot should be 105-110
Karrie

 

[flobeee]

Thank you! Ordered some bsfl.
Any ideas on what is the best way to bring up overall temps?

 

[KarrieRee]

Increase wattage for bulb or raise decor piece higher -- does the temp thing your using have a probe ? And no you cant over feed - they will stop when they are full -- I would get a digital probe thermometer and get a temp from that first before you change the bulb out --- or you can get a infrared heat gun too but something thats gonna give you an actual basking temp-- I would hate to have you do this to find out the temps are fine ---
Karrie

 

[flobeee]

Increase wattage for bulb or raise decor piece higher -- does the temp thing your using have a probe ? And no you cant over feed - they will stop when they are full -- I would get a digital probe thermometer and get a temp from that first before you change the bulb out --- or you can get a infrared heat gun too but something thats gonna give you an actual basking temp-- I would hate to have you do this to find out the temps are fine ---
Karrie

Yes I should have ordered one before, but I have an IR temp gun arriving today! I hope she settles in soon, because right now she runs away from me even when I just walk around the room, and it pains me that I'm disturbing her She also hasn't pooped once since I got her (3 days ago). I was thinking I could give her a bath today but I'm worried about causing her too much stress.

 

[KarrieRee]

She's going thru relocation stress which is normal-- give her time to adjust - her eating will slow down as well-- as long as she does not quit eating all together-- keep feeding her greens and insects- keep her hydrated w/ either syringe or dropping water on her nose- if she's eating her greens you can rinse them w/ water before serving and she will get moisture there--
I would not bathe her as of yet-- watch her poops they will tell you if she's hydrated- they will be formed moist and dark- urate- formed moist and white
Karrie

 

[flobeee]

She's going thru relocation stress which is normal-- give her time to adjust - her eating will slow down as well-- as long as she does not quit eating all together-- keep feeding her greens and insects- keep her hydrated w/ either syringe or dropping water on her nose- if she's eating her greens you can rinse them w/ water before serving and she will get moisture there--
I would not bathe her as of yet-- watch her poops they will tell you if she's hydrated- they will be formed moist and dark- urate- formed moist and white
Karrie

Thank you! Makes me feel more relieved. Yeah the second day I fed her dubias she ate so many! But then today she wasn't so interested, I had to keep poking the roaches to make them move Good news though she finally pooped today! It looked totally normal and formed so I was super happy about that. First ever lizard poop cleaned and done! Got the temp gun, and I definitely need to up the temps as they're showing around 89, which is way too low :shock: . I'll pop into the store and get a 150W bulb asap tomorrow.

 

[KarrieRee]

Sounds good -- you want her basking temp 105-110
Karrie