New Owner with 3 baby beardies

[TrickyTrio]

4 weeks ago I was given 3 baby beardies, 2 of them are full of life ( a little on edge but great otherwise ) the one tho, wont eat, sits in the same basking spot all day long, I have bathe him every second day, he loves being in the water... but as soon as he gets in he dunks his head in the water and literally sits there for up to 10 min drinking huge amounts of water.

I am very new to these animals and have researched a great deal but to no end.

Any help or info will be greatly appreciated.

Tash

 

[SunShine]

He is probably really dehydrated. Can you tell me what his set up is like? the temps on both sides too, pic of set up would help a lot.

 

[TrickyTrio]

The 3 will be 2 months old tomorrow, they are all housed togetha and have been since day 1 in a 20 Gallon tank with astro turf substrate with a mat heater underneath on the basking side

i give fresh greens ( i buy a salad pack from the vet every week ) with tiny pellets and sprinkel'd with repti-vite - which they have never touched - they wont go near it. so thier diet mainly is crickets (pin heads) they have about 15 each 4 x day, 8 of which are dusted with calcium.

I have the Reptisun 5.0 light, the Exo Terra Sunglo 75w lamp (which is on for 13hrs a day) and for bedtime I have the exo terra Night Glo lamp.

Basking temp is 39 degrees celcius on the one side and roughly 25 degrees celcius in their cool side.

I mist all of them 2 x a day, clean thier tank everyday. although i never know which has made a poo or not, Diablo who I originally wrote about never even defecates in the water ;(
They have never had a problem eating before and I literally sit with them @ every feed.

Thirsty? he drinks like that 7 x a day for 10 min a go??

I do feed them all seperately and yes they are all house together, Godzilla and Diablo are bigger than Tiny, but Diablo is the one I'm talking about! G n D are about 10cm in length and Tiny is 8cm

 

[kngofnwyk]

Housing them together will stress them out, even more in a small tank,they should be separated, or at least that one being that its bothering him, heat mats are bad they can cause burns on there bellys as they cant sense heat from underneath, when you say basking temp is 39 on the one side do you mean that entire side of the tank is 39? only his"basking spot" should be 39, the ambient should be a little less maybe 34 35 degrees, also how are you taking temps? you should have a digital thermometer with a probe or an infrared gun, anything else and your temps can be off by 10-15 degrees. also I would switch your uvb to a reptisun 10.0 (strip light) they give off the appropriate uvb exposure.

 

[Kalyn876]

Here is a very informtive link, you are staring to see signs of dominance and submission.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=154908&hilit=cohabitation

Kalyn

 

[mozzy9511]

I agree with Kalyn, this is signs of dominance.
And just because it is bigger than the others does not necessarily mean it would be the dominant one
I have two girls (housed separately) and even when they are out at the same time, the smaller one (which is almost 1/4 the size) tries to dominate the bigger one.
And that is an excellent post about Cohabitation!
I have heard so many stories of people housing them together for years with no problems and coming home one day to one of them missing a foot or tail!!
I wouldn't take any chances housing them together if I were you