glizzysmom
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- Glizzy
Hi Everyone! New here but before joining let me just say this website has been a wonderful resource. My name is Jazzmine and about 3 weeks ago i adopted what i believe to be a Juvenile Bearded Dragon from my local reptile pet store. He had been surrendered by his previous owner and winded up at the pet store with a bunch of other surrendered bearded dragons. I had done research before adopting but of course assumed the pet store guy new what he was talking about (he didnt of course) we winded up with a 40gal tank, a Powersun Bulb to provide heat and uvb and loose substrate. We couldn't get our tank temps up high enough with the reptisun so after even more research we ditched the entire set up and purchased a stand alone heating bulb (zilla bright white 150w) and a Reptisun T8 UVB bulb to provide the needed uvb. We also purchased a CHE to help get the heat up on gloomy days. We switched out his substrate for non-adhesive shelf liner. We live in Southern California so it's usually not a problem but lately its been really cold and rainy. Since Changing the original lighting set up we have consistent temps of 95 degrees on the warm side, 84 degrees on the cool side 100-101 degrees on the basking spot. He has two hammocks, A hiding spot and a log that he likes to crawl on. We feed him collard greens on a regular basis (he really likes it sometimes he'll just pick the collards out and leave the rest) i'll add things like bee pollen, carrots a little arugula or bell peppers, I don't do it very often but sometimes if he seems bored i spice it up with a few colorful & safe veggies for him on top. The problem is when we first got him he had a pretty big appetite (it seemed) would eat about half a salad and then about 5-10 gut loaded dubia roaches. Recently since the gloomy weather started he hasn't had much of an appetite, we were feeding him 1-2x a day because we assumed he was a juvenile but maybe he isn't and we over fed him? we've tried feeding him out of his cage in a sterilite bin to minimize distractions but it doesnt really help. He is on a schedule of 7am to 7pm for lights everday and his setup is on a timer. I use a temp gun to monitor the heat gradient and we give him baths 2-4 times a week so he can hydrate (its the only way he will drink water, we add reptisafe to it) I suppose my main questions are:
1. Can anyone tell me how old they think he might be? right now he's measuring 16.5 inches.
2. What might be the cause for his lack of appetite? he still eats but now he only takes a few bites of salad and then maybe eats 3 or 4 dubia roaches. His poops are very consistent and well formed and he drinks lots of water whenever we give him a bath. we do dust his roaches in calcium and a multi vit about 3 times a week.
3. How can we help him be more active/interested in food and/or running around. We have a harness for him and want to start taking him outside so he can get some real sun but he just seems so lazy.
4. He shed about a couple days after we got him, his feet and his back and belly all shed. To me his tail and head look whiter than the rest of his body, maybe he is gearing up to shed again and its just taking a while? attaching pics. You can see the linear uvb fixture in the set up but its there i promise. the two domes are a basking bulb and small che to help get temps up on cold days.
This is my first beardie so any help would be amazing. We do eventually want to get him in something bigger than a 40gal. we are currently saving up.
1. Can anyone tell me how old they think he might be? right now he's measuring 16.5 inches.
2. What might be the cause for his lack of appetite? he still eats but now he only takes a few bites of salad and then maybe eats 3 or 4 dubia roaches. His poops are very consistent and well formed and he drinks lots of water whenever we give him a bath. we do dust his roaches in calcium and a multi vit about 3 times a week.
3. How can we help him be more active/interested in food and/or running around. We have a harness for him and want to start taking him outside so he can get some real sun but he just seems so lazy.
4. He shed about a couple days after we got him, his feet and his back and belly all shed. To me his tail and head look whiter than the rest of his body, maybe he is gearing up to shed again and its just taking a while? attaching pics. You can see the linear uvb fixture in the set up but its there i promise. the two domes are a basking bulb and small che to help get temps up on cold days.
This is my first beardie so any help would be amazing. We do eventually want to get him in something bigger than a 40gal. we are currently saving up.
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i considered putting the UVB inside the tank but to be honest i'm kinda terrified its gonna fall on top of him, do you have any recommendations for hanging it? i know a lot of people use zip ties and what not but is there a place that sells like brackets to hold it? i already have a back up bulb for when it goes out and have a reminder in my phone to go off in approx 5 months 
