RockyinColorado
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- Beardie name(s)
- Rocky
What are his surface basking temps-- how old exactly? Different surface basking temps for different ages- how are you getting the surface basking temps-- no stick ons - you want a digital probe thermometer- what kind of uvb? Coil or long tube fixture--My daughters beardie has eaten very little over the last three days. He’s eaten 1 or 2 small bites of romaine or arugula and that’s it. Shows no interest in crickets, where before he could eat 20 to 40 smallish crickets a day. He still a juvenile, less than a year old.
Occasionally it seems like he is breathing heavy, or puffing his throat out, or burping. Other times he looks normal. He spending a lot of time basking in the hottest part of his cage, which is about 100°.
His basking lights were replaced on December 8, about a month ago. He has two bulbs, the Reptile Zoo basking spotlights, 100 watt. I don’t know the brand of his uvb light. It works but hasn’t been replaced in a while.Hello,
Please review your tank setup for us, as Karrie had requested, how you are measuring the temperatures,
what type/brand of UVB you have, etc. The lighting, heating & overall temperatures play a crucial role in
their health.
Are you giving him a couple of hours before lights out, when feeding him to be sure he has digested his
food?
How is he doing today?
Tracie
His basking lights were replaced on December 8, about a month ago. He has two bulbs, the Reptile Zoo basking spotlights, 100 watt.What are his surface basking temps-- how old exactly? Different surface basking temps for different ages- how are you getting the surface basking temps-- no stick ons - you want a digital probe thermometer- what kind of uvb? Coil or long tube fixture--
His basking lights were replaced on December 8, about a month ago. He has two bulbs, the Reptile Zoo basking spotlights, 100 watt.
I don’t know the brand of his uvb light. I’ll attach a photo of it. It works but hasn’t been replaced in a while.
His basking spot was measuring 100 with the little thermometer in his tank, but when I used the metal probe it was much cooler than that. So the evening before yesterday I changed things around so he can bask closer to the lightbulbs and the probe says he can get to 100 now if he wants to.
He still not eating, going on 5 days now. Yesterday he had one bite of Romain lettuce and then nothing after that.
I have been suspicious that impaction could be the problem, because he just seems like he’s working something through his system. His poops have all been smaller than normal, but I wasn’t sure if that was just because he was eating less. Then last night he had the largest poop he’s had in days, so I’m hoping that is a good sign.
Today I plan to give him a bath in an electrolyte soak just got.
Looking at other UVB lights, I think it’s a mini compact fluorescent lightbulb
Yes please get rid of it --- hes not getting enough UVB and that will cause him NOT to eat--- you want a long tube fixture I can post links for those if you want me to --- also get a digital probe thermometer for accurate surface basking temps -- 95-100 --- these are crucial to his health - what goes in must come out and if its only a little bit of going in then only a little will come out -- but you really need to get rid of the coil UVBLooking at other UVB lights, I think it’s a mini compact fluorescent lightbulb
There are 3 of them pick one of them -Thank you for the reply. Yes please post a link to the better UVB option. Also, what wattage do I want? Is 24 watts good?
The fixture will work but change the bulb out to a reptisun 10.0 T 5 or a Arcadia 12% bulb pleaseThank you so much for the information!!!! Would this one work? https://amzn.to/3W4K2EE
Let him sleep --- when is the new bulb coming? When you get it please let me know I will help you get it placed--- after the new bulb is installed we will see what his behavior does at that point- he could be going into brumation but we want the UVB on par to rule out that is the cause for the behavior your getting or if its brumationI haven’t received my new lamp yet, but I think Rocky boy might be going into brumination. Perhaps that is why he hasn’t been eating. I noted yesterday he’s starting to sleep more and more. And today, it’s the middle of the day right now and he’s hiding and sleeping. What should I do?
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