Not Growing! Worried!

[kirbypo354]

Okay, my beardie, tibs, is about a year old and is now 1 foot long. Is this normal, and if not, how can I get him to get on a normal growth pattern? here is some info on him:

1 year, 1 foot head to tip of tail
100watt hologen bulb
Repitsun 10.0 tube bulb 7 1/2 inches away from basking area
has a place to climb
TEMPS:
Hot side: 85-87
Cold side: 70-80 (not quite sure)
I feed him 20 gutloaded crickets a day cause thats all he seems to eat
they are dusted in calcium once a day, and multivitamins once every other day
Seems to sleep alot and seems to need help getting up in the morning----sometimes
Name: Tibz(s)
Traits: Sleepy, sometimes aggresive, and doesn't seem to like vegetables, which i feed him raw, shreded carrots and occaisonally broccoli, planning to get him collard and turnip greens along with peas


Please help me, ALSO, He is quite sluggish and deoesn't seem to eat alot so can someone help me with that too?
Thanks guys, look forward to a response...

 

[Cuda]

If that high side temp is at the basking spot, it's way too low. Try to get it to around 110.

 

[kirbypo354]

More accurate tempatures:
Basking average-112
Hot Side- 96-98

He also just started licking to test-strawberry, and he seems to like it. Should I feed him strawberry?

 

[Buggsy]

they make good treats, if you havent already looked at it:
http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html

How old is the reptisun? And how are you measuring your temps??

 

[kirbypo354]

Okay 3 things:
One. I use a wall therm form petco (seems to work well) and a probe therm for basking spot
Two. He's still not growing. On average he should be like 2 foot by this point I think. I'm really worried. I think i'm neglecting him and he wont grow becuase of it
Three. He won't eat veggies. He just won't and I want him to cause I think thats the culprit of his growth patern

Can anyone help me with the veggie problem along with the growth?

 

[MALIBUSMOM]

Malibu is 21" shes is 3 years old.
What type of greens are you offering?

 

[kirbypo354]

Thats the problem. He won't eat greens! I'm getting mustard and turnip greens soon, but for now he just won't eat anything but crickets... I force fed him kale yesterday. He sorta opened his mouth at me when I put him on my couch, then I stuck a piece of kale right into his mouth. He didn't eat the other piece. What should I do?

 

[Buggsy]

I have been having this battle for three years now, it seem sthat some dragons, no matter how hard you try will just not take to greens!

I have tried hand feeding, popping some in her mouth, waving it around, putting worms in it, changing it up, trying differet types of bowls/plates etc. the best advice i can give is to keep trying! Try all of the things above, try new things, Gizmo always has some in her cage, and i always spend about 30 min each morning trying to get her to eat something, then again when i get home later in the day!

If worst comes to worst, just really gut lod your feeders, as they will get the nutrients that way!

 

[kirbypo354]

O.K

But that doesn't answer my ultimate question:

Why isn't he growing! How can I get him healthier to grow, if he is unhealthy..

 

[Freeie]

All you can do is make sure your lighting is up to date. His basking temps at his age should be lower anyways at 112f mine wouldnt bask they would be on the cool side. 100f to 103f here some times they even move at the 103f. How is he getting his fluids? You cant force them to eat veggies. You can try butternut squash baby food if he likes that you could put it on the veggies. I got mine to eat their veggies buy adding the crickets to the salad bowl. I have 1 out of my 5 that dislikes his veggies so he gets his baby food with this calcium or vitamins in it depending on what day it is. He will eat his bugs tho. Hes 24 inches and 17 months old. Its alot of hard work but hes worth it to me

 

[MALIBUSMOM]

Basking temps should be at 105 some beardies do not like it hot.Malibu prefers 100-101 she will not bask at higher temps.
How old did you say your repti sun was?
Keep trying different greens dandilion.mustard,collard ,clover