Oscar is home and doesn't like not having sand

[Bbr292]

Oscar is a 7 year old bearded dragon that was given to me today. At his last home he had a compact uvb, a red "night light" and a basking light. I tried to follow that picture in the "light for newbies" post. The light above his rock is his basking light, the middle is a CHE-because it gets cold here at night-and the other end is just a normal house light. The tube light in back is a reptisun 10.0. He has been on calci sand most of his life (I'm guessing play sand before that) I took the sand out and put kinda rough tiles down. He doesn't seem to like walking on it too much, but I am hoping he will get used to it.
I wanted to post a picture and get some feedback..I'm paranoid because I want to get him as comfortable as possible. He was pretty stressed when he got here.

 

[CooperDragon]

Your lighting looks good now. I'm glad to see you're able to give him such an improvement. He may take a few weeks to adjust to the changes but should be OK. If he has trouble walking on the tile, you can put something down over it like shelf liner with a bit of texture so it's a bit easier to get traction.

 

[Bbr292]

I'm worried about him today, he hasn't left his hide today. His head is out and he seems to be looking around a little but hasn't come out since I put his lights on and hasn't eaten.

 

[CooperDragon]

He may just feel secure in there which is OK for a little while. Have you double checked the temps? Are you using a good temp gun or probe thermometer or are you using the dial on the back wall to read temps? You'll want the top of the hide to be just over 100 with 90s on the warm side and the cool side should come in at about 75-80 or so to give him a nice gradient to choose from.

 

[Bbr292]

I'm not sure if the dial is working properly. I have a temp gun I got on amazon that I have been using. The top of his rock is a little over 100 but the floor in front is about 85. It gradually cools to 71 at the other end of the tank.

 

[CooperDragon]

Yeah the dials tend to be pretty inaccurate but will give you a general idea about ambient temps. The temp gun should give you nice accurate readings and it sounds like the range is good so he's probably just taking shelter to feel a bit more secure.