We all know the story we see that little beardie in the pet store while buying our other guys some wormy treats...and then we see the "one" the little guy who looks like he's getting beat up. They dont have the right food in there and he's half the size of the others...we think we're gonna save him bring him home and well he was a lot more "under the weather" than we thought.
Where he was living...Petco
He was being fed squash(no problem there right...wrong) it was cut up the size I feed my one year old this little guys head is no bigger than a dime...also he was being offered one inch mealworms which are basically worthless to begin with in my opinion. Also he was under one single flourescent light of unknown quality.
Now he is in a 20gallon long tank, with a 18" reptisun 10.0 and a 75w basking light. His hot temps are 103 hot side and 80 on cool side being read with a probe thermometer. I have been trying squash and chicken stage one babyfood with water and calcium mixed in. And here's for the shocker this little guy is 5in and weighs only 3 grams! yes 3. he has been going back and forth between 3 and 4. I have extra small reptiworms on the way and he just doesn't seem strong enough to catch crix and I think he's afraid of them. Ive been giving him baths twice a day to try and keep him hydrated.
basically all i'm asking for is any advice you can give me I want this guy to live im extremely attached already everytime I went to the store he would sit at the glass and follow me...As crazy as it sounds it seems like it was ment to be
Here's some pics...
my skinny babyyy
and one in his new homeee...
and btw thats an extra small log hut thingy (whatever its called)
Thanks to anyone that looks. I just feel so bad.
Where he was living...Petco
He was being fed squash(no problem there right...wrong) it was cut up the size I feed my one year old this little guys head is no bigger than a dime...also he was being offered one inch mealworms which are basically worthless to begin with in my opinion. Also he was under one single flourescent light of unknown quality.
Now he is in a 20gallon long tank, with a 18" reptisun 10.0 and a 75w basking light. His hot temps are 103 hot side and 80 on cool side being read with a probe thermometer. I have been trying squash and chicken stage one babyfood with water and calcium mixed in. And here's for the shocker this little guy is 5in and weighs only 3 grams! yes 3. he has been going back and forth between 3 and 4. I have extra small reptiworms on the way and he just doesn't seem strong enough to catch crix and I think he's afraid of them. Ive been giving him baths twice a day to try and keep him hydrated.
basically all i'm asking for is any advice you can give me I want this guy to live im extremely attached already everytime I went to the store he would sit at the glass and follow me...As crazy as it sounds it seems like it was ment to be
Here's some pics...
my skinny babyyy
and one in his new homeee...
and btw thats an extra small log hut thingy (whatever its called)
Thanks to anyone that looks. I just feel so bad.