Please help

[2Bee]

I have posted this in a diffrent forum but noticed this one.

a little back ground. I bought my beardy named Deja yeasterday from a breeder they were all on sand, and had meal worms in there dish. When I picked him up I held him and watched for aleartness and that he didn't have any redness onhis limbs and that there was no crust around his eyes or mouth, he didn't have any thing any were. He looked perfect. hatched at the end of Aug acourding to the blue slip on his cage.

He was brought home to a 36 long 16 high and 12 wide tank with non adhesive shelf covering. I have a basking light from hologen indoor 75 watt and a UVB light Reptglo 10.0 (my fult I thought it was Reptisun 10.0) He has a acrite indoor outdoor probe that sites on his rock. With the temps @102.7

Okay now yeasterday when I gave him his food he had no intrest in it. Not even the crickets. When I took the crickets out of his encloser he jumped off his basking rock and started to shack his head and spit out @ 5-7 meal worms. I posted about it here and was told to put him in a warm bath and to feel if I can feel any lumps which I did but didn't feel any impactaion under his belly. At 10 last night I shut his light off and got up 2 times last night to see if it was warm anough in there it was at 72.4 got up at 7am to turn on his light and then 2 times with in 15 mins he starts to shack his head and between the two times spit up another close to 20 meal worms.

Im really worried. and nervous this is my first beardy and with in the 20 hours Ive had him I have grown really attached.

 

[smaug85]

First- how old is your dragon-he may be too young to be eating meal worms. You should feed him softer prey like crickets.
Meal worms as you know are chitinous (ie they have a shell) which can upset your beardie's digestion if fed at a young age.

 

[2Bee]

Accourding to the blue tape on the breeders cage he was born at the end of Aug im believe the 24th.

 

[smaug85]

ok-so you really wanna stop feeding your beardie meal worms!!

 

[2Bee]

ok-so you really wanna stop feeding your beardie meal worms!!

I never feed him meal worms. Ive only had him for less then 22 hours. I have small crickets for him.

 

[Ethelia]

Hi there,
Small crix are great. Offer them too him twice a day but dont leave them in his viv because they will stress him out. Fresh greens should be offered daily and those can be left inside his viv.

Remember he is a baby and is in a whole new world. It may take him a few days to settle down and start eating.
During the first few days Id keep handling to a minimum and allow him to get used to his new home.
Most beardies suffer from relocation stress, but hopefully he should start eating within the week.

Holly

 

[2Bee]

Hi there,
Small crix are great. Offer them too him twice a day but dont leave them in his viv because they will stress him out. Fresh greens should be offered daily and those can be left inside his viv.

Remember he is a baby and is in a whole new world. It may take him a few days to settle down and start eating.
During the first few days Id keep handling to a minimum and allow him to get used to his new home.
Most beardies suffer from relocation stress, but hopefully he should start eating within the week.

Holly

Thanks Holly I havent held him today Ive put my hand in the cage and pet his chin.