Good evening, firstly I would like to express my gratitude for reading my post. Any and every help would be very much appreciated. I apologise in advance if my post is too long.
A little about myself, I do have experience in keeping reptiles however this boy here is my first beardie.
Meet Toothless (for future reference), he is currently 10 inch long from head to tail. With refrence to online charts, I estimate him to be about 3 months old. This is a picture of him.
I got Toothless about a week and a half ago. For the first two days, I tried to feed him in a seperate tank (feeding tank) however he refused to eat the crickets I got for him. I then tried to hand feed him crikets, with the aid of a feeding tong. After about 15 minutes of doing so, I manage to feed him about 5 crickets. This goes on for a couple of days. I also got him some mealworms which I feed in moderation. I only give him meal worms, about 3-4 of them, when he totally rejects the crickets.
Initially I thought it was just the relocating stress that is causing his poor appetite. I soon realise he is starting to shed. As you can see in the picture(s) below.
His head, tail and legs are a slightly dark shade. I then decided to aid him by misting him regularly and giving him showers about 3-4 times a week.
As you can see in the picture below, I was using Exo Terra dessert sand as my substrate. I did not think it was a problem as I always feed him in his feeding tank, or at least I tried my best to. (He refused to eat eitherway)
Today, just about 2-3 hours before I post this, I realised he has something in his eye. I first took a closer look. These are the picture(s).
I decided to soak him for about 15 minutes in warm after. It's slightly better now. These are the picture(s) after his soak. While he was soaking, I also decided to take a precautionary messure and took out the sand out of his 2 feet tank. I am currently using paper towels.
Adding on to that, I have heard him 'coughing' several times. He makes a chucking sound as if he is coughing and he shakes his head. There was once when he vomited out 2 - 3 crikets ( just after I fed him ). He does it quite a few times and I would love to know if it's something to be concerned about. I also notice salaiva near his mouth occasionally after he 'coughs'.
I was ( for about a week and a half) using Exo Terra dessert sand as substrate but I have removed it and currently using paper towels. This is my current set up, along with a couple pictures of him now.
I am using Exo Terra lamps. One with a day slight basking lamp (green box) , and the other with UVB bulb (red box). Both bulbs are from Exo Terra.
Other information that I may have missed out,
- I do offer him fresh greens everyday on his food bowl but I have never seen him eating it. I had hand feed him a couple of slices of greens once or twice before. Now he just refuse to eat them even when I handfeed.
-At times, he would be at the corner trying to climb out by the glass.
I am also curious on how long the shedding may take.
Thank you so much for your time, I hope to hear from you!
Cheers.
A little about myself, I do have experience in keeping reptiles however this boy here is my first beardie.
Meet Toothless (for future reference), he is currently 10 inch long from head to tail. With refrence to online charts, I estimate him to be about 3 months old. This is a picture of him.
I got Toothless about a week and a half ago. For the first two days, I tried to feed him in a seperate tank (feeding tank) however he refused to eat the crickets I got for him. I then tried to hand feed him crikets, with the aid of a feeding tong. After about 15 minutes of doing so, I manage to feed him about 5 crickets. This goes on for a couple of days. I also got him some mealworms which I feed in moderation. I only give him meal worms, about 3-4 of them, when he totally rejects the crickets.
Initially I thought it was just the relocating stress that is causing his poor appetite. I soon realise he is starting to shed. As you can see in the picture(s) below.
His head, tail and legs are a slightly dark shade. I then decided to aid him by misting him regularly and giving him showers about 3-4 times a week.
As you can see in the picture below, I was using Exo Terra dessert sand as my substrate. I did not think it was a problem as I always feed him in his feeding tank, or at least I tried my best to. (He refused to eat eitherway)
Today, just about 2-3 hours before I post this, I realised he has something in his eye. I first took a closer look. These are the picture(s).
I decided to soak him for about 15 minutes in warm after. It's slightly better now. These are the picture(s) after his soak. While he was soaking, I also decided to take a precautionary messure and took out the sand out of his 2 feet tank. I am currently using paper towels.
Adding on to that, I have heard him 'coughing' several times. He makes a chucking sound as if he is coughing and he shakes his head. There was once when he vomited out 2 - 3 crikets ( just after I fed him ). He does it quite a few times and I would love to know if it's something to be concerned about. I also notice salaiva near his mouth occasionally after he 'coughs'.
I was ( for about a week and a half) using Exo Terra dessert sand as substrate but I have removed it and currently using paper towels. This is my current set up, along with a couple pictures of him now.
I am using Exo Terra lamps. One with a day slight basking lamp (green box) , and the other with UVB bulb (red box). Both bulbs are from Exo Terra.
Other information that I may have missed out,
- I do offer him fresh greens everyday on his food bowl but I have never seen him eating it. I had hand feed him a couple of slices of greens once or twice before. Now he just refuse to eat them even when I handfeed.
-At times, he would be at the corner trying to climb out by the glass.
I am also curious on how long the shedding may take.
Thank you so much for your time, I hope to hear from you!
Cheers.