sbattisti
Juvie Member
Hi folks,
It's been a while since I've posted, but would like a little advice.
Khalil is growing up, bit by bit. He was born in October, we got him in Jan, so he's about 5 months old, and in general doing pretty well. Doesn't like his veggies too much. In the past week, though, he's taken to sleeping a lot more than usual, and it has me a little nervous. Two days ago, I came home at lunch to feed him, and he was asleep. Not "eyes closed on his basking spot," but tucked away in his typical night-time sleeping spot. Again today, same thing. He's not awake when I leave in the morning, despite the lamps having been on for an hour, and he typically goes to sleep before the lights go out at 7:30.
As far as setup goes: temps have seemed good. In general, 105 in the basking spot, 85 elsewhere, with an acu-rite probe thermometer that seems OK. He has had a MegaRay MVB bulb, and in fact, I replaced it with a new MegaRay when they first had problems with the glass. But I've taken the MVB out of the equation entirely two days ago, because spurlee was mentioning that they were having further problems.
He's been eating, although not at the voracious level I would expect from a juvenile beardie. He'll typically eat between 20-40 crickets or phoenix worms in a day. He largely gets collard greens. I've tried some mustard greens and squash and stuff, but he's really not very into veggies. He's been eating crickets his whole life, and I've only ever gotten them from Ghann's and one other place. The batches I've had recently are from Ghann's.
I have an appointment to see a vet tomorrow. It will be his first vet appointment.
OK, what else? Any thoughts?
Steve
It's been a while since I've posted, but would like a little advice.
Khalil is growing up, bit by bit. He was born in October, we got him in Jan, so he's about 5 months old, and in general doing pretty well. Doesn't like his veggies too much. In the past week, though, he's taken to sleeping a lot more than usual, and it has me a little nervous. Two days ago, I came home at lunch to feed him, and he was asleep. Not "eyes closed on his basking spot," but tucked away in his typical night-time sleeping spot. Again today, same thing. He's not awake when I leave in the morning, despite the lamps having been on for an hour, and he typically goes to sleep before the lights go out at 7:30.
As far as setup goes: temps have seemed good. In general, 105 in the basking spot, 85 elsewhere, with an acu-rite probe thermometer that seems OK. He has had a MegaRay MVB bulb, and in fact, I replaced it with a new MegaRay when they first had problems with the glass. But I've taken the MVB out of the equation entirely two days ago, because spurlee was mentioning that they were having further problems.
He's been eating, although not at the voracious level I would expect from a juvenile beardie. He'll typically eat between 20-40 crickets or phoenix worms in a day. He largely gets collard greens. I've tried some mustard greens and squash and stuff, but he's really not very into veggies. He's been eating crickets his whole life, and I've only ever gotten them from Ghann's and one other place. The batches I've had recently are from Ghann's.
I have an appointment to see a vet tomorrow. It will be his first vet appointment.
OK, what else? Any thoughts?
Steve
