annieandziggy
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- Beardie name(s)
- Ziggy
Ziggy is about five months old. His basking temperature is around 95-105 and his cool side is around 75-85. Humidity can range anywhere between 15-40 depending on the day. If it’s low like 15 I put a humidifier in my room and close the door. He has the Reptisun 17 W UVB bulb. I dust his food (crickets and dubias) with ReptiCal w/D3 five times a week and Herptivite MultiVitamin 2 days a week. His tank is about 50 gallons (36x18x18 but he has a rock wall in the back that might take some off) His light schedule is usually 8am- around 10pm but I sometimes let it run longer if I forget to take his salad out two hours before bed time (so his food won’t rot in his stomach if there’s a chance has eaten any). I recently bought a light timer that will turn his lights off at a certain time which will be arriving tomorrow.
Today, I gave Ziggy a bath. His skin is extremely wrinkly/flabby which has concerned me. I’ve heard about dehydration but I spray his veggies every day and give him a bath a couple of times a week. For some reason he poops once every like 3-4 days which I have told the vet and she said to feed him only once a day. For his age, I think that’s a slightly too little so I give him snacks (dubias) throughout the day after his morning meal of about 10 bugs since they are opportunistic animals. Anyway, the skin might just be him deflating (lol) after he takes a huge truckload of poop. He’s skinny after that haha. It might be stretch marks? When he flattens out, the flab’s are completely gone. But then at times they’re so high that his side spikes are folding into each other if you know what i mean. Today I was petting his back and examining the flab’s/wrinkles of skin. When I touched it, he twitched his head. I know that twitching can be a sign of MBD which scared me so bad but now I’m conflicted with the fact that he may also just have done that because I irritated him. He’s never twitched (not that I have seen) before. Asking for reassurance!!
Last thing I promise- Ziggy is very active. When I get his food (i tong feed him) he gets way too overexcited to the point where he tries to leap on me
He’s curious and likes to crawl on me and my bed. However, sometimes, like when I give him a bath and then put him back in his terrarium, he’s so lazy that he won’t even leave my hand. I kinda bounce him until he goes on his log. He just sits there. Even once he goes on his log, the position his legs were in when he was on my hand stay in the same position on the log and he looks extremely uncomfortable. He’ll adjust himself eventually. It almost reminds me of a rag doll or inanimate object.
We have had Ziggy tested for parasites and came back negative- this was about a month to a month and a half ago. Would love some feedback!!! The picture below is of his wrinkles at the moment. Sometimes they can be twice as high/big.
Today, I gave Ziggy a bath. His skin is extremely wrinkly/flabby which has concerned me. I’ve heard about dehydration but I spray his veggies every day and give him a bath a couple of times a week. For some reason he poops once every like 3-4 days which I have told the vet and she said to feed him only once a day. For his age, I think that’s a slightly too little so I give him snacks (dubias) throughout the day after his morning meal of about 10 bugs since they are opportunistic animals. Anyway, the skin might just be him deflating (lol) after he takes a huge truckload of poop. He’s skinny after that haha. It might be stretch marks? When he flattens out, the flab’s are completely gone. But then at times they’re so high that his side spikes are folding into each other if you know what i mean. Today I was petting his back and examining the flab’s/wrinkles of skin. When I touched it, he twitched his head. I know that twitching can be a sign of MBD which scared me so bad but now I’m conflicted with the fact that he may also just have done that because I irritated him. He’s never twitched (not that I have seen) before. Asking for reassurance!!
Last thing I promise- Ziggy is very active. When I get his food (i tong feed him) he gets way too overexcited to the point where he tries to leap on me
He’s curious and likes to crawl on me and my bed. However, sometimes, like when I give him a bath and then put him back in his terrarium, he’s so lazy that he won’t even leave my hand. I kinda bounce him until he goes on his log. He just sits there. Even once he goes on his log, the position his legs were in when he was on my hand stay in the same position on the log and he looks extremely uncomfortable. He’ll adjust himself eventually. It almost reminds me of a rag doll or inanimate object.We have had Ziggy tested for parasites and came back negative- this was about a month to a month and a half ago. Would love some feedback!!! The picture below is of his wrinkles at the moment. Sometimes they can be twice as high/big.
I’m glad to hear that the UVB doesn’t have to be above the basking spot- I was afraid he was not getting enough rays.
