Stress marks?

[xMissMae]

Fairfax is my most active beardie between him and Meeko, he's always running about. He will sit and watch TV and cuddle though, but if I let him run around, he will. Always. I thought the black markings over his belly was just part of his coloration, since he's my dark beardie. Meeko is my Sandfire hypo and has always had a white belly, even while going though his shed and such. But now I'm thinking that Fax is super stressed out. those spots never go away, except for right this second apparently(I don't even know what just happened), so apparently they'll fade out a bit. Anyways, since he has them while he's in his viv and while cuddle time what could be stressing him out?

 

[Claudiusx]

Can you go over your setup with us?

Specifically temps, uvb bulb, and substrate?

Whats the daily diet look like an how often is Fax pooing?

-Brandon

 

[xMissMae]

Right now he's in a 10gal due to his tiny size he still gets lost in that every once in a while. I have the Rapti-Sun 10.0 UVB, '24, Repti Halogen 75w basking light, reptile carpet stuff from the petstore, salad dish, shallow water dish, digital thermometer. None of that plastic disk junk. I have a branch in there so they can be basking in 82.3 on the semi-cool side, 118.9 directly under the basking lamp, and around the mid to low 70's on the really cool side. There are different levels of things to bask on under the light, I have things that attach to the side of the viv, a rock tower, and the branch that starts near the top of the viv and then comes down to the middle of the viv.

He'll down around 50 crickets between his two feedings a day. His poop looks normal, there's plenty of it too.

 

[Claudiusx]

Hmm I didn't know you had two threads about this.

I replied to your other one already though. :mrgreen:

-Brandon

 

[xMissMae]

Hmm I didn't know you had two threads about this.

I replied to your other one already though. :mrgreen:

-Brandon

Two different dragons.

 

[Claudiusx]

Oh you got me confused with saying they both have the same exact temperatures lol.

Are they housed in the same tank?

-Brandon

 

[xMissMae]

They are right now, I'm working to get Fairfax moved though. I didn't realize housing them together wasn't the best idea ever but I need a viv to go on sale or wait until I get my paycheck. They're doing fine as of right now, understood that any time one of them could lash out but I just can't afford another viv right this second. I suppose it's better than the little box with two of them in it at the pet store.

What happened was I had Meeko from a small little non-chain store and a couple weeks later I went into PetSmart to grab some crickies, they had two beardies on sale for $45 each, my 23 year old cousin wanted a beardie after I got mine so I grabbed the two they had(They were on sale and I couldn't just leave them! Heh heh heh.) so that brings us to the current situation of having two babies in a 10gal viv.

 

[Claudiusx]

Well if you can separate them atm, I would definitely work on lowering the temps in the mean time.

-Brandon

 

[xMissMae]

I put in my red 60w night time bulb that came with a set and basking temp is at 88.3
I read not here but other places online that it should be 110 for babies?

 

[Claudiusx]

I wouldn't use the red bulb.

They need a bright white basking light, one that produces no color such as black/blue/red.

You want your basking spot to be 105-110 for babies, but in a 10g tank, that will be extremely hard to do without heating up the whole tank.

-Brandon

 

[xMissMae]

The cool end is barely 80 using my 75w bulb. I have an extreamly cold room, my window leaks.