Stress Marks

[Crewdog00]

Temps are perfect. He's eating well. He allows me to handle him and is very tame and docile. When can I expect these stress marks to go away, and at what point do I need to be worried? Is there anything I can do to help get rid of these. The look of them isn't what concerns me, it's the fact that he is Stressed. I read a few things online about new house/ transfer stress. But there isn't much information out there on this topic.

 

[destiny1998]

Hi. What a cutie ! How long have you had him? Can you give a run down of his set up?

 

[CooperDragon]

I wouldn't worry too much about the stress marks on a little guy as long as he's eating & pooping regularly and generally shows a good amount of energy and curiosity. They should go away on their own after a while as long as the enclosure is configured well.

 

[dylanravenj]

You could try making him feel a little more secure by covering up some of the sides of the tank

 

[Crewdog00]

Tank is 70-110 degrees. Had him 3 days.

 

[destiny1998]

Probably relocation stress. What kind of lights does he have? Brands? Are those temps on his basking spot or throughout the tank? How do you take them? How big is his enclosure?

 

[Crewdog00]

20L tank. Paper towel substrate. 5.0 TO UVB. 100W zoo med basking light. Basking spot is 100-110 degrees. Second basking spot is 100 degrees. Cool side is 70 degrees. Temp gun and digital probe. I'm sure it is relocation stress as well. The marks look lighter today. He's been eating a little not tons. 5 crickets max. 5 waxworks max. Pooped 4 times in the past 48 hrs.

 

[destiny1998]

Ok it all sounds good , but the uvb you have doesn't give off enought uvb. Most of the people on here use the reptisun 10.0 Tube mounted in the tank as there should be nothing between the uvb and your beardie. Are you dusting his feeders with calcium 5x a week and vitamins 2x a week?

 

[Crewdog00]

Dusting and gut loading. I am going to upgrade to the 10.0 reptisun on Tuesday and get the clips to put it under the screen.

 

[destiny1998]

Your doing a good job as a new beardie parent

 

[Crewdog00]

I setup his new upgraded tank today as well 75 gallon tank. Ceramic and slate tile substrate. Huge water dish and 3 hides. 3 basking platforms. I'm gonna run the new setup for a week before introducing spike to the new upgrade.

 

[Crewdog00]

Your doing a good job as a new beardie parent

Thank you so much. Means a lot.