Sunny&Spike

[Heather85]

Good to hear.

yea I use to have an adult beardie many years ago and had the wood chips in there with him and never had a problem but I do see that the babies are a lot more careless when it comes to eating lol

 

[Heather85]

how do I download pictures of my little guys on here???

 

[Spikey92]

You can make a photobucket account, upload the pics,copy the IMG link and post it here

 

[Heather85]

nevermind I got it

 

[Heather85]

You can make a photobucket account, upload the pics,copy the IMG link and post it here

thanks

 

[Heather85]

just some pix of the babies...
Spike <3

Spike hiding in my hair

Spike hanging out with mommy <3

Sunny <3

Sunny hanging out with mommy

Sunny exploring the couch

 

[sweetiepie9]

Awww, they are so cute, I love babies. I'm glad you're going to get them on a solid substrate and separate them as soon as you can. I have a few beardies that I got from pet shops that have lost toes and parts of their tails, so I'm a big fan of having beardies in their own tanks. I have 6 beardies now, got a new little juvie named Titan on the weekend. I also use newspaper as a substrate, lots of layers, so if they want to dig, they can dig through the newspaper & have fun doing it. It's easy to clean & getting free papers at my apt building sure helps!

If they still like to dig, you can make a dig box in the tank using flax seed or alfalfa pellets, but only if they don't use the dig box as a bathroom. So there are lots of things you can do with them. They look really comfy and healthy, getting around the couch is great, outside time is a lot of fun!

 

[Heather85]

Awww, they are so cute, I love babies. I'm glad you're going to get them on a solid substrate and separate them as soon as you can. I have a few beardies that I got from pet shops that have lost toes and parts of their tails, so I'm a big fan of having beardies in their own tanks. I have 6 beardies now, got a new little juvie named Titan on the weekend. I also use newspaper as a substrate, lots of layers, so if they want to dig, they can dig through the newspaper & have fun doing it. It's easy to clean & getting free papers at my apt building sure helps!

If they still like to dig, you can make a dig box in the tank using flax seed or alfalfa pellets, but only if they don't use the dig box as a bathroom. So there are lots of things you can do with them. They look really comfy and healthy, getting around the couch is great, outside time is a lot of fun!

Yea I am learning :study: a lot on here and my daughter is wanting me to make it clear that Spike is hers and Sunny is mine..lol the wood chips are gone. They wont eat many veggies but absolutely love chasing their crickets around.

 

[Heather85]

***Weigh ins!!***
Sunny currently weighs 11.2g-lenghth unknown(he wont sit still long enough)
Spike currently weighs 10.9g-lenghth unknown(he wont sit still long enough)
if they are aprox 6-8weeks how does their weight look??

 

[sweetiepie9]

About right, what are you feeding them & how much? The normal rule for babies is to feed them as much as they can eat in 15 min twice a day. At their age they should be eating a lot of bugs, either crickets, phoenix worms, silk worms, dubia roaches. So let me know so we can figure out if they're eating what they should.

It's hard when you start out to know if everything is right. If you go by what the pet shops says, most of what they say is wrong. So if you want we can check together your set up. Sometimes the UVB is also wrong. So lets start there, what type of UVB are you using, if a tube is it a Reptisun 10.0 or Arcadia? Or is it a Reptiglo or Zilla.

The basking spot should be 105F to 110F. And are you dusting one feeding a day, 5x/wk with a good calcium, without phosphorus and with VitD3, then 2x per week with vit/min powder.

Those are the most important things to get right. Dragons need particular things, sunshine, bugs, good heat to digest, calcium & vit/min. Salad is important too, but not as important as bugs, as they need massive amounts of protein to grow. The UVB is important to make strong bones.

So let me know what your set up is. Thanks for getting rid of those wood chips, what did you decided to replace it with?

They sure look healthy and are very long for their ages!

 

[Heather85]

About right, what are you feeding them & how much? The normal rule for babies is to feed them as much as they can eat in 15 min twice a day. At their age they should be eating a lot of bugs, either crickets, phoenix worms, silk worms, dubia roaches. So let me know so we can figure out if they're eating what they should.

It's hard when you start out to know if everything is right. If you go by what the pet shops says, most of what they say is wrong. So if you want we can check together your set up. Sometimes the UVB is also wrong. So lets start there, what type of UVB are you using, if a tube is it a Reptisun 10.0 or Arcadia? Or is it a Reptiglo or Zilla.

The basking spot should be 105F to 110F. And are you dusting one feeding a day, 5x/wk with a good calcium, without phosphorus and with VitD3, then 2x per week with vit/min powder.

Those are the most important things to get right. Dragons need particular things, sunshine, bugs, good heat to digest, calcium & vit/min. Salad is important too, but not as important as bugs, as they need massive amounts of protein to grow. The UVB is important to make strong bones.

So let me know what your set up is. Thanks for getting rid of those wood chips, what did you decided to replace it with?

They sure look healthy and are very long for their ages!

I replaced the wood chips with paper towel and as of right now I have I have a UVB coil in the tank but I bought the Reptisun 10.0 tube and when I got home to put it in the tank the I found out the fixture was broken so im in the process of getting a new fixture.... and I dust their crickets with calcium w/ D3 (phosphorus free) in the morning and the multi vit at night(on the container it says to use once a day?) and they eat around 15-17 crickets each feeding(they are fed 3 times a day) and I try giving them greens and fruits and they look at me like im crazy :roll: :lol: .... the temp is off on the basking side tho so I have to go get some 3M hooks and lower the light...they were originally housed together until I found out that it wasn't a good idea and im glad I separated them before they hurt eachother and I never knew that the marks on their bellies were from stress and since I separated im happy to announce that they are lightening up quickly although when I originally put Sunny in his new home he wasn't to sure about it but hes doing better he actually slept in a home made hide that my 5yr old daughter and I made for him last night so that made me happy

 

[Heather85]

oh yea and about their ages.. when I bought them the guy at the pet store said they were about 2 months and I have had them for about a month so I was looking at other pix of people with the same age as I thought mine were..there was a BIG difference in size so I measured them the best I could(they are very active) and weighed them and I came up with the conclusion that they are around 6 weeks and not 3 months!! :roll:

 

[sweetiepie9]

Sounds about right for their age, the calcium is daily 5x/wk and the vit/min is only 2 times per week, so what I used to do is use the calcium Monday to Friday, one meal only, then use the vit/min on Sat and Sun, one meal only. No more than that, they'll get too much vit/min.

Glad you got the tube, you'll see a huge difference in their growth. The coils don't give off enough UVB for growing. And you can replace the paper towels with newspaper if you want, stays nice and warm at night. Glad you separated them, too. You'll see a big difference once those tubes are in place and you get the basking temps right. They'll just grow crazy after that!

Glad you're feeding them 3x a day, that will also help them grow.

Sounds like it's all coming together!

 

[Heather85]

Sounds about right for their age, the calcium is daily 5x/wk and the vit/min is only 2 times per week, so what I used to do is use the calcium Monday to Friday, one meal only, then use the vit/min on Sat and Sun, one meal only. No more than that, they'll get too much vit/min.

Glad you got the tube, you'll see a huge difference in their growth. The coils don't give off enough UVB for growing. And you can replace the paper towels with newspaper if you want, stays nice and warm at night. Glad you separated them, too. You'll see a big difference once those tubes are in place and you get the basking temps right. They'll just grow crazy after that!

Glad you're feeding them 3x a day, that will also help them grow.

Sounds like it's all coming together!

yes its all coming together slowly but surely it a process because not only do I have Sunny and Spike but I also have a 3-4 month old puppy(in potty training) a 9yr old cat 5 piranhas a fire belly frog a 5yr old daughter a 7yr old son and a boyfriend who is just like one of the kids lol :lol:

 

[sweetiepie9]

WOW, that's one life you have there! But I'm glad you got your beardies, they are so cute and snuggly. Glad you're getting everything sorted, too, it's a lot to have two tanks going! I know I have 6 now, but finally my house is FULL, so no more reptiles!