Super stressed or just darker color?

[Juliaskis]

We are new Beardie owners. We just got a set up for my son for Xmas. I have been incredibly sick leading up to Christmas so I didn’t get to do as much research as I would have liked. The day after Xmas my husband took our son to pick up this dragon at PetSmart. There were 2 in the tank, they’d just come in that day and they were “snuggling”. Son and Hubby said that they just couldn’t separate them. The lady sold them both to my husband without a word about them being solitary creatures. So now we are setting up a second tank.
Here’s my question… one is much darker on the back, and also has dark patterns on the underside. Is the darker one, hella-stressed, or just normally going to have a darker underside? The darker one has been generally more active.
They are together in a large tank, until we finish setting up the 2nd tank in another day or two.

 

[Juliaskis]

Lettuce? What kind of lettuce? It could take weeks for them to acclimate to their tanks- as long as they are eating something its good its when they quit eating all together is when to worry- the surface basking temps and the UVB are going to keep them healthy and issues away for the most part - sometimes tho they can come sick and you dont know it till signs really start to show - but w/ the proper temps and UVB this will keep most at bay-- usually at about 5-6 months is when you can tell sexes- we can help w/ that so they are pretty young yet- Are you dusting the crickets? They need calcium D 3 5 x per week lightly coated on the crickets ONCE per feeding - vitamins w/ beta carotene 2 x per week lightly coated on the crickets ONCE per feeding - I would get them switched over to dubia roaches they are a better feeder and you will need to set up a 10 gallon tank to keep them in w/ 2 little dragons once their appetite engages you will be going thru them fast - they will be eating like 10-15 dubias appropriately sized in one feeding - crickets will be alot more dubias are more filling and less headache- I would also get them some BSFL great staple for babies and good hand tamers -
these are good salad bowls and good for keeping BSFL and small dubias in
https://www.amazon.com/MACGOAL-Rept...uGQB&pd_rd_wg=tLkwE&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d
here is a website for salads they need these as well every day for now diet is 20% salads 80% insects
ignore the kale info its outdated and its a good staple feeder
Nutrition Content
websites for insects and worms
www.dubiaroaches.com good hornworms - they grow fast so feed off fast order small amounts- small super worms dropped on top of the salads 1-3 along w/ 20-25 BSFL first thing in the morning will draw the dragons to the bowl -- also known as salad lures - silk worms stick to everything along w/ the horn worms they are a good hydrating worm --
www.symtonbsf.com
www.reptilianarts.com nice silk worms and a good staple and good for variety
www.joshfrogs.com
www.abdragons.com
Rinse the salad before serving and they will get moisture from that as well as dropping water on their noses - watch the poops for dehydration - white urate should be formed white and moist no crusty or dried out looking dark poop formed and moist --

Holy smokes!! Thank you for all this!!
I will read through it and use the links!
You’re amazing!
It’s romaine we’ve started with, and yes we have been dusting the lettuce and crickets until we see one get eaten.
So far, the poop I’ve seen looks good.
Thank you so much!

 

[KarrieRee]

Holy smokes!! Thank you for all this!!
I will read through it and use the links!
You’re amazing!
It’s romaine we’ve started with, and yes we have been dusting the lettuce and crickets until we see one get eaten.
So far, the poop I’ve seen looks good.
Thank you so much!

Ok romaine is good --- no iceberg lettuce please- I would dust just the crickets as you know hes going to eat those before the salads - your UVB is going to help him absorb and synthesize the calcium hes getting

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

That is so nice of you to have taken both dragons in. Sorry you weren't informed about how to keep
them. Most pet stores simply wont eucate people on that at all.
It sounds like you have gotten everything all setup properly & they are settling in. I'm glad you have
gotten all of the lighting all set for them, too which is in itself time consuming.
Let us know how they are both doing!

Tracie