LOL oh no I was just making a jeopardy joke...I haven't really spent $300...just $19 for the fecal :lol: (although I did spend $300 at the vet for my cat recently but that's a whole different issue). :shock:
40 gallon breeder tank
75w basking bulb
5.0 reptisun UVB (but I was told from someone here on a different topic it sounded like I had the T5 HO bulb which they said is better for UVB output?) I also recently took out the top screen of the tank for more UVB rays.
soft shelf liner substrate
80-85F on cool side (although on really hot days it is higher than that in from my apartment being so darn hot)
100-110F under basking light (again may be higher some days but I'm thinking about going down to a 50w bulb soon)
Here's a pic of his little home:
I give him collard greens and the occasional shaved veggies every morning sprinkled with calcium and probiotic. Although, lately I've been getting the mixed greens with mustards so that could be why his poo smells bad on occasion! I've never heard that before so that's good to know! I wish I knew why it was so watery though? I do
bathe him about twice a week too.
I also have his choice of butter worms, superworms, dubia roaches and occasional wax worm. NO CRICKETS. I've been done with those things for a while now and it's been wonderful!
I just got the results back from the fecal and he was NEGATIVE for parasites so that's a good thing! It's just making me really nervous that he's not eating. He'll take a few bites of his greens, but doesn't seem interested in live food anymore and will maybe eat a few worms every few days. But doesn't even want his candy (wax worms) anymore?? Could that just be his age? He's about a year and a few months old. Another good thing is it doesn't seem like he's lost any weight to me and this has been going on a good month with his lack of appetite.
This might be a stupid question, but is it possible for beardies to go in a "semi-brumation" in the summer? He was too young to go into a brumation this past winter and this is the only beardie I've ever had so I'm not quite sure how he'll be as far as brumation goes. Him being lethargic is most likely him just being the lazy boy he is now that those results are negative. haha!