She's tiny for a 4 month old and super cute !!! and looks pretty alert and happy to me.epicBeardo":czzmyu7g said:I got a baby beardie 5 days ago, her name is Cirilla. The breeder told me she is 4 months old. ;
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She is roughly 8-9 inches from nose to tip of tail, she is very slender and sucks in her sides and is a tiny bit thicker than a normal pencil.
epicBeardo":2m36b09y said:this is the setup. Thanks everyone, temperatures are fine (usually 30C on cool side
<<< is OK , I tend to run my cool zone up to 28oC
and 37 on basking side),
<<< is a OK for the warm zone (maybe a few degrees too warm)
UVB is a coil bulb,
<<< details please
UVA AND UVB ADEQUATE ?
>>> is the uv rated AT LEAST 10%UVB ?
COMPACT (curly globe) WATTAGE ?
>>> how old is the compact == they decay in performance over time.
VERY IMPORTANT : what is the brand ?
Not all UVB compacts, tubes and MVBs are created equal or as well.
Many Chain Petshops sell their own brand (Zilla, All Living Things, Reptile-One, Nat Geo , Natural Selections (in green boxes) which are cheap Chinese clones made very cheaply using very poor quality quartz glass and cheap phosphors ==> very poor UV spectrum produced including UVC and bad parts of the UVB band.
I personally use 26W UVB200 globes mounted HORIZONTALLY in ExoTerra NanoHoods mounted under my viv's lids , and position my basking spots so the beardies can get to about 8 - 10 inches from the globes.
ie UVB flux is about 190 microW UVB / sqcm at their basking spots - works very well for my hatchlings and juveniles and subadults.
I suspect the main issues are
1) coloured (red) basking globe
2) inadequate UVB compact coil mounted wrong and too far from the basking spot to be any benefit ==> inadequate UVA (results in diminished apetite in the short term , neurological problems if not corrected)
==> inadequate UVB (unable to properly metabolise dietary calcium to produce VitD3 and ultimately more beardie in short term, MBD if not corrected).
==> globe may be a dodgey Chinese clone and harming the hatching.
Consider , if you have the funds , upgrading from compact coil UVB globe to a T5HO 10-12% UVB tube mounted UNDER the lid in a reflector hood.
See for a guide
is a good idea to mount the UVB globe or one end of the UVB T8 or T5 tube, so it’s adjacent as close as you can arrange it , to the basking bulb.
A nice par38 colorless incandescent or halogen spotglobe is a good choice for your basking globe , will give nice levels of heat, and nice colourless bright light. Worth trying get the basking SPOT temperature set at 40-43oC. NO HOTTER !!!
i've heard a lot of negatives about these but it seems to be fine for her as she is usually climbing and energetic when she is being played with. I've heard force feeding can be bad but i do not want her to starve. When crickets are placed near her, they climb up and around her and she just sits still and does not attempt to eat, when food is placed in her mouth she remains still and acts as if she is a statue, im 16 and planning on getting a job to save to take her to the vet incase something is wrong, but is she is fine that'd be great
epicBeardo":3jzrgafu said:That's the heat lamp, normal white uvb light next to it, what colour would you suggest? Or just a normal white light?
epicBeardo":28xks2mp said:It's an exo terra repti glo 10.0 compact fluorescent desert terranium lamp, says 26 watts, effective up to 20", and says ultra high uvb output, not sure the exacts because we threw out the box a while ago. Got it about a week and a half ago
epicBeardo":1ha6b9sl said:No idea about the heat lamp but i know it's 150 watts, it's my mums set up as well, her lizard shares with mine, im trying to get my own as i know it is bad to share, but one is not getting all the food because we take one out during feeding time. I also understand that her lizard can be dominating mine however they are yet to show any aggressive behaviour. They also do not spend a lot of time in the basking spot, they usually just climb to the top of the wall at the back however, the light is about 8 inches away from the intended basking spot
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