How old is your dragon? pet shop said about 6 months
How long have you had your dragon? 2 days
How long is your dragon? 7.5-8inches, it doesn't like my ruler!
What is the sex of your dragon? unsure, will post you guys some pics of its vent
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 36"x18"x18"
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? paper towel, thinking about slate
Do you use UVB lights? yes
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? fluoro
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? Reptiglo 5.0
How old is your
UVB bulb? 2 days
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? about 6 inches (minus height of dragon, so like 5.5-5inches)
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? yes, ceramic 150w
What are the basking temps? 40-45degC
What is the cool side temp? 24-30degC
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? IR gun
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? I'm aiming the gun at the branches I've got set up under the heat lamp
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? no
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. I plan on crix dusted with reptical 5 days, I've got herpavite that I'll dust the crix twice a week. I fed it about 10-15 'medium' crix at each feed in the last two days, and after about 15 mins there were still a couple crawling round the tank that it didn't seem interested in, they weren't there the next day so I figure they either escaped, or it got them while I wasn't watching. As for salad, I'm trying endive, carrot, sweet potato, turnip root (we didn't get the leaves unfortunately they chop them off in our local supermarket) celery.. I tried it on peas and it seemed to like them, but I don't know if I should be feeding peas every day.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? I gave it salad in the morning after lights on, and then crix in the arvo
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? Depends where I source the crix from, in the past for my frogs I just get one container (approx 50) and if they come with a product called 'gutload' (high protein, multivit powder) I'll feed that to the crix the night before I feed the whole box out, some brands don't supply their own so I just feed them out when I get them, I usually keep some carrot or zucchini in there to keep them from dying. I'm still working out a new system with the crix, I'm considering breeding my own, but I was waiting to see how many crix my new addition gets through.. blah. sorry this is turning into an essay.
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? I've got reptical(aristopet) I plan on weekdays, and herptivite with beta carotene (rep-cal), I plan on weekends.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? seems to be pooping okay so far! :roll:
Do you
bath your dragon? How often? yes, I've bathed it both days I've had it,
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the
bath? no, didn't plan to
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? no
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? no, and have yet to find a herp vet in my area....
What do you think?