Jmessner
New member
Hello everyone. I'm new to having one of these lizards,
and lizards in general. My wife has had a few, and before
we got our baby beardie, we bought two books and browsed around
a bit. But between either the books contradicting each other,
or not being clear enough. I have some basic questions to ask.
I apologize for sounding dumb. But we would really rather be idiots
with a happy dragon. ^_^
Our little guy is a PetCo baby, maybe 5 inches or so, tiny. We're guessing
2 months old or so. just judging by what he looks like and size. He seems
fairly healthy, though we don't know about anything internal yet. He's
active, his eyes are constantly moving around. He's about done shedding,
And He will eat crikets no problem, but we're not sure how much to feed
him. Some places say roughly, 3 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and
3 at night.
Others have suggested upwards of 20 or 30 for hatchlings per day.
Another issue is him drinking. I think he refuses to drink. I'm new to
reptiles, but very used to rodents. And when they drink, everyone knows
it. Or does he get a drink when he goes charging through the water dish
or sleeps in it. He has the loose skin which from what i've found is due
to lack of water (right?) so i've been misting him a bit. But haven't
introduced him to a bath yet. It should be around chest deep correct?
With slightly warmer then room temp water?
For food we've been giving him crikets, tried the lettuce, carrots, and pea's thing. and have had no luck with that. Is there some trick? or Is he still bothered with the move and change of enviroment?
Which also leads me to my next point. He has the stress marks constantly since we got him, (which is sad, I think their beautiful markings) except once.
It was when we first brought him home and his cage was about 70 degree's. (we were switching him from one cage to another and I had just moved the heat lamp over and was messing with that.) Any reason why they'd go away when he was cold and come back when he was warm again?
The substrate we're using is the calci-sand stuff. which i am no looking into the tile method.
But thank you for all your help, or at least reading through this. ^_^
Currently our little baby is named Chakax and will hopefully be a part of our little family for quite a while.
Any other general tips would be helpful. ^_^ Thank you!
and lizards in general. My wife has had a few, and before
we got our baby beardie, we bought two books and browsed around
a bit. But between either the books contradicting each other,
or not being clear enough. I have some basic questions to ask.
I apologize for sounding dumb. But we would really rather be idiots
with a happy dragon. ^_^
Our little guy is a PetCo baby, maybe 5 inches or so, tiny. We're guessing
2 months old or so. just judging by what he looks like and size. He seems
fairly healthy, though we don't know about anything internal yet. He's
active, his eyes are constantly moving around. He's about done shedding,
And He will eat crikets no problem, but we're not sure how much to feed
him. Some places say roughly, 3 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and
3 at night.
Others have suggested upwards of 20 or 30 for hatchlings per day.
Another issue is him drinking. I think he refuses to drink. I'm new to
reptiles, but very used to rodents. And when they drink, everyone knows
it. Or does he get a drink when he goes charging through the water dish
or sleeps in it. He has the loose skin which from what i've found is due
to lack of water (right?) so i've been misting him a bit. But haven't
introduced him to a bath yet. It should be around chest deep correct?
With slightly warmer then room temp water?
For food we've been giving him crikets, tried the lettuce, carrots, and pea's thing. and have had no luck with that. Is there some trick? or Is he still bothered with the move and change of enviroment?
Which also leads me to my next point. He has the stress marks constantly since we got him, (which is sad, I think their beautiful markings) except once.
It was when we first brought him home and his cage was about 70 degree's. (we were switching him from one cage to another and I had just moved the heat lamp over and was messing with that.) Any reason why they'd go away when he was cold and come back when he was warm again?
The substrate we're using is the calci-sand stuff. which i am no looking into the tile method.
But thank you for all your help, or at least reading through this. ^_^
Currently our little baby is named Chakax and will hopefully be a part of our little family for quite a while.
Any other general tips would be helpful. ^_^ Thank you!
