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I just got two 1 week old babies. Abbot and Costello are their names...although not sure of gender. I know they need to be misted a couple times a day. I have not seen on any care sheets if tap water is OK or if I should use bottled. I have bottled water for my STO and my Degu's. Just wasn't sure if tap water would hurt them or not.
I have done a lot of reading before I got them but asking and getting advice from experienced people I think is more helpful. These little guys are so tiny I don't want to stress them out and do something wrong.
Abbot eats much better than Costello...he sometimes acts like he is scared of the crickets.
I just got something today called Dragon Yummies moist food...has anyone tried this stuff? Thanks in advance for any advice.
Alexa
 
If he is acting like he is afraid of the crix you might want to just put 1 or 2 in at a time. That way there are less "intruders" in the tank to stress him out. If he still isn't eating as much as the other one you might want to separate them.

Tap water is fine in my opinion. In 5 years I have never had an issue because of it.

Never heard of the moist dragon yummies, so I can't help ya out there.

1 week old is very small, seems to be a lot of people picking up baby dragons recently. :ack2:

Good luck,
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try just putting a couple in at a time. I was actually getting one baby but I made the mistake and took my husband with me...he thought 2 would be less stressful since they were siblings. I know I will probably have to seperate them when they get older. About what age should I do that. I don't want them fighting or breeding. I don't even know what they are...or if you can tell at such a young age.
 
There's really not a set age where you need to separate them. You would want to separate them when one is significantly bigger then the other. When when is hogging all the food and the other is not getting any. When they outgrow the enclosure. When they reach sexual maturity. If they start fighting....... the list goes on and on.

At one week it would be near impossible to tell the sex.
 
As for the water issue, tap is just fine, if you think out in the wild they dont really get clean water either so tap is just fine. The DRagon yummmies, over here at my local pet shop we have something like that but they r called dragon bites, they tend to help with dragons who have a problem eating knowing they help out with that cause they smell more than the usual greens, kinda like when you have a dog that wont eat you have to feed them cat food cause it smells stronger, it also is a complete nutrtion diet which is ok but its also good to include some frsh greens and bugs like crickets. Remember though, since they are so small you might want to gwt the SMALLEST crickets you can get..pinheads should be just fine. As for Costello running from them, try like A1LITTLESISTER said, put only a couple at a time, less intruding to him or her. I am a littel confused on why they are so young? Did you purchase them from someone? or r they from like a clutch of your own? I know most dont sell until they are ATLEAST 6 weeks old...
 
I bought the babies from someone in my area. His keeps having clutch after clutch. He sells them to a pet store when they are 3 weeks old. I thought 1 week was too young but they were so cute I couldn't resist getting one. Costello is now eating crickets but I put some mustard greens and turnip greens in for them. They don't seem interested. Could someone tell me how to get them interesed in them.
 
It's not uncommon for young dragons to be uninterested in greens. The interest seems to increase with age. Just keep offering them daily and they will eventually start nibbling on them.
 
maybe try putting some meal worms on top of the greens when you give them to them. One of our dragons ignored greens for a while until we didi that, eventually started eating them when they seen the meal worms on top...alittle movement helps caue they will taste the greens along with the mealworms and start correspomding the greens with live prey and will eat them anyway..try this and see what happens.
 
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maybe try putting some meal worms on top of the greens when you give them to them. One of our dragons ignored greens for a while until we didi that, eventually started eating them when they seen the meal worms on top...alittle movement helps caue they will taste the greens along with the mealworms and start correspomding the greens with live prey and will eat them anyway..try this and see what happens.
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While good advice, you don't want to give 1 week old beardies mealworms. If a dragon is a few months old (16 weeks or so) and won't eat greens, try the mealworm trick then.
 
I ordered them some Phoenix worms...haven't gotten them yet. Are they ok for the babies to eat? I could try putting them on the greens if they can eat those at such a young age.
 
those are fine but when your misting them your not getting the hole cage wet are you try to mist there nose so they lick the water off
 
I mist them twice a day...I mist directly on them then a little on one wall where they sit and bask....they like to chase the drops as they slide down the tank. I also have a very shallow reptile water bowl that they actuall will sit in. Should I not mist the wall of the tank?
 
Misting the side of the tank is fine. A lot of dragons love to chase the water down the glass. With babies you can heavily mist the basking rock too and they will play slip and slide on it. Pretty funny to watch!!!

With your water dish and them sitting in it..... Just be sure to change it often, They love to poop in water dishes and you don't want them drinking nasty water.
 
i perfer not to have a water dish in there just so the humidity isnt high, so i take them out and let them swim in a plastic container. They usually poop and they also get cleaned if there dirty.
 
Is humidity not good for them? I don't think this shallow dish would make much humidity....but right now they are in the same room as my STO (short tailed possum) and her humidity is usually about 40 to 60 percent in the room. I do plan on moving them into the living room as soon as I get a table for the tank. I'll move them to the Kitchen table if I have to...Humidity is not something I thought about. Thanks for all the help and information from everyone. I did alot of reading about them just some things were not in the material I had.
 
beardies perfer 30-50% humidity. Too high [over 65% continously] or too low [under 20%] can cause serious problems.
 
I have the humidity at 45%. The heat is about 107 in the basking area and about 90 in the other part. I was a bit worried about Costello. He is sitting with his mouth partially open...is this normal or is something wrong...he might have gotten a cricket that was too big. Since they are so young I just worry about them. Not sure how hardy these little babies are. Also what age should I take them to the Vet for a check up. Don't want to stress them out too soon. Thanks for all the help...
 
a1littlesister said:
I have the humidity at 45%. The heat is about 107 in the basking area and about 90 in the other part. I was a bit worried about Costello. He is sitting with his mouth partially open...is this normal or is something wrong...he might have gotten a cricket that was too big. Since they are so young I just worry about them. Not sure how hardy these little babies are. Also what age should I take them to the Vet for a check up. Don't want to stress them out too soon. Thanks for all the help...
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Your basking temp is perfect. However, your cool end could be about 10 degrees lower. I keep my cooler ends around 80 degrees. The mouth gaping is usually a sign of overheating. Lower your cool temp to 80ish and put him on that end to cool down and he should be fine.

Vet trips are "as needed" with my dragons. Unless they seem to have a problem with BM's, loss of appetite or injury, etc, etc....... I usually don't bring them in for "check ups".
 
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