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Hello. I have a few questions about my beardie, Lizzy. He stopped basking under the heat lamp about two weeks ago but otherwise seems pretty happy. I've read a lot about beardies who stop basking and also stop eating and start hiding a lot, but Lizzy is a good eater and never hides. But whereas he used to go bask on the rock under the heat lamp after eating, now he just goes back to sitting on his log on the cool side of the tank. Any idea what might be going on?
Some details:
- I've had Lizzy for about five months. He's about 17" long.
- His tank is 20-30 gallons
- The tank has reptile carpet, not sand
- The basking side of the tank is 110 degrees
- The cool end of the tank is 82 degrees
- When he stopped basking on his rock cave I thought maybe he was too warm, since he'd gotten bigger and was now closer to the light, so I replaced the rock cave with a few flat slaps of rock.
- I gave him a bath today and he pooped just fine
- I used to feed him tons and tons of crickets, but now that he's a little bigger I've been feeding him crickets in the morning and veggies in the evening (from what I've read, maybe I should still be feeding him a ton of crickets? how many crickets should a 17" beardie eat per day?)
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Some details:
- I've had Lizzy for about five months. He's about 17" long.
- His tank is 20-30 gallons
- The tank has reptile carpet, not sand
- The basking side of the tank is 110 degrees
- The cool end of the tank is 82 degrees
- When he stopped basking on his rock cave I thought maybe he was too warm, since he'd gotten bigger and was now closer to the light, so I replaced the rock cave with a few flat slaps of rock.
- I gave him a bath today and he pooped just fine
- I used to feed him tons and tons of crickets, but now that he's a little bigger I've been feeding him crickets in the morning and veggies in the evening (from what I've read, maybe I should still be feeding him a ton of crickets? how many crickets should a 17" beardie eat per day?)
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.