Dennis Cronin
Juvenile Dragon
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Sorry for long post. Wanted to provide details.
Got a baby beardie. He wasn't eating, only ate 2.5 crickets in two weeks. Cage temp 90-95 degrees, basking bulb and UV bulb, water, misting twice daily, a couple baths, fresh greens and fruit every day. Tried feeding him both in his main cage and in a separate little carrier. Then after two weeks he died. I'd had him out of the cage and he was running on my chest, seemed fine, not overly skinny. But then an hour later I noticed he was in a funny position in the cage. And he was already stiffening up.
Got another beardie, this time a nice plump "juvenile." Got him home, he immediately ate 4 crickets and I thought, yeah, this is how it should be.
But he hasn't really eaten since. At first we were handling him a bit because the lady at the pet store said we should get him used to it. But then I read here that can stress them out, so I've been leaving him alone. I'm putting crickets in the main cage, a 40 gallon divided in two. Also gave him some dubia roaches yesterday. He shows not interest.
He drank some water from an eye dropper this morning. Doesn't seem skinny but also has stopped having big poops. At first he had a pencil-thickness dark green poops about 0.75 inches long each day. Now he just has kinda skinny little clear-ish ones.
We live in Arizona and have had the cage on the back porch figuring he'd like the warmth. Moved the cage inside this morning. As I said, it's a 40 gallon cage but I've subdivided it with a piece of wood as recommended here. Minimal stuff in the cage so the crickets and dubia roaches can't hide.
Any ideas what to try? I'm a bit paranoid about loosing another one obviously. See attached pics to see how he looks and see his setup. Thanks.
Got a baby beardie. He wasn't eating, only ate 2.5 crickets in two weeks. Cage temp 90-95 degrees, basking bulb and UV bulb, water, misting twice daily, a couple baths, fresh greens and fruit every day. Tried feeding him both in his main cage and in a separate little carrier. Then after two weeks he died. I'd had him out of the cage and he was running on my chest, seemed fine, not overly skinny. But then an hour later I noticed he was in a funny position in the cage. And he was already stiffening up.
Got another beardie, this time a nice plump "juvenile." Got him home, he immediately ate 4 crickets and I thought, yeah, this is how it should be.
But he hasn't really eaten since. At first we were handling him a bit because the lady at the pet store said we should get him used to it. But then I read here that can stress them out, so I've been leaving him alone. I'm putting crickets in the main cage, a 40 gallon divided in two. Also gave him some dubia roaches yesterday. He shows not interest.
He drank some water from an eye dropper this morning. Doesn't seem skinny but also has stopped having big poops. At first he had a pencil-thickness dark green poops about 0.75 inches long each day. Now he just has kinda skinny little clear-ish ones.
We live in Arizona and have had the cage on the back porch figuring he'd like the warmth. Moved the cage inside this morning. As I said, it's a 40 gallon cage but I've subdivided it with a piece of wood as recommended here. Minimal stuff in the cage so the crickets and dubia roaches can't hide.
Any ideas what to try? I'm a bit paranoid about loosing another one obviously. See attached pics to see how he looks and see his setup. Thanks.