behavior question

[csjstokes]

Hi - not sure if this is the right place to post this question but here goes...
This morning I went to feed Pete his crickets and, though he ate a few, he was not entirely interested. He seemed more interested in climbing the glass like he wanted to get out - or like maybe he saw his reflection and thought it was another beardie?? Is this normal??

thanks
Stephanie

 

[renich]

Pete is young, right?

There are a couple of thoughts that come to mind - it may be too early for him to eat. A great food schedule is to turn lights on, wait about an hour, feed him his salad. Follow up with some crickets in a couple of hours. Beardies under 1 year should eat their bugs 2-3 times per day and salad daily.

Another thought is the temp may not be warm enough or too warm. The hot side for a baby should be around 105-110F and the cool side around 85F.

And my last thought related to beardies not eating, UV light. Dragons need a high level of UV light. The ReptiSun 10.0 tube is the best on the market currently.

 

[Pogie]

Another thought is the temp may not be warm enough or too warm.

WOW, now Ive learned something as well. Didnt know if it was too hot they dont eat.

 

[li]

Too hot can cause just as many problems as too cold. Loss of appetite, aggression, parasites!

 

[Pogie]

Too hot can cause just as many problems as too cold. Loss of appetite, aggression, parasites!

Thanx, got another thread going on my temps spiking ( http://mybeardie.com/bearded-dragon...luctuations-nothing-has-changed/msg27124/#new ) , P has one of the 3 symptoms you mentioned nl Loss of appetite. But the other 2 are fine. In fact shes more loveable and calm than she has EVER been ;D

 

[li]

Saw that one too....figured you'd see this, no need to put it up twice. Temps changes can be such a pain, but once you know that they occur and you find a fix, you will always remember. For me, the summer was always a problem. We use central a/c and my temps dropped. So in the summer I always used a higher watt than in the winter, go figure, lol!

 

[Pogie]

Yeah, thought of something else just now. Will post in my other thread as I dont wanna COMPLETELY hijack this one