Abyss
Hatchling Dragon
- Messages
- 66
- Location
- Moncton, New Brunswick
I got her on Saturday her owner was not giving her what she needed. Examples are... Calcium in her water! Fed only super and hornworms, the heat lamp she gave me wasn't even working and no idea how old her UVB was. She had her in a 18x18x24 Eco terra. She had some type if coco husk and Eco earth substrate.
She said she was a year old but seems very small...
I still have her in the 18x18x24, I'm going to be trying to build my own enclosure within the month. I'm feeding her dusted crickets with calcium d3 and just bought some Repashy superitive vitamin supplement I will be dusting them on off days when not dusting calcium.
I bought 2 new appropriate lights for her and she seemed to gain more appetite with them, she eaten around maybe 10-11 crickets per day so far and I've hand her only a few bits of veg/salad per day but she doesn't seem interested.
I re-scraped her viv and put down the blue shop paper towel and tried to give her a shady spot but it has to be beside the hot spot.
The way I have it set up is back right, large Eco terra cave she likes to bask I with a digital probe type thermometer for an aquarium, but it seems to work fine for now, I duct taped the probe right to her hotspot.
It's giving me at the hottest a reading of around 100 but that when I haven't opend the cage ins while it takes some time to heat up. The enclosure is high that's why I'm assuming it takes a bit to heat up.
To the left of that hot spot I used a huge large leafed fake plant to provide shade for her as a cool spot I don't have a thermo for that spot yet but I assume its around 80.
At the from of the viv in front of the basking spot is a UVB resting in the canopy in one of the Eco terra square lights resting on top, I know it should be inside but it's the only thing I can do ATM until I can build the proper enclosure. Money is super tight ATM until the end of the week and around the 20th.
Under the UVB at the front is the food fish and beside that on the left is the water that is never touched I'm thinking about removing it she was drinking just by me spraying her head 3x day anyways and it takes up room.
Since yesterday she has been eating a bit whenever I put crickets in her viv but she hasn't been basking at all and sleeping slot during the day, she sits on the cool spot and isn't moving much just resting. She will open her eyes and look at me but that's about it.
She has peed yesterday, but hasn't pooped since at least Sunday. She didn't bask much at all yesterday only for a fee hours. I gave her a quick bath yesterday in lukewarm water for about 10 minutes and held her, she seemed a bit more alert then and seemed a bit lighter in color but then I put her back in her viv and she went to the cool side got under the paper towel and went to sleep.
Since this morning she has been napping all morning, I've had the lights on since 8 and she hasn't moved at all.
I usually wait until about 9:30 to feed her, I wait an hour and a half after turning the lights on so she can get warm. I'm hoping she gets more active when input some crickets in but I'm concerned.
I'm making an appointment with a local reptile vet this month. For a checkup but its $50 I don't have ATM.
I've tried to make her situation as better as I can in the short time I can with the funds I have at the time.
I'm feeding her a handful of crickets 2x day and putting in fresh salad 2x day that she never touches really.
If there is any advice you can give me please do. She seems to have a pleasant attitude when I hold her she lets me pet her and touch her everywhere I really love her do much already but I'm concerned and new to beardies.
Any advice?
I've read about brumation is this what's happening? Or is she stressed from changing owners and routines? Is she recovering from being malnourished? So many questions...
She said she was a year old but seems very small...
I still have her in the 18x18x24, I'm going to be trying to build my own enclosure within the month. I'm feeding her dusted crickets with calcium d3 and just bought some Repashy superitive vitamin supplement I will be dusting them on off days when not dusting calcium.
I bought 2 new appropriate lights for her and she seemed to gain more appetite with them, she eaten around maybe 10-11 crickets per day so far and I've hand her only a few bits of veg/salad per day but she doesn't seem interested.
I re-scraped her viv and put down the blue shop paper towel and tried to give her a shady spot but it has to be beside the hot spot.
The way I have it set up is back right, large Eco terra cave she likes to bask I with a digital probe type thermometer for an aquarium, but it seems to work fine for now, I duct taped the probe right to her hotspot.
It's giving me at the hottest a reading of around 100 but that when I haven't opend the cage ins while it takes some time to heat up. The enclosure is high that's why I'm assuming it takes a bit to heat up.
To the left of that hot spot I used a huge large leafed fake plant to provide shade for her as a cool spot I don't have a thermo for that spot yet but I assume its around 80.
At the from of the viv in front of the basking spot is a UVB resting in the canopy in one of the Eco terra square lights resting on top, I know it should be inside but it's the only thing I can do ATM until I can build the proper enclosure. Money is super tight ATM until the end of the week and around the 20th.
Under the UVB at the front is the food fish and beside that on the left is the water that is never touched I'm thinking about removing it she was drinking just by me spraying her head 3x day anyways and it takes up room.
Since yesterday she has been eating a bit whenever I put crickets in her viv but she hasn't been basking at all and sleeping slot during the day, she sits on the cool spot and isn't moving much just resting. She will open her eyes and look at me but that's about it.
She has peed yesterday, but hasn't pooped since at least Sunday. She didn't bask much at all yesterday only for a fee hours. I gave her a quick bath yesterday in lukewarm water for about 10 minutes and held her, she seemed a bit more alert then and seemed a bit lighter in color but then I put her back in her viv and she went to the cool side got under the paper towel and went to sleep.
Since this morning she has been napping all morning, I've had the lights on since 8 and she hasn't moved at all.
I usually wait until about 9:30 to feed her, I wait an hour and a half after turning the lights on so she can get warm. I'm hoping she gets more active when input some crickets in but I'm concerned.
I'm making an appointment with a local reptile vet this month. For a checkup but its $50 I don't have ATM.
I've tried to make her situation as better as I can in the short time I can with the funds I have at the time.
I'm feeding her a handful of crickets 2x day and putting in fresh salad 2x day that she never touches really.
If there is any advice you can give me please do. She seems to have a pleasant attitude when I hold her she lets me pet her and touch her everywhere I really love her do much already but I'm concerned and new to beardies.
Any advice?
I've read about brumation is this what's happening? Or is she stressed from changing owners and routines? Is she recovering from being malnourished? So many questions...