Hello, first time poster as I don't usually like to bother people,
I got my bearded dragon a little over a month ago. He only eats about once every other day. I've tried most live foods; crickets, calci-worms(black soldier fly larvae), and wax worms, He'll usually snack on a wax worm if I hold it up to him, tends to ignore the calci-worms after the first time I fed them, and only eats crickets one time a day every other day. I've read that low heat can affect appetite and that the warm side of the tank should sit around 95 to 105. Mine can only reach high 80s.
I bought the Exo-Terra 48"x18"x18" enclosure, I figured that would be large enough for the time being and I can build him a plywood tank at a later date.
As for lighting I have a Reptisun t8 30" hood with a 10.0 UVB 24" tube lamp. His basking lamp is a Exo-Terra Solar Glo 160w mercury vapor bulb and sits around 15" from his basking spot. And recently I bought a Zoo-Med thermostat hooked up to a 75w ceramic heat emitter, which I just swapped to a 150w CHE to see if I can raise the temps because the 75w could only get the hot side to about 89.
It's incredibly frustrating not seeing him eat especially since I've heard that they need to eat a LOT during their baby/juvenile stage. Any insight would be appreciated.
I got my bearded dragon a little over a month ago. He only eats about once every other day. I've tried most live foods; crickets, calci-worms(black soldier fly larvae), and wax worms, He'll usually snack on a wax worm if I hold it up to him, tends to ignore the calci-worms after the first time I fed them, and only eats crickets one time a day every other day. I've read that low heat can affect appetite and that the warm side of the tank should sit around 95 to 105. Mine can only reach high 80s.
I bought the Exo-Terra 48"x18"x18" enclosure, I figured that would be large enough for the time being and I can build him a plywood tank at a later date.
As for lighting I have a Reptisun t8 30" hood with a 10.0 UVB 24" tube lamp. His basking lamp is a Exo-Terra Solar Glo 160w mercury vapor bulb and sits around 15" from his basking spot. And recently I bought a Zoo-Med thermostat hooked up to a 75w ceramic heat emitter, which I just swapped to a 150w CHE to see if I can raise the temps because the 75w could only get the hot side to about 89.
It's incredibly frustrating not seeing him eat especially since I've heard that they need to eat a LOT during their baby/juvenile stage. Any insight would be appreciated.