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Hi from Canada
We have just rejoined the world of Beardie Owners and are very happy to be back! My problem is a young beardie who won't eat crickets. He does eat his veggies, and is pretty active, though quite small. I have no idea how old s/he is but is about 6 inches from nose to tail tip. She did eat crickets but stopped when she was put into a viv with our slightly bigger beardie (7.5inches) They were raised together, purchased from the same cage, just a few days apart. I haven't seen any signs of dominant aggressive behavior other than a few head bumps- mostly they seem to ignore each other. The little one has a front foot that flops over sideways-always has from when we got her. I am worried that perhaps they shouldn't be living together, but have no options other than returning the small one to the shop. But owing to her floppy foot, I am worried that they may just euthanize her rather than try to find her another home. We have a big viv and good lighting, lots to climb on and the temp is about 101 at the hot end, 84 at the cool. We have reptical substrate, with eco grass at one end, 2 climbing spots, plus a vine and a cave rock they both like to dig under. Is it possible that they can learn to live together, or am I really delusional? Do you think her lack of eating is due to her change in location, or is something else possible? She seems alert, very active, though very nervous of hands in the viv, and displays readily if we get too close. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Glad to have found this site!
We have just rejoined the world of Beardie Owners and are very happy to be back! My problem is a young beardie who won't eat crickets. He does eat his veggies, and is pretty active, though quite small. I have no idea how old s/he is but is about 6 inches from nose to tail tip. She did eat crickets but stopped when she was put into a viv with our slightly bigger beardie (7.5inches) They were raised together, purchased from the same cage, just a few days apart. I haven't seen any signs of dominant aggressive behavior other than a few head bumps- mostly they seem to ignore each other. The little one has a front foot that flops over sideways-always has from when we got her. I am worried that perhaps they shouldn't be living together, but have no options other than returning the small one to the shop. But owing to her floppy foot, I am worried that they may just euthanize her rather than try to find her another home. We have a big viv and good lighting, lots to climb on and the temp is about 101 at the hot end, 84 at the cool. We have reptical substrate, with eco grass at one end, 2 climbing spots, plus a vine and a cave rock they both like to dig under. Is it possible that they can learn to live together, or am I really delusional? Do you think her lack of eating is due to her change in location, or is something else possible? She seems alert, very active, though very nervous of hands in the viv, and displays readily if we get too close. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Glad to have found this site!
Considering she was like this from when we got her, and her other feet are all fine, I am tending to think she damaged it when hatching or while cooped up in that tiny space at the pet shop with 5 others - yuck- I wish I had room and resources to bring em all home. We have bumped up her vits and she ate 6 crickets at her midday feeding, much more alert and responsive, though still very shy to the human hand. We are waiting another week or so to try handling her.