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Update:
So it's day 5 now. I've been force feeding him daily.
He's gained 3g since (good thing or bad? Not sure?)
I try and offer him food before forcing him to eat.
I'm alternating between repashy grub pie and live crickets (squash the head then feed it to him) he chews it.
His poop has been...
Follow up question:
When you say surface temperature, the area he is laying on should be on 100-110f too?
I mean, should I put a flat rock there and the light should warm it up to 100F?
I'll start doing that too.
After eating he went straight under the light and sat there.
A bit of stress lines but disappeared after a few.minutes.
Currently at 43c (111f)
Ill update you tomorrow.
If he doesn't eat I'll do it all over again.
BTW after feeding it 3 crickets. After 20mins I...
Tank is 900mm tall
His basking area 550mm from the uvb light ( where the long stick is crossing with the smaller one). That's the recommendations on the box.
he likes sitting there all the time.
I have 3 temp probes.
One where the basking area is. Another on the left most side of the tank...
So.. We got some BsFL from a nearby community thru Facebook page. He didn't even look at it - walked away from the bowl. ♂️
I tried that cricket trick.. Nope..
So this morning, at around 10am. I'll get some dandelions and chop it up.
It's stressing me out that he has not eaten. So I'll have...
We do not have access to live dubia in NZ
We have tried salads and mix of live meal worms - No luck
I will try BSFL - hopefully this would work.
If all fails should i FORCE FEED him?
Should I start force feeding my baby Beardie
We are from New Zealand and we've had out BD for 4 weeks now.
She was 2 months old when we got her. We got her from a pet shop (which we found out they did not feed them regularly)
On the first day we got him , we weighted him - he was 34 grams
In...