Hi all,
I’ve shortly introduced myself and baby beardy Tiki a couple of days ago. And it’s time to ask the experienced owners some advise. Since it’s all over the place (part housing, part behavior etc) I think its best to do just one thread in the general section so here we go.
tiki came to us last weekend, so he’s still adjusting. So far we havent really handles him. We do handfees him a couple of bugs every feed and my sons handfeeds him greens. We also put our hands between him & the bowl when we put in food so walks over us to get to his roaches. He doesnt seem to mind this at all (every time he acts like he hasnt seen food in years… sooooo hungry all the time haha). But… he is shedding. His tail went fine with a lot of weer rubbing it to his rock. And now his body and limbs are turning greyish. It’s not really loose or peeling of for now, and i’m wondering if it would ve good to give him a bath? As i understand it could help loossen the skin a bit, but i do not want to add to his rehoming stress by handling to soon. So what should i do?
another thing that has me worries is about his sunbathing behaviour. Het has a rock, which is his solar spot. However on the cool side, i felt his enclosure was to dark. So for my own pleasure i added an extra bright white (no warmth) light at this side. But now ik think he spends more time on the cool side that on his hot rock, and that worries me because i’m scared he will not get enough UV that way?
an the last thing i’d like advise on is his sleeping behaviour. We have an porselain bulb on one side (the one that just emits heat, no light) to keep the temp from dropping to far at night. This keeps it at 18 degrees, although now in summer time its roughly around 20 without even needing the bulb. When the light go off we give him about 10-15 min to find a comfortabel space/position. He has 3 hides (one rock, one wood, one knitted cactus) but instead every time he chooses to walk up to either the back or front and then bends himself with his upper body up against the wall. It’s hard to describe but its like a human bendig over, almost 90degree angle…. But backwards. It looks so uncomfortable and unnatural. But he just closes his eyes en lays there… is that normal? Should we wake him and gently point out a less awkward looking alternative? Or is it fine this way.
sorry for the long story guys, a cute pic to make up the long reading:
I’ve shortly introduced myself and baby beardy Tiki a couple of days ago. And it’s time to ask the experienced owners some advise. Since it’s all over the place (part housing, part behavior etc) I think its best to do just one thread in the general section so here we go.
tiki came to us last weekend, so he’s still adjusting. So far we havent really handles him. We do handfees him a couple of bugs every feed and my sons handfeeds him greens. We also put our hands between him & the bowl when we put in food so walks over us to get to his roaches. He doesnt seem to mind this at all (every time he acts like he hasnt seen food in years… sooooo hungry all the time haha). But… he is shedding. His tail went fine with a lot of weer rubbing it to his rock. And now his body and limbs are turning greyish. It’s not really loose or peeling of for now, and i’m wondering if it would ve good to give him a bath? As i understand it could help loossen the skin a bit, but i do not want to add to his rehoming stress by handling to soon. So what should i do?
another thing that has me worries is about his sunbathing behaviour. Het has a rock, which is his solar spot. However on the cool side, i felt his enclosure was to dark. So for my own pleasure i added an extra bright white (no warmth) light at this side. But now ik think he spends more time on the cool side that on his hot rock, and that worries me because i’m scared he will not get enough UV that way?
an the last thing i’d like advise on is his sleeping behaviour. We have an porselain bulb on one side (the one that just emits heat, no light) to keep the temp from dropping to far at night. This keeps it at 18 degrees, although now in summer time its roughly around 20 without even needing the bulb. When the light go off we give him about 10-15 min to find a comfortabel space/position. He has 3 hides (one rock, one wood, one knitted cactus) but instead every time he chooses to walk up to either the back or front and then bends himself with his upper body up against the wall. It’s hard to describe but its like a human bendig over, almost 90degree angle…. But backwards. It looks so uncomfortable and unnatural. But he just closes his eyes en lays there… is that normal? Should we wake him and gently point out a less awkward looking alternative? Or is it fine this way.
sorry for the long story guys, a cute pic to make up the long reading:
i hope to see more of ur lil guy.
