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Some of you may know, that my dance teacher had 2 beardies. For those who don't know....
My teacher got them at an expo as babies. She kept them in the classroom all week, and took them home on the weekend. They were housed together in a 15 gallon tank, with only a basking bulb. They were first kept on sand, in which I advised her to change it because of the impaction risks, etc. So, I came in the classroom the next day, finding aquarium rocks as the substrate. This time, I offered to take out the rocks, and put my own substrate in there, which was this tablecloth material, that I was using at the time for my own beardies, which worked well for a while.
She fed them a few crickets every few days, that's it. And they got a bit of veggies, like peas and some lettuce or something. The crickets were not dusted with calcium either. And the basking spot was a very low temp (I checked with my own therm that I brought to her class one day). I think the highest it got to was 35*C.
I did talk to her about how many crickets she was feeding them. I told her that what she was giving them was WAY low to what they were supposed to be eating. I told her they can eat 25+ crickets each A DAY. She was pretty shocked.
These beardies were just not growing.
She did think about all the stuff I said, and came to the conclusion where she was going to re-home the beardies, because the cost of feeding was just ridiculously high. So, she traded her 2 beardies for 2 leopard geckos. The beardies went to my friend.
I talk to my friend about the care she's giving the beardies, since she got them. She's housing them together in a 55 gallon tank, with sand, and she says she has uvb for them now (after I advised her to get it). When she got them, she fed them mealies, but I advised her not feed mealies to them. I'm not exactly sure of how many crickets she's been feeding them since she got them. I don't want to get too snoopy, ya know? But, they surely did not grow. She told me, a few days ago, that they were only 8-10 inches, give or take.
My teacher got them in September last year, at a few months old. So they're definitely over a year now. 8-10 inches at that age is......wow.
Now I have some questions.
Since they're over a year old now, should protein still be offered daily? (because of their size). Would protein daily help them grow more? How can they grow more, if possible?
I need some advice.
My teacher got them at an expo as babies. She kept them in the classroom all week, and took them home on the weekend. They were housed together in a 15 gallon tank, with only a basking bulb. They were first kept on sand, in which I advised her to change it because of the impaction risks, etc. So, I came in the classroom the next day, finding aquarium rocks as the substrate. This time, I offered to take out the rocks, and put my own substrate in there, which was this tablecloth material, that I was using at the time for my own beardies, which worked well for a while.
She fed them a few crickets every few days, that's it. And they got a bit of veggies, like peas and some lettuce or something. The crickets were not dusted with calcium either. And the basking spot was a very low temp (I checked with my own therm that I brought to her class one day). I think the highest it got to was 35*C.
I did talk to her about how many crickets she was feeding them. I told her that what she was giving them was WAY low to what they were supposed to be eating. I told her they can eat 25+ crickets each A DAY. She was pretty shocked.
These beardies were just not growing.
She did think about all the stuff I said, and came to the conclusion where she was going to re-home the beardies, because the cost of feeding was just ridiculously high. So, she traded her 2 beardies for 2 leopard geckos. The beardies went to my friend.
I talk to my friend about the care she's giving the beardies, since she got them. She's housing them together in a 55 gallon tank, with sand, and she says she has uvb for them now (after I advised her to get it). When she got them, she fed them mealies, but I advised her not feed mealies to them. I'm not exactly sure of how many crickets she's been feeding them since she got them. I don't want to get too snoopy, ya know? But, they surely did not grow. She told me, a few days ago, that they were only 8-10 inches, give or take.
My teacher got them in September last year, at a few months old. So they're definitely over a year now. 8-10 inches at that age is......wow.
Now I have some questions.
Since they're over a year old now, should protein still be offered daily? (because of their size). Would protein daily help them grow more? How can they grow more, if possible?
I need some advice.
