NEW GUY on HUNGER STRIKE

[BPz27]

Lol I find it funny and cute that he hangs on the wall. Lol but u know they are climbers some people put himmack on the wall for them to stick. What's the temp reading where he's at

 

[Steven Simon]

Tried horn worm this am, he licked it a few times, but wouldn't eat.....

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[PatsyB]

The best advise I got when I first started out was don't stress. They won't starve themselves. They pick up on our emotions, so if we are stressed around them they are going to pick up on that. Keep a salad in the whole day so he can munch on it when he gets hungry. Feed a variety of bugs a few times a day and remove all the bugs from the tank at night.

I never thought I would ever be saying this, but I have a friend who has a very sick dragon and she missed a super worm in his tank and woke up the next morning to see the super worm trying to burrow in to the beardies side. So remove all your feeders at the end of the night!

 

[BPz27]

Yep per she right. Beardie ain't gonna starve themselves. In fact what you should do is leave him be. Stop all handling and interaction with him. Only give him a salad in his cage throw a few crickets in there and don't pick him up. Let him have his alone time. Just watch him from the outside of the cage. And at night remove the uneaten cricket. Cuz my guess is that since he is only 2 months old he must have came from a pet shop where he had other beardie with him in the cage. So it's like us human u go to school with a bunch of friends u know then suddenly your parents decide to move to another state forcing you to leave your friendsbehind. Putting you in a new school to where you don't know anybody and have to start all over again making friends. Sometimes it takes a while to adjust and find a buddy but some are quick to get a new friend that same day. But u see the comparison the beardie came from a place he had all his peeps and to be taken from that to go somewhere different can be stressful. So I would just let him be by himself for a while. Let him do his Thang and I say after a week he should come around.

 

[Steven Simon]

Here is his new hear gradient, much warmer in bottom zones of tank, this is with heating pad attached, I circled where I placed the pad, it's attached to button of glass tank....
Well see if this does the trick,

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[BPz27]

Hmm did u get a new cage didn't u have door on the front of the tank. But yea ur set up looks good but just follow are steps and you'll be good keep us updated

 

[Steven Simon]

SAME CAGE, it has 2 doors up front, probably cant see from photo.... He is sitting up on his perch all day....

 

[BPz27]

yeaha thats what they pretty much do is bask away and relax take in the heat and UVB, u can also give him a warm bath, that can help calm things

 

[Steven Simon]

This is him right now, he's been up top there all day...

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[BPz27]

yep he just chillin getting in the sun, my girl was up on her branch basking away all day yestarday,

 

[Steven Simon]

Now if he would just eat!!! lol

 

[BPz27]

yeaha i know the feelin, my girl dont not eating unless its a super but she just took liking to being syringe fed,

 

[Steven Simon]

My Boy hasn't moved from purch all day, I hate to fear the worst, but not to move from one spot for 9 hours?

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[BPz27]

hey my girl was on her basking spot, from the the time the light came on which is set at 9am i left for work at 1230 was still there, came home at 10pm was still there, and she in my mancave so i was in there from 10pm to 12am when her light goes off, so yeaha she was there all day, no biggy but today she went under her log this morning .

 

[Steven Simon]

Guys,
Look at the tail?

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[BPz27]

hmm thats somethin i never saw did u google it, maybe someone here may know

 

[BPz27]

he not able to get close to the basking right, i notice ur wall he climbs on is the background close to the heatin light as i dont know if he burned the tip or not.

 

[BPz27]

Idk buddy i think u may want to go to vet and get him checked out, his tail shouldnt be dark like that when the rest is so bright color

 

[Steven Simon]

Some good news, I put some banana up to his face and he liked it with his tounge it a little bit, then I almost gave up, put him on log, and tried a Dubi and he grabbed it, so gave him another and then he was done, the second one was big, so that's 2 Dubi roaches to start the day!!! Awesome???

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[BPz27]

Hey that's a good start man. Did u give him a bath yet. How bout that tail issue