I got my bearded dragon about a week ago and he is 6.5 inches. The basking temps are at 104 and ambient is anywhere from 80-90. I'll give you a synopsis of his stay so far:



Day 1: He ate two crickets for me and drank.

Day 2: He did not touch the crickets, but when offered mealworms he gladly ate 3 (I stopped offering cause I hear they are bad for babies) and he drank

Day 3: He ate nothing and drank nothing

Day 4: Offered veggies in a small pool of water by adding a tiny shred of carrot and blowing the water so the carrot would move around floating. He ate a cricket and three pieces of carrot this way.

Day 5: Tried my technique again and failed. Offered crickets/hibiscus flower/romaine lettuce/carrots/hibiscus leaves and he didn't touch it or drink.

Day 6: Bought waxworms and he ate two, I offered 2 more and he didn't touch it. I gave him a mealworm that was freshly molted and was "white" and he ate it real fast! Then I offered a regular mealworm that had not been recently molted and it was ignored. I offered water via syringe and he didn't drink it so I offered berry juice and he drank.

Day 7: Changed his tank to a much bigger one. Offered waxwroms/mealworms/crickets/vegetables/bearded dragon pellet food (soaked in berry juice) and didn't touch any. I found 2 more freshly molted mealworms and he ate both. He only drank the berry juice.

Today: Silkworms came in today! Offered them and he didnt touch it. Looked through my mealies and found none that molted so I offered a regular one. Denied. He drank some water diluted with berry juice.



Recently he has been thrashing his head around and jumping against the aqarium (dimensions are LWH - 30 X 16 X 20 approx). If I try to pick him up to get him to eat he thrashes around and then closes his eyes. He never use to do this it was a recent development. He poops once or twice a day, and just today he pooped out a monster, maybe an inch long! He has white urinates. It seems the only thing he will eat are freshly molted mealworms. I'm running out of feeders here!



Possibilities:

Parasite overload due to stress - Vet confirmed parasitic level to be stable and nothing to worry about from a fresh fecal examination.

Accilimation? (Original breeder had him on play sand)

Picky feeder?!

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