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funnyman527
at Wed Apr 6 22:13:28 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by funnyman527 ]
First off, I'd stop feeding him roaches and waxworms for now. That might be a little too much for such a young beardie. Keep feeding him crix, greens, and small silkies.
Second, I'd recommend switching the substrate from sand to paper towel. I've learned that baby beardies arent the best in hunting for the first couple of months. They might lunge for a cricket and swallow a mouth full of sand, and this can lead to impaction, which could then lead to DEATH. I know it sounds unlikely, that your little beardie will die from swalling a little sand, but it deos happen. Alot. I'd wait until your BD is atleast a foot in length before switching him back onto a sand substrate.
Thirdly, baby beardies have an amazing appetite, and could easily eat severael dozon crix, but feeding 6 dozen crix to your BD every day is a little much. A safe estimate of how much your BD should eat, is to put crickets in one at a time, or jsut keep track hwo many are in, and feed your BD till it stops eating them, and then remove the remainder. That's a good estimate of how many your BD should be eating a day. *NOTE* make sure not to leave extra crickets in your cage overnight, i've seen first hand crickets give some nasty bites to sleeping BD's and other lizards. *i've seen an anole completly eaten by crix**not a pretty site*
4th- Regarding calcium, if you can purchase Rep-cal calcium supplement, that would be your best bet, but another good brand is Tetra's Reptocal calcium. It contains the D3 too. And ZooMed's ReptiVit is a good vitamin supplement.
Lastly- A temp. of 115 is a little on the high side, BD's can tollerate temps up to 120, but you'll want to make the hottest basking spot 110 max for a hatchling. Also pay close attention to the ambient *overall* temp of your cage. If you make a 10 degree baskign spot for a 10 gallon cage, the rest of your cage is going to be 90-100 degrees, and that's too hot for the whole cage. You want to be able to prove a hot and a cool side of your enclosure. Allow a 80-85 degree cool side for your cage.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but i wanted to tell everythign i could and not leave you misinformed or half-informed.
~Eric~
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- Hatchling care - waldo, Wed Apr 6 17:02:20 2005
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