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I put up here yesterday that my new baby was sleeping all day. Today when i turned on the light he got up and ate but after he ate he just went to the basking spot and went to sleep. All the temp is right in the tank hot side is 105 degrees and the cool side is 82.6 degrees.

Brandon
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0.1.1 bearded dagons (crisis,voodoo)
0.0.2 turtles (Buffdaddy,X-con)
0.1.0 dogs (Sassy)

My friends bearded dragon had this habit. He lowered his insect intake and raised his vegetable intake. It seemed to help. I don't know why, but it may be worth a try.
Justin

Thanks i will try but i just want you to know that my drgon is only 4 weeks old. and he ate some cricket today it is just that he just is not stoped sleeping.

Brandon
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0.1.1 bearded dagons (crisis,voodoo)
0.0.2 turtles (Buffdaddy,X-con)
0.1.0 dogs (Sassy)

most likely its ok, but it could be dehydrated they get dehydrated easily when they're are small,u should mist it once or twice a day over its head like an inch away ,and give it more musatd,collard or other greens

I will try to give him more greens. Thanks for the help. I got him on saturday at a reptile show could he be sleeping because of all the traveling that he did.

Thanks Brandon
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0.1.1 bearded dagons (crisis,voodoo)
0.0.2 turtles (Buffdaddy,X-con)
0.1.0 dogs (Sassy)

I do not agree eith giving a 4 week old less crickets. Until he is 6 months old give him as many crickets as he can eat at least 2 times a day. Until he is 2 months old he should be fed 3 times a day. He should be eating 95% crickets at this age, and dusted with calcium every feeding. You should not have been sold a dragon under 6 weeks of age, so you need to be extremely careful. He could go downhill very fast. He needs to be misted at least 3 times a day for 20-30 seconds...that is going to get the cage pretty wet, so watch to make sure it is drying out ok. You don't want the tank to get to damp. a normal baby at 4 weeks should be alert most of the day, but he will sleep some.
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MY Dragons!!

surface temp of the basking area or air around it?

I have a surface thermometer and an air one.
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0.1.1 bearded dagons (crisis,voodoo)
0.0.2 turtles (Buffdaddy,X-con)
0.1.0 dogs (Sassy)

I should say that my air temp is 92.4 degrees and the surface temp is 105.7 degree.
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0.1.1 bearded dagons (crisis,voodoo)
0.0.2 turtles (Buffdaddy,X-con)
0.1.0 dogs (Sassy)

I believe that Brandon from Dragonsbynature just posted in a different threads about how heating for baby dragons should be higher than for adult dragons. He was posting about temperatures up to 115 degrees.