fisherjayse
Not so new Member
Hello to all, its great to see so many people willing to help others like we are members of one big family with a common interest.
My son and I are new to herping, and have bought 2 adult bearded dragons recently, within the last month.
They were both in brumation, but now have woken, and been awake for 3 weeks.
The male is more active, more alert, loves his crix and salads.
The female is more docile, prefers laying fairly flat, refuses crix but eats her salads.
Crix are offered in separate tub, he charges around eating, she tries to escape the tub!
We have misted both of them and allowed them to drink off their faces, thinking it could be dehydration.
I am now applyng a light shake of calcium/vitamin powder to her greens to give her nutrition, and even squished some crix and mixed them through her salads.
His poo's are formed, white ends (urates), hers are more the consistency of pesto, mildly watery, white material in it, but mainly the colour of digested plant material i would expect.
As its warming up we have taken them out on the lawn a few times, the male active requires chasing, the female slower, will eat the clover and almost stilted in her walking.
Currently they are housed together, within a week they will be separated, Im thinking hes the dominant male and she the submissive female.
Now dont wanna panic, but am I missing some obvious ill health signs? Should she be at the vet? or will she improve when separated from him?
Thank you Fisher and Tom
My son and I are new to herping, and have bought 2 adult bearded dragons recently, within the last month.
They were both in brumation, but now have woken, and been awake for 3 weeks.
The male is more active, more alert, loves his crix and salads.
The female is more docile, prefers laying fairly flat, refuses crix but eats her salads.
Crix are offered in separate tub, he charges around eating, she tries to escape the tub!
We have misted both of them and allowed them to drink off their faces, thinking it could be dehydration.
I am now applyng a light shake of calcium/vitamin powder to her greens to give her nutrition, and even squished some crix and mixed them through her salads.
His poo's are formed, white ends (urates), hers are more the consistency of pesto, mildly watery, white material in it, but mainly the colour of digested plant material i would expect.
As its warming up we have taken them out on the lawn a few times, the male active requires chasing, the female slower, will eat the clover and almost stilted in her walking.
Currently they are housed together, within a week they will be separated, Im thinking hes the dominant male and she the submissive female.
Now dont wanna panic, but am I missing some obvious ill health signs? Should she be at the vet? or will she improve when separated from him?
Thank you Fisher and Tom