Justdragons
Very Well-Known Member
Gday all.
Id say 2 months ago i got a little beardie hatchie for free from a member on this site as she was a little difficult. I was happy with this as ive had lots of beardies and a few nut jobs who seem to love the taste of my flesh ( always the most fun ) and thought no sweat. she is a gorgeous little dragon just starting to get some colours now, but she has some problems and id like some opinions if possible???
she is about 3 months total and about 80mm long as i have to force feed her every time she eats, i have once seen her eat a cricket on her own but its just not in her nature to do so. To the point ive seen 1 or 2 sneaky crickets in her viv who started off as baby crickets and are now mature, i try to grab them if i see them as i dont want them trying to hurt her. mostly she runs away from them lol. to start with i thought she might be blind but now i know she isnt she is just a very timid dragon. She just isnt growing.
basking spot= 43
cool end= 27
feeds on small crickets
lights on at 6 off at 6
ceramic heat globe w/ 12" 5.0 repti sun fluro
lots of hides and vines
substrate is breeders choice.
The only other problem is that she wants to hide all the time. my house mate says she does come out to bask when nobody is around so i put more stuff in her viv so she would feel more secure and there is little poos around the place so i feel she comes out and gets some uv but for the mosty part she isnt heaps hyper like most hatchies. do you think she is just a timid dragon or there is something more sinister at work here??
Id say 2 months ago i got a little beardie hatchie for free from a member on this site as she was a little difficult. I was happy with this as ive had lots of beardies and a few nut jobs who seem to love the taste of my flesh ( always the most fun ) and thought no sweat. she is a gorgeous little dragon just starting to get some colours now, but she has some problems and id like some opinions if possible???
she is about 3 months total and about 80mm long as i have to force feed her every time she eats, i have once seen her eat a cricket on her own but its just not in her nature to do so. To the point ive seen 1 or 2 sneaky crickets in her viv who started off as baby crickets and are now mature, i try to grab them if i see them as i dont want them trying to hurt her. mostly she runs away from them lol. to start with i thought she might be blind but now i know she isnt she is just a very timid dragon. She just isnt growing.
basking spot= 43
cool end= 27
feeds on small crickets
lights on at 6 off at 6
ceramic heat globe w/ 12" 5.0 repti sun fluro
lots of hides and vines
substrate is breeders choice.
The only other problem is that she wants to hide all the time. my house mate says she does come out to bask when nobody is around so i put more stuff in her viv so she would feel more secure and there is little poos around the place so i feel she comes out and gets some uv but for the mosty part she isnt heaps hyper like most hatchies. do you think she is just a timid dragon or there is something more sinister at work here??