A teenage kid who's a neighbour of mine tells me he has a Jacky dragon who seems a bit off it's food lately - he tells me it's not very interested in eating, and when he takes it out it's enclosure it freezes when he puts on the chair next to him but does run up his shirt sometimes.
I think that perhaps it might be stressed by being handled by him and needs to be given more time to settle into living in it's enclosure and perhaps it might be shedding or broody if it's a female.
There's been a lot of renovation work going on in the family home for the last several weeks too which I think may be stressing the Jacky maybe.
He's thinking of letting it go - I don't like the idea of captive bred lizard being set loose to fend for itself as it wont be used what's dangerous and will not last long even if it can find food of it's own accord.
Any advice from other Jacky owners about what might be going on with his poor lizard.
I don't think the Jacky being off it's food and not eating much (it is eating some) is a great drama, judging from Lizzy's eating behaviour, she's sometimes not interested in food I offer her for several days.
I think that perhaps it might be stressed by being handled by him and needs to be given more time to settle into living in it's enclosure and perhaps it might be shedding or broody if it's a female.
There's been a lot of renovation work going on in the family home for the last several weeks too which I think may be stressing the Jacky maybe.
He's thinking of letting it go - I don't like the idea of captive bred lizard being set loose to fend for itself as it wont be used what's dangerous and will not last long even if it can find food of it's own accord.
Any advice from other Jacky owners about what might be going on with his poor lizard.
I don't think the Jacky being off it's food and not eating much (it is eating some) is a great drama, judging from Lizzy's eating behaviour, she's sometimes not interested in food I offer her for several days.
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