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Old 12-03-2007, 07:33 PM
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I was given two juvenile Beardies last Sunday, one male one female, the boy is doing great and gaining weight, but the female is loosing weight, she was 150g on 6/3 and now only weighs 141g.
I am feeding romaine, cabbage, carrot, beans and peas in the morning, and crix in the afternoon.
My temps are 105f basking, 88f hot end and 75f cool end.
Oh yeh also over the last couple of days he has been head bobbing like mad dont know if this could have anything to do with it.
anyone got any ideas/advice?
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Old 12-03-2007, 07:39 PM
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have u tried changing the veg u give? try spring greens best thing for lizards. also try giving her some waxys not too often mind u because they are like sweeties to beardies,but they are fattening.i wouldnt give cabbage either as this doesnt contain near enough nutrients for dragons.also the basking temp should be up to 110 for juvies.is he letting her eat? sounds like they are too young to breed the head bobbing is him basically saying "im a male".has she been wormed since u had her? maybe a quick visit to the vets and have a fecal sample done too she might have parasites and if she does your male will get it too.
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Old 12-03-2007, 07:52 PM
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sorry forgot to mention wormed her last night, and will do again tonight, have been giving wax worms as well, but not too many cause i didn't want to spoil her but maybe I could give more how many should i give??
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how many crix is she eating in one go and how often?? i would give her the waxys maybe twice a week but only after shes had a good fill of crickets.have u tried her on hoppers too? a good varied diet is the key to a heatly dragon.as for how many waxys well u dnt want her gettin hooked on em so i would say 6 or 7 after her fill of crickets. maybe seperate her from the male till she starts gaining weight again.
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