bearded dragon still not eating

[justin fisk]

ok so a should take sand out as well will newspaper do or shall a use kitchen roll paper and also should a put loads in or just enough to cover bottom

[ESAB]

its up to you, many people use it but lots of people says its a big no no, newspaper should be fine, vinyl, tiles etc I use some rough type floor tiles from B&Q as they look nice still, easy to clean and supposedly help to file his nails (though I dont think the last bit is happening). I'm sure just enough to cover the floo would be ok if you use newspaper.

Also forgot to ask how far is your uv tube, should be 6-8 inches away.

Do you have any pics of your set up x

[justin fisk]

i have got pics but they are on me facebook profilt

[ESAB]

pm'd you

[dragonflymummy]

Check out the brumation thing - I'm pretty sure that's what my bearded dragon is going through - it's the right time of year, but won't apply if it's a baby~!mine is 2 years old

[Tarn~Totty]

Hiya hun

Im sure some of the others with more experience will be able to help, if you could answer the following it will help people narrow down the causes:

How old are your beardies? How long have you had them?

What is the set-up like? Include pics if possible. What temperatures are at your hotspot, middle of viv and cool end?

Are they able to get close to the UV light? Which UV strength are you using (5%, 10%, 12%)

What live food are you offering? How often? What veg do you give them?

Do they poop regular?

Have they shed/started to shed recently?


As much info as you can think of mate, add it, it all helps.

Hope you get things sorted soon

[justin fisk]

i have heard beardys can also eat lamb mince is this true

[beardie_2]

beardies cant eat lamb mince, we feed our beardies locusts, mealies, crickets, morio worms, occasionally dubai roaches, and the very occasional wax worm.

But make sure you give them greens everyday.

we have a sub adult and she does not need to be fed insects that much but we do give her greens everyday, all our other beardies get greens and insects everyday because of their ages.

our juvenile common and our sandfire x blood reds are 12 weeks old and they are eating fine apart from the moment because of the brumation period
they do tend to eat less, although the juvenile common still eats like the gannet she is lol.

and if ur beardie is female she will dig in the sand, by the way what sand do u use, we use play sand.

advice would be if ur beardie is female and digging, remove the news paper because u will end up with it everywhere in the viv.

i hope this has been of use, if you need anymore info then contact me or my partner at dragos.dragons@hotmail.com

[justin fisk]

THE VIV IS A 3FOOT HOT END IS 106 cool endd 78 i have 10uvb strip light going the length of tank and a 100w basking bulb his food and water is at cool end and i have tried him on locusts crickets black and brown but wont touch any he is only eating bits of cress watercress grated carrots the odd grape and addple slice and no he is not having poo unless i rub his belly in bath i have better pics of set up on facebook

[rich9k9]

send us a link to ya face book account and people can correct ya if ya wrong in places