I have some questions about the new Bearded Dragon we got. He is a few years old I believe, and is pretty big, so he isn't a baby or anything. We picked him up with his setup last week from a family who's child had lost interest in him. First thing is he seems to only want to eat Superworms, He has eaten a couple of crickets but not often, and he won't touch his veggies. How do I get him to eat the veggies? I added a small amount of baby food carrots on it today and he tasted it and than ignored them.
Than he came with a 40 gallon tank, but I plan to move him up to a 75 gallon tank with tile in it. He only came with a basking bulb, so I went out and got a UVB bulb, one of the weird shaped ones since that was all the store had at the time, but than was able to get one of the long bulbs aswell. So the weird bulb is over his basking spot and the long bulb is over the other side of the tank. It isn't long enough to go end to end. Well today he has been running from end to end and rubbing his face like he is trying to get out of the tank and scratching at the sides of the tank. What does this mean? I don't want him to rub his nose raw. I am working on getting the 75 gallon tank ready as soon as possible, but the people I got it from had made a fake rock formation that was made with grout or something and it was in bad shape so I have been scrapping that out and am almost done, and than need to wash it good and get the tile in it. But until its done what can I do to make him happy in the other tank?
And one last question. I read that I should soak him once a week in water. Is this true? I want to be sure. Something I have read say yes others say no. Thanks for any help