Shedding Questions

How often do Beardies shed and is there anything important about it that I should know?

Beardies shed every so often in sections. Never will they shed everything at the same time. When you see them shedding give them a bath or two a day, it really helps and they love it. What ever you do though, do not help them in anyway or form even if a good sized peice is hanging on by a hair thin peice. I can just say helping them with their sheds ((i imagine) feels like pulling off scabs to us. Once the skin underneath is fully ready the shed will come off( Unless the humidity was off)

Hope this helps- Matt

So it is not something that happens like every couple of weeks or anything then? I asked a couple of weeks ago about how long it will take for my beardi not to run from me and every one said to just give him a little while to adjust. He seems like he is getting worse though. Any time I try to even stick my hand in there with him he flares up and has bit me twice while I was holding him. He did good for a little while the other day let me grab him and hold him for awhile and then he went right back to being mean again. Whats up with that, how do I get him to stop doing that?

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So it is not something that happens like every couple of weeks or anything then? I asked a couple of weeks ago about how long it will take for my beardi not to run from me and every one said to just give him a little while to adjust. He seems like he is getting worse though. Any time I try to even stick my hand in there with him he flares up and has bit me twice while I was holding him. He did good for a little while the other day let me grab him and hold him for awhile and then he went right back to being mean again. Whats up with that, how do I get him to stop doing that?

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Very well could be a tank related problem, can you answer me these?

What type of uvb do you use /brandname

What is your substrate

how big is the tank

How hot is his basking temp

what do you measure it with?

what do you feed him

how much do you feed him

what do you dust it with?

thanks!

He is in a 20 tall ( for now ) he is about 2-3 months old I think, about 4-5 inches with tail. I use calci sand, his temp stays about 80-83 day and 74 night, I use a digital thermometer. I will have to look at his lights and let you know what they are later, I cant remember off the top of my head. Probably will get back with you in the morning for more help. Thanks for the responses, I hope we can figure out what is wrong with Buddi. You have any ideas so far on what could be wrong?

Basking temp is around 115 I think and I feed him about 5 small crickets 5 days a week and dust with calcium powder once a week. I give him some thawed frozen peas, carrots, mustard greens about every other day, mainly mustard greens, those are his favorite. I will check his light real quick and get back with you before I sign off.

EXO TERRA repti glow UVB 8.0, 15 watt

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He is in a 20 tall ( for now ) he is about 2-3 months old I think, about 4-5 inches with tail. I use calci sand, his temp stays about 80-83 day and 74 night, I use a digital thermometer. I will have to look at his lights and let you know what they are later, I cant remember off the top of my head. Probably will get back with you in the morning for more help. Thanks for the responses, I hope we can figure out what is wrong with Buddi. You have any ideas so far on what could be wrong?

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Hes tiny, get him off of the calci sand

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Basking temp is around 115 I think and I feed him about 5 small crickets 5 days a week and dust with calcium powder once a week. I give him some thawed frozen peas, carrots, mustard greens about every other day, mainly mustard greens, those are his favorite. I will check his light real quick and get back with you before I sign off.

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Lower it to 100-110, he needs to be eating ALOT more, around 30-50 small crickets.

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EXO TERRA repti glow UVB 8.0, 15 watt

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Up his bulb to a 10.0 tube light. Skip the f/t stuff out, the nutritional value is gone after you freeze them. give him a few vegies that are all fresh.

30-50 a day or a week??

What do you recommend besides calci sand? The reptile carpet? I was gonna switch to the carpet before and noticed that he like to bury himself in it at night which he really doesnt do any more. You think that not feeding him enough is making him upset? I guess there is only one way to find out huh?!!

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30-50 a day or a week??

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Day, just make sure that the crickets are no bigger than the width between his eyes.

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What do you recommend besides calci sand? The reptile carpet? I was gonna switch to the carpet before and noticed that he like to bury himself in it at night which he really doesnt do any more. You think that not feeding him enough is making him upset? I guess there is only one way to find out huh?!!

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It can, Id switch to paper towls. Reptile carpet is a pain to clean for me. A even better idea is tile.

Definately cant afford to do 30-50 a day, I have heard from several sources that 10 a day is more than enough which is about what I can do. Thank you so much for all of your advice, I will take any you have to offer! I just hope that I can get my little guy to be nice again or I am afraid my hubby won't let me keep him! Thanks again!

where do you buy crickets from? Try online, you can get 1000 for around $20 from Premiumcrickets.com. Other wise id find a home for him, because they need that many crickets. They have the nickname australian pig for a reason!:)

Oh btw here are some tips for once you get everything above corrected.
When picking him up, come slowly from the side because they are a "third eye" on top of their head that can sense you, and with a giant hand coming down on him he will think you are a prey. You can try to lure him to your hand with food also if he refuses to get picked up. After you have him suport his hard with your thumb softly to make sure that he does not jump off. This isnt a beardie but it is my savannah monitor and me holding him the way im talking about
http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_0062.jpg

After you correct everything, give him a week to settle in with minimum handling only when cleaning.


Hope this helps!

10 small crickets is not even close to what a beardie needs. Whatever sources told you that are misinformed. And just like someone already suggested you should order your crickets in bulk online, its way cheaper than trying to buy 30 crickets a day from a pet store.