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This is my first bearded dragon, and there are a couple issues and questions I have
First, my bearded dragon is growing rather slowly. This isnt a huge issue, since he is growing, but hes the size of a 3ish month old at 6 months. He still has steady increase of size though and eats 50+ dubia roaches a day. But should I change his diet and temperatures as he gets older, or as he gets bigger?
Second, he tries to eat everything. Ive heard that baby bearded dragons will do that, but he’s done it obsessively since I got him. Some days he won’t but sometimes even when he just ate he’ll run around trying to eat the rocks (which are bigger than he would possibly eat), trying to eat the carpet, the walls, etc. Will he grow out of this or should I be worried? I know if i kept him on loose substrate or paper towels he would eat all of it, and probably break his jaw on tile.
Third, he is not very smart and runs into everything, including the walls. His enclosure is wood and he doesnt ever run into the glass doors, only the walls and the decor. It wasnt that much of an issue, but now the tip of his nose is starting to get scratched up and worn down. Its not too noticeable so far, but it will get progressively worse and will cause major problems if he doesn’t stop. I have no idea what to do short of wrapping everything in bubble wrap, so what should I do?
Fourth, on his nose in between his nostrils a group of scales turned a muddy, black-ish brown. I was worried it was scale rot or a stuck shed, but it doesnt look like it and a bath did nothing. He doesnt act like it hurts, or scratch at it, or have any behavioral or health changes. Should I be worried or is it just a coloring change?
Thanks to anyone who takes time to answer these!
I have a 8 month old bearded dragon that i was holding in my lap, and he jumped further than I thought he could over to the windowsill and bit off the tip of a cactus. I tried to pull it out of his mouth but he still a good amount of it. I am aware this is 100% my fault and I’ll be much more careful in the future. I have no idea what species the plant is or if it’s deadly or not, since it was a gift and doesnt have a label. If anyone can give me advice and identify it that would be helpful! He’s acting normal right now but this happened 5 minutes ago, again please help
First, my bearded dragon is growing rather slowly. This isnt a huge issue, since he is growing, but hes the size of a 3ish month old at 6 months. He still has steady increase of size though and eats 50+ dubia roaches a day. But should I change his diet and temperatures as he gets older, or as he gets bigger?
Second, he tries to eat everything. Ive heard that baby bearded dragons will do that, but he’s done it obsessively since I got him. Some days he won’t but sometimes even when he just ate he’ll run around trying to eat the rocks (which are bigger than he would possibly eat), trying to eat the carpet, the walls, etc. Will he grow out of this or should I be worried? I know if i kept him on loose substrate or paper towels he would eat all of it, and probably break his jaw on tile.
Third, he is not very smart and runs into everything, including the walls. His enclosure is wood and he doesnt ever run into the glass doors, only the walls and the decor. It wasnt that much of an issue, but now the tip of his nose is starting to get scratched up and worn down. Its not too noticeable so far, but it will get progressively worse and will cause major problems if he doesn’t stop. I have no idea what to do short of wrapping everything in bubble wrap, so what should I do?
Fourth, on his nose in between his nostrils a group of scales turned a muddy, black-ish brown. I was worried it was scale rot or a stuck shed, but it doesnt look like it and a bath did nothing. He doesnt act like it hurts, or scratch at it, or have any behavioral or health changes. Should I be worried or is it just a coloring change?
Thanks to anyone who takes time to answer these!
I have a 8 month old bearded dragon that i was holding in my lap, and he jumped further than I thought he could over to the windowsill and bit off the tip of a cactus. I tried to pull it out of his mouth but he still a good amount of it. I am aware this is 100% my fault and I’ll be much more careful in the future. I have no idea what species the plant is or if it’s deadly or not, since it was a gift and doesnt have a label. If anyone can give me advice and identify it that would be helpful! He’s acting normal right now but this happened 5 minutes ago, again please help
