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How old are they now they are eating greens? and what are they eating? Thanks!

OK thanks. The tail has mostly shed, except a ring around the tip which is hanging on.. most back and belly has shed, just has a collar of old skin on front legs and also skin on its head which is flaking up. Will keep an eye on it and add moisture and mist.

Came home from work today and little dragon is shedding skin. First time... quite a surprise to see it like that.... had lost its appetite last day or two and I thought it was fairly strange, as it was eating well and eating consistent for the past month. I think it is around 2 months old now. Just interesting to watch. Might post a pic if people are interested.

State of Origin? haha

OK, cheers for the reply.

Good stuff, awesome to see how it was put together.

Hey guys, great information, thanks for the work putting this thread together! Taking it all in…. One thing that is bothering me, there seems to be a massive paranoia out there (in the internet world) about feeding habits of baby beardies. I find conflicting information on the internet, answer forums etc… about the quantity of crickets that a baby beardie should / will eat. Some people say per day - 10, some say 30, some say 100…. Not consistent… From you peoples (on this forum) experience, what would be normal baby beardie eating habits...... baby beardie is max 5.5 - 6 inches in length… I am following the advice on this forum, to feed 2-3 times a day…. Now this is what has been working for me……. I am feeding it twice a day, 5 out of 7 days a week.. (3 times every other day) Each feeding it will eat 3 - 5 crickets (sometimes chuck in a wax moth or meal worm in there too , so in total would be 3-7 live feed at least twice a day ) When I first put live feed in, it will get excited and hunt down the food very quickly, then after 3 - 5 crickets… I have found it just wanders off, climbs up the log, sits under UV light and chills out and will ignore any more live feed I put in there, sometimes it will not even look at it and just want to start climbing everything in its enclosure. So I assume this is enough, but so much conflicting information about what is enough, you can’t force it to eat? It is active, alert, wanders around, from time to time wanders around sticking tongue out tasting different things, sometimes basks under UV light or the heat lamp… seems very happy?? It has water supply, changed daily. It has fresh veges daily. It gets mist daily. Bath once a week. Sometimes it will drink water drips from my finger tip Does not seem stressed, very friendly to walk on hand. UV light and heat lamp etc etc Dusting crickets with calcium. This all seems normal to me? Anything from this list I should not be doing? Any advice surrounding the quantities that is normal? Thanks. Because all these people saying 30-100 a day is starting to get me worried !!!!! Because if this isn’t normal, then I am stumped as to how to force it to eat more. Help is much appreciated

Hi, im a newbie aswell, so welcome! I have been here for a short time too, have learnt alot and people have offered good advice and tips!

I think it is great that you have such a love for these animals! Top work! Nasty to see some of the wounds but is Great thread to read :thup:

Seen similar ones around home, all types of critters around now!

Im convinced the dragon is fine. Eating fine, behavour is fine and actually looks like it is just putting on weight. So should be all good, but will monitor obviously. Thanks guys.

Thanks for the welcomes

OK, I checked the lump this morning when feeding. It looked the same, didnt look like it had grown. And the dragon didnt look in sort of stressed state, still alert, chased the food and ate the food, still looked aware and curious. So will check again tonight.

Hi, yes is having calcium, with every meal. Crickets are dusted well with calcium powder. Has fresh water daily sometimes twice a day, fresh veges on offer daily, and eats good amounts of crickets each day, also has the odd mealworm and moth aswell. Have done some googling and found that crickets can give a bite and can result in a lump. But would be good if anyone that has had experience with beardies can offer info

Hi all, Just inrtoducing my self.. Me and my partner have recently taken the commitment to raise a baby beardie. It is currently upto 7 weeks old. Is a handful at times and we are both learning so much every day!!! This forum looks full of good information. I also have Goldfish, which I have recently put in an indoor tank, which I am learning about as well, doing my best to care for them and make sure the water is correct condition and everything else that comes along with caring for fish. Cheers. Todd.

Falkor, the baby dragon is upto 7 weeks old. Has a small lump that appeared today on neck, one thing I noticed is he had a dark strip running below its eyes and its neck area almost changed to dark black colour for a hour or so, very odd, but the colour seems to have settled back to normal colours now, and was still active, alert and chasing food when I offered a cricket earlier. Doesnt seem upset. But has now settled and resting on its perch below UV lamp. But lump remains.. could this lump be a bite from a cricket? I will keep an eye on it for next few days, how long should it take for this to settle? or how long should I give it to start healing before I take baby dragon to vet? I would guess this lump has been there for maybe 24-36 hours max. Any help much appreciated, Todd