At wits end with my beardie

[Scttysnyder]

Soo I bring my beardie home last week and he eats up all the crickets i put in his cage. Next day he only eats 2 of them and then turns his nose up at all the others. Now a few days later he won't even look at a cricket. I've left him alone and havent messed with him.
I think he may be going into a shed because his colors are changing but hes just a small guy. The only way i can get him to even eat anything is by making him open his mouth not forceful but just touch it lightly and when he opens it i put a cricket in and he chews it up. I've tried to put him in a different box with some crickets but he just sits there and does nothing.

I have a MVB bulb and a cermaic heat emitter his basking spot is 105ish and the other side is 80ish. He just hangs around on his log all day under the MVB. He just got me worried because i watch these movies on youtube and the beardies never stop eating Anyone got any ideas?

 

[ExoticEctotherms]

Try some waxworms. Mine can't resist them. Make sure they are Waxworms...they shouldn't eat mealworms until they get older.

Are you feeding veggies as well? Are you misting him lightly every day? Some beardies will not drink from a water bowl. They drink drops of water running down their nose or from rocks, branches, etc. If he is dehydrated, he may not eat.

 

[jason longboard]

mine would get full and stop.Leave some veggies in the cage and stop with the crix for a bit,has he been crapping alot?If not then give him time,also,make sure you got a rock or something that soaks up heat good under the heat lamp,they like the belly warmth too.Leaving crix in all the time has always stressed out mine back in the day.Chop up some mustard greens and such and leave it in a dish.He will eat if its hungry.If he looks fat then stop stressing,dont open his mouth anymore.Mist his head with water until he drinks the drops if you never see him drink.If he wont then let him be for a few days but stop moving him all around and letting him have an orgy with the crix.Do you have any pics,please say yes.

 

[jason longboard]

Try some waxworms. Mine can't resist them. Make sure they are Waxworms...they shouldn't eat mealworms until they get older.

Are you feeding veggies as well? Are you misting him lightly every day? Some beardies will not drink from a water bowl. They drink drops of water running down their nose or from rocks, branches, etc. If he is dehydrated, he may not eat.

this is bs that your post came before mineI wasted my typing fingers,anyways,I think hes freakin full.

 

[Scttysnyder]

hes been poopin but only after i gave him some food via the mouth thingie. I have fresh greens in his tank everyday. I give him a bath every night in the sink. i've got some Phoneix worms coming in the mail soon so i hope he will go crazy over those. He seems kind of small thou.

 

[reptech]

give it time and i agree wit the others

 

[jason longboard]

hes been poopin but only after i gave him some food via the mouth thingie. I have fresh greens in his tank everyday. I give him a bath every night in the sink. i've got some Phoneix worms coming in the mail soon so i hope he will go crazy over those. He seems kind of small thou.

I wouldnt do the bath every night thing,he needs time without hands on.

 

[Scttysnyder]

ill try my hardest not to touch him i just want him to eat gah ><

 

[Jfitz]

give it time and i agree wit the others

time cures everything... well almost everything lol

 

[jason longboard]

ill try my hardest not to touch him i just want him to eat gah ><

BRO,get a pic for us,they dont need to eat every day.Work on getting a pic,if he ate that much the other day he is not going to die..Get us a pic,pic ,pic,pic,pretty please with a cherry on top.Best thing I ever learned was to back off of my herps a bit when I thought they needed to be pushed.