i recently got a new cage for my bearded dragon about a month ago. since then, he has been staying in a wooden hide-away and won't come out to bask or anything. when i feel him, he's cold and so i put him on the log for him to bask on and he'll stay there for a while but then goes back under his hide-away. he eats healthy; crickets, vegetables, and fruits with vitamins. could it be because of the new cage? and wouldnt he be used to it by now? im worried....
2007-12-09 10:59:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Ensure you've got sufficient water supply, correct heat and humidity and lighting and then just leave the dragon alone for a while. All lizards have periods where they like to hide away for a while and regulate their own bodily activity, that's what makes them such interesting critters. The more you interfere with the lizard the less happy they will be. Monitor living conditions, ensure they're optimum and keep out of the enclosure for a while.
2007-12-09 11:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cathy J, Librarian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i exploit the zoo med basking bulbs and for a fifty 5 than i might do a hundred watt a minimum of. you need to additionally get yet another bulb that's a uva/uvb bulb it incredibly gives you specific supplements which will sell healthful bone improve. additionally reckoning on the temperature at your abode of abode i might propose the two a under tank heater(my favourite) or a heated rock which i do no longer propose in simple terms because of the fact I even have heard horror thoughts approximately them shorting out or the animals in simple terms no longer moving off them and it burning them or maybe killing them.
2016-11-14 05:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a baby, don't put it a hide. Babies tend to hide all of the time, so it's better that you don't put one. Then it won't get the UV rays it needs. It's not sick, so don't worry, just remove the hide, and it'll be fine.
2007-12-09 11:16:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it sufficiently warm in there? It's been cold lately and he may be in a semi-hibernated state; after all, reptiles ARE cold-blooded animals.
2007-12-09 11:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by edwardw818 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hes not use to the new cage. the humidity may also be off. it may be so humid that even tho he is cold its to humid for him to want to get under the light. do you have a temperature and a humidity gage?
2007-12-09 11:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's an adult, then he may be brumating. Check out complete info here:
http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BDbrumate.html
2007-12-09 11:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hahaha...cuz you haven't unzipped your pants!
KIDDING.
is it warm enough? do you have a heat lamp on high enough?
2007-12-09 11:07:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋