feeding time for beardies

[bearded_bacon]

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my bearded dragon does not hunt food and i dont know what to do could you please help?

 

[beardy_boy_6]

what are the temps in his cage like? dose he have a uv light?? how long have u had him?? we just need a bit more info so we can help

 

[coz666]

not much info for us to help you /
how old?
what temps are you running?
what are you feeding it? / size ?

 

[Scleropages]

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my bearded dragon does not hunt food and i dont know what to do could you please help?

Your dragon wont hunt if its too cold. get him/her a 35-45C hot spot and a cooler 25C aira in the enclosure and use a UVB bulb as well.
If its looking limp/dodgy take him to a vet or get your parents to ask someone around you who has kept dragons to come over and have a look at your setup for you.

Hope that helps

 

[Earthling]

Pictures say a thousand words.
How about some pics of the beardie, full body, and some of the whole enclosure.

 

[petmad]

the food might also be too big for him. with hatchlings i know they can eat small cricktes but i just can't get them to eat them. if i put pinhead sized ones in they seem to start chasing them and once they have tasted them they will happily eat the small crickets as these are easier to get.

 

[bearded_bacon]

As asked here is more information and a picture

I don't have a full photo of the enclosure but can tell you it is a 120cm x 40 cm tank.
he is a juvenile, we are uncertain of exact age as he came from a pet shop and they didnt have much information. He is aprox 20cm in length.
He has both UVa and UVb lighting as well as a heat wave lamp. The temp at the hot end is at 32-34 degrees celsius and 28 to 30 at the cool end.

 

[Dave]

The hot end is to low.. up it upto 38-42c and the cool end is a little to hot.. try to keep it under 25c.. or put a bowl in the cool end so he can hop in it if he is hot (shallow though)

 

[beardy_boy_6]

he should have a basking spot of around 38-40 degrees celsius in the pic he looks to be in good health
some people are going to say a 4ft tank is to big for a juvenile but i keep hatchys in 4ft tank with no prob

 

[beardy_boy_6]

do you feed him in the tank?? if you do try taking him out and putting him in a click clack for feeding time

 

[pepper]

try giving him a luke warm bath in water he can stand in .... and make sure you keep an eye on him so he doesn;t drown.... also he should but may not do a poo while in the water after that I take em out.... and then try and feed...Also woodies maybe a bit big and he might be scared of them... You might want to trying giving smaller ones to him..... good luck !!!

 

[JasonL]

Never blame a poor feeding dragon on the animal itself, 99% of the time it is the enclosure / heating / stress that causes them to go downhill, and if nothing is changed either will the dragons health.

 

[bearded_bacon]

i feed him crickes and when i bathe him he jumps out