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Stress marks appear while basking?
I noticed that whenever my beardy basks under his basking lamp, sometimes his stress marks would appear. I mean i thought stress marks only appear when you hold them and stuff, but it just kind of bothers me. The basking spot for him is about 105-115F Hes about 3 months old. When i hold him he’ll have stress marks every now and then, but when hes under the light, even after several hours of now holding him, he has them. Also, earlier today when i was feeding him crickets, i had the calcium powder on the floor.. wel like in the container, and he started licking it all up. Is that okay? or can he like "overdose"? What if i just let him LICK his calciums twice a day, 5 days a week. Is that okay too? lol thanks Lisa |
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| 08/16/08 05:29pm |
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Newfgal View Profile |
Message To: Cappy8 In reference to Message Id: 1833057 Stress marks appear while basking?
It’s ok if he licked a little calcium, as long as it’s not D3 and he gets to much, lol, but i would stick to dusting his food to ensure he gets the proper amount... Nancy. |
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| 08/16/08 05:52pm |
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Cappy8 View Profile |
Message To: Newfgal In reference to Message Id: 1833065 Stress marks appear while basking?
yeah, i have a cool side which ranges from 83-87 ish when the basking lamp is on. Yeah no worries, i do the calcium no d3 twice a day. I have the jurrasicCAL is that okay? it says no d3. yeah, i’ll still dust the crickets and he just likes to lick up the calcium off the bottom lol i also sprinkle the calcium on his veggies. Is that okay? or too much in a day? thanks. Lisa |
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| 08/16/08 06:36pm |
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Newfgal View Profile |
Message To: Cappy8 In reference to Message Id: 1833130 Stress marks appear while basking?
Yes the jurrasic Cal is ok...Dusting the vegies is ok, and if your dusting live feeders to be careful with him licking up alot from the floor, to much calcium may give him runny stools...If he eats alot of greens and you dust them, i would dust the feeders once...it is better just to dust the feeders though 2 x a day, rather than dusting the greens as most greens have calcium anyway... Nancy. |
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| 08/16/08 06:47pm |
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Cappy8 View Profile |
Message To: Newfgal In reference to Message Id: 1833139 Stress marks appear while basking?
That’s good. Oh okay, i’ll keep that in mind. Its funny how he never defecates in his tank, but when i take him out to bask in the sun, he does it there. Lol I noticeed that before he goes, he runs around, almost liike a funny dance his hind legs twitch a bit, and OUT IT GOES.haha Yeah.. oh okay, so just dust the crickets twice a day and thats it. thanks. |
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| 08/16/08 06:57pm |
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Newfgal View Profile |
Message To: Cappy8 In reference to Message Id: 1833149 Stress marks appear while basking?
Yep, dust twice a day until he’s 4 months, and after that, well, it’s on your other thread, lol... Nancy. |
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| 08/16/08 07:21pm |
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Message To: Newfgal In reference to Message Id: 1833169 Stress marks appear while basking?
But babies do stress about everything. LOL -- and then in return, we stress watching them. Fun times! :) Its cute that your little guy likes the calcium! I wouldnt dust food and live prey. Too much. I would stick to just the prey if he is eating a few times a day. I use that same powder for my D3 free. :) Nina |
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| 08/16/08 08:32pm |
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Cappy8 View Profile |
Message To: Nina2008 In reference to Message Id: 1833255 Stress marks appear while basking?
Yeah, hje does get dark, so i’d always wonder what was wrong? lol Thats good to know that other dragons have the same reactions.. Yeah, he doesn’t stay for that LONG. yeah, i’m worried that i wont get to see him become a big dragon cuz of some mistake that i wasn’t careful about.. Yeah, i didn’t know he would eat it RAW.. hahaha. its like eating ketchup without the french fries you know! eeeeek :D Yeah.. i’ll just do twice a day on the crickets... i rread somewhere that to help them eat greens, you can dust the greens with calcium no d3, cuz they eat the cal on the crickets.. so idk. They might be attracted to that.. thanks guys :) |
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| 08/16/08 10:01pm |
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Message To: Cappy8 In reference to Message Id: 1833351 Stress marks appear while basking?
and in turn im stressed and am gonna die from high blood pressure at the age of 18 if this goes on much longer! LOL haha yah i dropped some calcium from the crickets onto the floor of the cage and my baby ran upto it and licked it. she’s a curious little cutie, but i dont think she’s gonna try it again haha now that she knows what it was. and I’m sure you’re doing a good job! |
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| 08/16/08 11:06pm |
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Cappy8 View Profile |
Message To: Tarkah In reference to Message Id: 1833431 Stress marks appear while basking?
I’mm 18 too! haha, today he snuggled into my hair. i had my hair in a bun, and he was on my neck, and she squeezed in there.. after 40minutes or so, when i wanted him out, i couldnt get him out! he then poked his heead out of my hair, so you’d see his tail and his head only. haaha, yeah hes so ccute :) aren’t all beardies, haha. aww, thanks Turk! i’m trying my best! Woohoo, finally got my Reptisun 10 uvb working. stepdad got the fixture to work. No longer have to take him out everyday for his 30minutes plus sun basking. Lol but i probably will whenever i can, but don’t have to worry if i dont have the time. thanks again :)) LISAA |
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| 08/17/08 02:56am |
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