{"id":1244,"date":"2019-09-18T19:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reptilefollower.com\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2021-05-24T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T09:01:45","slug":"baby-bearded-dragon-wont-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reptilefollower.com\/baby-bearded-dragon-wont-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby bearded dragon wont eat (Why?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are a new owner of a beautiful baby Bearded Dragon, you may be pulling your hair out wondering why he won’t eat (Click here for my best Bearded Dragon guide<\/a><\/strong>). Well, I have some answers for you…<\/p>\n Why won’t your baby bearded dragon eat? He is either stressed, anxious or unhappy. This could be caused by an incorrect temperature in his enclosure, unwanted cage mates, uncomfortable new environment or just simply being fed the wrong food.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now that you know what could be causing this, let me delve deeper and explain how these things occur, how you can avoid making these mistakes, what and how often you should be feeding him and more. Keep reading.<\/p>\n The reality is there are a number of reasons why your baby dragon my not be eating, therefore, I will use this section to give you some suggestions to help you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Has your baby Beardie just been moved in? If yes, don’t stress. It’s normal for a new baby to feel a little bit off of his food when he has first moved to a new environment.<\/p>\n Understand this, this happens to adults as well. However, for babies, it’s even worse.<\/p>\n Why? <\/em><\/p>\n This is because not only are they in a new environment, they have also been taken away from their siblings and mother, are you with me?<\/p>\n Typically you can expect them to need one or two weeks to adjust to their new environment. Meaning, expect some abnormal eating patterns within this transitional stage.<\/p>\n Baby Bearded Dragons can be a bit picky at times. Especially if you’re not sure what to feed them. A safe bet is Size 2 crickets, they are a good choice and a good size for him.<\/p>\n However, you could also try Dubia Roaches. They love these roaches. In fact, you should find that he will love these even more than the crickets.<\/p>\n One of the common problems, which can turn baby dragons off their food, is them not feeling comfortable. In particular, feeling cold.<\/p>\n This usually happens if you haven’t set the temperature right in the enclosure. To give you an idea of the expectation, you need to provide heat up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit in their enclosure.<\/p>\n I know this may sound very hot to you but bear in mind that bearded dragons originate from desert areas where this will be the norm.<\/p>\n You can achieve these temperatures in a couple of ways:<\/p>\n If you opt for the latter, just be careful not to make it too low. This is so you can avoid injuring him with the hot bulb.<\/p>\n Another thing that could irritate your bearded dragon. Is large swings in temperature. What do I mean? Well, if you want to avoid the temperature going from 115 degrees F and then a massive dip down in the temperature in the cool area.<\/p>\n To cut a long story short you need to make sure the cool area doesn’t drop below 85 degrees F and ideally, it should be up to 90 degrees F.<\/p>\n If you are not close to these temperatures you may need to look into a second heating lamp which can match this.<\/p>\n We touched on this a bit earlier but, I want to use this section to dig a bit deeper into the specifics.\u00a0 There are a couple of things that you can consider feeding your baby.<\/p>\n When you are thinking about crickets, it’s important to get the right size. You need to consider medium or small, depending on how your lizard reacts.<\/p>\n The challenge is if you go for crickets that are too small your lizard may not be interested in eating them. This is because they may be difficult for him to catch.<\/p>\n I mentioned this before, but just to re-iterate, they love dubia roaches. In particular, you need to get newborn Dubia roaches.<\/p>\nOther Reasons Why won’t Baby bearded dragon won’t eat?<\/h2>\n
Transitional stage.<\/h3>\n
They don’t like the diet<\/h3>\n
Feeling cold<\/h3>\n
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Large swings in temperature.<\/h3>\n
What can you feed your Baby Bearded Dragon?<\/h2>\n
Small\/Medium Crickets<\/h3>\n
Dubia Roaches<\/h3>\n
Locusts<\/h3>\n