Southernbellecn
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My baby Mochi is around 8-10 weeks old now. I got him October 8th. He is 1.5 inches big. His weight keeps moving around 24-28 grams. How can I help him gain more?? Should I be worried?
His behavior: Naturally wakes up around 10 but I wake him up around 8:30am for the morning soak (20-30min). After the soak he either eats right away or chills till 10am to eat then. He walks around often in the afternoon or basks under his lights. Then around 3pm or 4pm he naps under his hideout or humidity box. Only when he wants to sleep does he dig.
His habitat: His substrate is a mix of Eco Earth & organic Top Soil (shifted through for any rocks or big sticks). In his humidity box I have the substrate topped with sphagnum moss (loves sleeping under it). He does have a wooden hide out, a fake plant (soon replacing with real one), some round rocks surrounding his super thin flat water dish. He eats on this big basking stone and has a mini square basking stone under the lights. I do have a small pool I keep outside for his play area. But I've only used it 3 times since its fall. The times he was taken out there was 80 F for 30 minutes.
His temps: Lights area has 92-95 F and 98-100 F on his basking rock (rarely goes on it). Cool side is 74-78 (can get up to 80 on a warm day this fall). Humidity box has a temp of 77-78. Humidity level in the box are always at 60-70% but the dry areas area at 34-43% (I'm in AZ). At night my house and his habitant drop to 73-74 but no lower. I have his lights on 10-12 hours every day.
His diet: His favorite is romaine lettuce. But he has also had mustard greens, collard greens, and spring mix (without spinach). There was only one time I gave him a few bites of cactus fruit but I don't plan on letting him have that again. I put calcium powder with D3 on his food 2-3 times each week. and I just got this vitamin powder today from Rep-Cal herptivite. I added that to his food today.
Let me know if y'all want pictures/videos of him. My last post talked about him getting shots at the vet for calcium & antibiotics. I did not get those for him.
His behavior: Naturally wakes up around 10 but I wake him up around 8:30am for the morning soak (20-30min). After the soak he either eats right away or chills till 10am to eat then. He walks around often in the afternoon or basks under his lights. Then around 3pm or 4pm he naps under his hideout or humidity box. Only when he wants to sleep does he dig.
His habitat: His substrate is a mix of Eco Earth & organic Top Soil (shifted through for any rocks or big sticks). In his humidity box I have the substrate topped with sphagnum moss (loves sleeping under it). He does have a wooden hide out, a fake plant (soon replacing with real one), some round rocks surrounding his super thin flat water dish. He eats on this big basking stone and has a mini square basking stone under the lights. I do have a small pool I keep outside for his play area. But I've only used it 3 times since its fall. The times he was taken out there was 80 F for 30 minutes.
His temps: Lights area has 92-95 F and 98-100 F on his basking rock (rarely goes on it). Cool side is 74-78 (can get up to 80 on a warm day this fall). Humidity box has a temp of 77-78. Humidity level in the box are always at 60-70% but the dry areas area at 34-43% (I'm in AZ). At night my house and his habitant drop to 73-74 but no lower. I have his lights on 10-12 hours every day.
His diet: His favorite is romaine lettuce. But he has also had mustard greens, collard greens, and spring mix (without spinach). There was only one time I gave him a few bites of cactus fruit but I don't plan on letting him have that again. I put calcium powder with D3 on his food 2-3 times each week. and I just got this vitamin powder today from Rep-Cal herptivite. I added that to his food today.
Let me know if y'all want pictures/videos of him. My last post talked about him getting shots at the vet for calcium & antibiotics. I did not get those for him.