What size crickets are you feeding? I would try smaller crickets and gut load them with greens before feeding so that they are nice and juicy. Also offer some finely cut greens to your beardies in the morning, with maybe a little bit of carrot for color. Also try Phoenix worms for a variety, they are higher in calcium and wiggly.
Some things that can affect appetite are temperature, UVB/calcium, and dehydration. How are you measuring the temps? If it's a stick on gauge, forget it. Make sure the temps are accurate and the basking temp should be OK. Provide a stick or platform under the basking site so they can get higher or lower if they want. Unflitered, quality UVB is a must. No screen filter unless it's a Mercury vapor, and the UVB needs to be the proper distance, which is about 8" if it's a long tube. The compacts just are too controversial for my taste. At this age, all the crickets and worms should be dusted with a calcium supplement that does not contain phosphorous. Little guys get dehydrated easily, so giving them a bath may perk them up and help them poo. Put them in lukewarm water up to their armpits for about 15 min. You can take them out sooner if you see them drink. I also would bathe them separately since beardies tend to sit on top of one another and dunk someone. Then I make sure that I sprinkle water on their greens to add water to the diet.
Hopefully that gets them going. Are they housed on sand and are they pooping?
Laura R (FL)
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