Proud new owner. Have questions.

[bailey]

Hello everyone. I am now the proud owner of 1.0 100% Citrus Fire and Ice beardie. He's healthy as a whip but seems very stressed out from being shipped. Perhaps I have not been thorough enough with my research although I have meticulously studied all recommended reading and much much more. (The Bearded Dragon Manual by Vosjoli.) We are offering him a choice of chow and fresh greens. We are going to offer crickets tomarrow and mini mealies when the worm bowl arrives. (Hopefully Tuesday.) I am following the instructions of my breeder to the T but I have a few questions because caresheets can somtimes be vague.

1. How is my dragon supposed to acclimate if I'm always having to open and close the tank and reach in and out to mist and place food and fresh water in his enclosure?

2. He doesn't seem to be drinking the water I am spritzing him with. When I mist my dragon am I supposed to remove him from his enclosure to keep the sand from becoming saturated? I was under the impression that handling is a no-no for 2 weeks minimum. We prefer to give our animals 4 weeks.

I apoligize for the extra long post but I want to know everything I can to keep this animal at the quality I keep my others. His temperatures are perfect, he is getting plenty of uvb, he is basking and eating some of his chow and greens but still seems to have darkened drastically from yesterday when he arrived. Forgive me if I'm jumping the gun because I know it's still early but I do not want to take any chances of losing this animal. Thank you very much for all of your replies.
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