New baby beardies mainly shedding ?s

Question
Hello Pam i hope you can help me with at lest a few of my questions.....


I just bought two baby beardies from a retiring breeder moving out of state fand starting up again out of state, he was selling all his stock and remaining babies and such he had three babies left two males and a female 6 1/2 inch long dragons anyway I got the female and a male, the female is citrus sandfireXhypo yellow sandfire or something simaler and 100% het for clear nails, the male is german gaint X cris allen red and sandfire I belive. THey are living together for now not for long hopefully thou I've heard of some keeping multiples together for life of varieing sexes(?)

The male is shedding I was told and he does seem dull but in bright light his colors show up a bit from underneith the old skin, He hasnt eaten Half as much as his roomy and will zone out when bugs are near by or glance sideways at them then zone out... he only ate around 5  1/2 inch or smaller crickets since coming how yesterday and 2   1/4 inch meal worms and 2 large (1/2 inch) phinex worms the female ate twice the amount easily and has a nice round tummy and has pooped twice for me already he on the other hand is slightly flat looking because he hasnt eaten much. They are both active and running around the cage/basking ect. I understand you are not a vet but my main questions are around shedding... does shedding effect eating habits? he is aleart well filled out except his empty tummy and bright eyed and active like I said but refuses to eat much at all... is it because of his shedding? how long does it take for the skin to come off? and eatting habits to return to normal? I can not find info one those two questions AnyWhere so am really depending on your reply to help me.... they are both beautiful babies and I can't wait to see there adult colors and watch them grow into big beautiful dragons, thank you for taking the time to read my questions and hopefully answer them as well.

Answer
 I'm happy they will soon get separate housing very soon.  One male and one female is very hard on the female when they get a little older.  One will keep the other from eating and stress them out.  I keep mine separate even as adults.  Those who keep a mixed tank have a huge enclosure where there is 2 or more females but only one male.  And the enclosure is neutral (all in at the same time) or the male's first.  They are that territorial.  Never have more than one male.
 Shedding babies are great, means they are growing.  It could be a factor in why the male isn't eating much, but it may be relocation stress affecting his appetite, and with stress, his normal parasite load is rising.  I would mist them a few times a day, keep checking temps with a digital thermometer to make sure it's between 100-105F on the basking area (stick-ons are off as much as 20F either way) and that both are basking.
 Are you using a non-particulate substrate?  Babies this size should not be on anything but paper towel, newspaper, butcher paper, or shelfliner until they are at least 10-12" long.  
 What kind of UVB light are you using? Most don't provide enough.  The best fluorescent UVB bulbs are (in order):
  Zoo Med Reptisun 10.0
  Zoo Med Reptisun  5.0
  Hagen Exoterra Repti-glo 8.0
 If you don't have one of these, please get one as soon as possible and no shorter than 24", the longer the better.
 What kind of salad are you giving them?  They should be getting good greens, not lettuce. At least three of the following per day, collards, turnip greens, mustard greens, dandelion, mache, and arugula. They should also have at least two vegetables, grated small, like winter squashes, green beans, sweet potatoes, wax beans, flat beans, and snow peas.  At their age, I would throw the ingredients in a food processor with water and a teaspoon of Rep-cal Juvenile beardie pellets and make a mush of it...my guys loved it and they are still great salad eaters.
 Two weeks from when you got your babies, you should have them checked by a good reptile veterinarian.  Two weeks is when, if they have parasite issues from relocation stress, it will show up in a fecal sample.  Since they are together, if one has it, so will the other.  In the meantime, a probiotic like Acidophiliz+ will help get the little boy interested in food.
 Old skin will come off better with a few baths, never pull at the skin.