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I rescued a baby beardie yesterday from Petsmart. He hasn't been eating for about a week, he's lethargic, and he's very thin. One of his back toes appears broken and is turning dark. One of his front hands is generally bent under, so he is standing on the back of his hand. I have a lot of...

Hi, A friend of mine just rescued two dragons from craigslist. When he got them, they both appear to have a lot of retained shed on their tails and some on the body. One of the tails looks like the tip might fall off. The female has what appears to be bite marks or scars or scabs - I'm not...

I help people out with husbandry questions on Reddit and I've been getting some people using Arcadia bulbs lately. I can't seem to find the answers to some questions. This chart is not helping me at all. I really find it perplexing. My questions: 1. How far should the 12% T5 and T8 bulbs be...

I'd like to get health insurance for my herps, but VPI has awful reviews online. Has anyone used it and been reimbursed properly? Anyone tried and been denied? I know there is another insurance that gives a 25% discount across the board, but there aren't any herp vets in the area that take...

In the online beardie communities, one of the most common problems I see is a beardie who is not eating. I'm not sure when to recommend syringe feeding because I know it can cause stress and stress could make the situation worse. More often than not, the owner doesn't have records of the...

Hi! My ~3 year old female, Penny, seems to be brumating. I've never experienced a full-on brumation before and she's making me nervous but she had a clean fecal flot. She's been eating less over the last month and hiding in her cave more and more. The last few days, she is sleeping during the...

I was reading the Understanding Reptile Parasites book and the author says to use one of two chemicals to make it easier to see the ova on the slides - merthiolate or Lugol's iodine. Has anyone used these or others? Does it make it much easier to spot the parasite?

Three days ago, Desmond started sleeping all day. He's never done a real brumation, maybe just a bit of a slow-down, but nothing like this. I thought he was dying because he's been sick for a long time. He's sleeping all day in his basking spot. He wakes up when I prod him and he wakes up and...

I think Desmond's femoral pores are clogged. I had him soaking in warm water for about an hour interspersed with me rubbing at the wax. I have rubbed with a washrag, a baby toothbrush, and I tried pulling them out with tweezers. They are coming out a little, but not completely. I think I...

I just did a fecal float and Desmond's slide was completely covered with something. I tried to take pictures. These were taken at 40x, 100x, and 400x (I think - a 10x eyepiece with a 4x, 10x, and 40x lens). They appeared to be about the same size as coccidia, but they don't look like the...

I recently purchased some activated charcoal capsules from Amazon to put in my beardie first aid kit. How would I use it if I needed to? I would like to know how to prepare it, how to administer it, and how to calculate dosage would be great. Thanks!

Penny is a 2 year old female weighing 453 grams. She was diagnosed by the vet with a heavy pinworm infection a month ago. She did two 3 day rounds of panacur. I am learning to do fecal flots myself and just did one on her. I counted 5 pinworm ova and 104 coccidia (I think). That is the number on...

Hi, I got it in my head some weeks ago while Desmond had an URI that I should learn how to check his breathing. So I ordered a stethoscope (Fisher Price brand) (just kidding :D I got this slightly better one). I am now in possession of the stethoscope and have listened to my children's...

I've been having nothing but problems with Desmond the past few months. He hasn't been eating and it's causing other problems. I've blamed a round of antibiotics for the lack of appetite (he did stop eating well right after the antibiotics were done). It occurred to me just now that around that...

Desmond is having issues with liver disease and he's not eating. I've been forcing-feeding him critical care and various supplements. I just noticed today that he is swallowing a lot, not constantly or anything, just here and there, maybe a few times an hour or less. It is usually accompanied by...

Like the title says, he fell off my bed onto a carpeted floor about an hour ago. He is limping a little. I can't even tell which foot, but I think his back left leg. He doesn't seem bothered when I touch his leg or move it. He's definitely able to use the leg, he limped a few times immediately...

I've just started Desmond on Reptaid today for the first time. Desmond indicated that Reptaid tastes horrible. I want to give it to him in something to mask the taste, so I bought some baby food. The problem is that his dose of Reptaid is really small, like 3 drops small. If I add a small amount...

I just made a UVB hood out of cardboard and aluminum foil. I would like to have it in between the bulb and the fixture, but I'm not sure that won't make it explode or something. 1. If aluminum foil were touching the copper edges (at either end) of the reptisun bulb, will that do anything bad...

I have a 2 year old male beardie, Desmond, and a 2 year old female, Penny. Penny is a rescue that I acquired in November. They are in separate enclosures, but I'd really like to be able to let them run around the house at the same time, or bathe them together, mostly because it would save me a...

Desmond is 2 years old, male, 700ish grams. He is on tile substrate and newspaper. His temps range from cool side 75F, basking is 98F-110F. A few weeks ago, I noticed Desmond seemed very thirsty. I posted here and it seemed that it was a too much calcium problem, and he seemed better once I...