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It's been awhile since I've been here. Just as my beardie was coming out of brumation I heard the news about Salmonella cotham. I have a 27-year-old parrot I'm concerned about. Also, I am chronically ill with many maladies that affect my immune system. I will probably have to have surgery within...

Some time back I sent in a sample of my beardie's feces for analysis. I fully expected a pinworm / coccidiosis infection because her poop smells just awful. It's so bad I clean it up instantly to get rid of the smell, hating every second of it. ACK! Awful. The analysis was: "This is one of the...

I should probably have him tested for coccidia and pinworms. I know it would be best if I took him to a vet, but I'm on a fixed income. Is there a vet who will analyze a sample of poop-by-mail and prescribe meds and cleaning regimen? I was just getting ready to move him to his big cage when I...

Which brands of mercury vapor bulbs would you use if you were going to go that way for UVB?

1. UVB The mesh on the top of my Exo-Terra 36" X 18" X 18" is very fine, which would block a lot of light. With that in mind, would you help me set up a good lighting scheme? For Grover's 20 gallon long, I mounted an 18" cabinet light inside the terrarium. With the new Exo-Terra, this would be...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QbXfXUGhk I'm guessing you cannot embed video, but the short video is kinda cute. :)

I got the large wide Exo-Terra. Here is what Big Apple Herp had to say about heat and light for it: I had already mentioned using an 18" Reptisun 10.0 inside the tank, but I'm not sure they took that into consideration. The screen mesh is fine, so would a Mercury Vapor bulb outside the tank...

I watched that disturbing video about co-habitation, so right now I'm just thankful my dragon has all his fingers and toes and his tail tip. Has anyone actually polled to see where members stand? So far I haven't seen a book that says no to co-habitation, but the same was true when I bred...

Grover is around 14" now (need to measure to confirm) and I think he's a she, but that's beside the point. I know it can be dangerous if bearded dragons ingest substrate, but what if I fed my beardie outside the terrarium? Would it be safe to keep some kind of sandy substrate in her habitat...

Most of my feeder crickets have died within days of purchase. I'm going to guess this was due to the cricket virus. How can I protect my new crickets when they arrive? I'm planning to house them in a completely different container, for starters. How easily is this virus transmitted? When I do...

I was going to do it through Mulberry Farms, but they're having issues with a cricket virus. My beardie is growing like a weed now (over 12 inches, I'm sure) and buying crickets at the pet store is getting insanely expensive. I have a roach colony, but the babies are too small, still. It's not...

I've seen how you're supposed to measure the lizard to get the right size, but what about a fast-growing lizard like a juvie dragon? Grover grew an inch in the last two weeks. Do you remember me fretting about his growth? :lol: Those days are over for Grover. He's at 10 1/2" and trucking right...

Hi, everyone. I've been in the hospital, so I haven't been able to log on. I have type II diabetes which turned into diabetic ketoacidosis, which is rather rare for type II diabetics. I'm still recovering, but it explains why I've felt lousy for quite some time now. Prior to my hospitalization...

I think I've decide crickets aren't for me. I can't stand the chirping. If they didn't chirp, I'd use them. I wonder if I could stick them in the back closet? I don't know. I only had one chirping cricket, too big for Grover, and he drove me crazy. I put a folded towel over the container and...

Hello everyone! My dragon is now a little over 7 inches. The Bearded Dragon Manual says I should wait until he's about eight before I handle him much. Despite the books' advice :oops: I have been handling him and he seems less than enthusiastic about it much of the time. Sometimes he stays...

I never thought I'd see so much color on him. Of course, the flash of the camera makes it look more pronounced. As they get older does the melanin interfere with the yellows and reds if they aren't hypomelanistic? Right now he's gorgeous when he's a light color. Of course he's only about six...

He's eating tons of dubia (must buy colony, I think) and he's pooping up a storm. I'm pretty sure he's growing faster. I'll wait and measure him again in a couple of weeks. Had I not found this site, things might have gone differently for Grover. I went into PetSmart a couple of weeks ago and...

Hello, I think I might invest in a dubia colony for Grover. His appetite is starting to grow enormous. Of course, I'll have to pick out dubia that are right for his size (around a 1/4" right now). Will a bug vacuum help with that? How about applying a small tube that will only pick up small...

When I got up this morning, he was coming apart at the seams. ;) He had most of it off by the time I had a bath ready. In the bath, we got his whole torso off quite easily. Very nice. :) It just sort of sloughed off in the water. Once the skin was off, his belly was huge! It was like a man...