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I just wanted to say thank you for your help with Spike now and throughout the years. She passed away peacefully this evening but this site played a huge role in her longevity. We rescued Spike and knew nothing about beardies or any reptile pets. This forum contributed greatly to our ability to...

I just wanted to say thank you to all the "regulars" on this site for their support over the years. Our Spike has passed away at the ripe old age of 14+ years old. She went in to brumation last winter and when she woke up she just wasn't the same. She bounced back for a few months because we...

Just wanted to give a big thank you to those who helped us with Spike! It's been over a month of hand feeding canned grasshoppers, outdoor basking sessions and hand watering with a dropper but she has finally improved! She's active and eating again and has that beardie curiosity back in her...

I got her to eat!!!!!! OK. this might sound completely crazy but we noticed that she was interested in crickets but wasn't being successful in catching them with her lack of energy and shaky movements. So I went to the store and got some canned grasshoppers and dusted them. We put some in her...

Thanks for thinking of her! Yes & no. She still isn't eating to our knowledge but she's starting to move around more and there's more "light" in her eyes when she she's up. Whenever we take her outside she perks up a lot. If she is eating, it's not enough for us to notice a difference in her...

She definitely perks up outside. I think it's all the stimulus! As far as we know she's still not eating. There are loose crickets in her cage but I doubt she's eating them. She definitely is not eating her veggies (which she's never been good about eating). I did droppers of water again but no...

I was having a hard time figuring out how to post another picture. But here's link to a picture on my Google Drive of when we took her outside yesterday: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8-s2COLU3LsZ1RxV1RwTlNRRjA/view?usp=sharing We gave her a bath last night and she seemed to enjoy it. When...

She seemed to have a little more energy this morning...clearer eyes, more "present," less lethargic. But she's still shaky and not moving much.

They didn't have the fluorescent tube size we needed so we got this one to go in a regular fixture: ZOO MED™ REPTISUN™ 10.0 UVB Compact Desert Reptile Lamp

Update: So when we got home from work she had pooped and it looked ok so everything seems to be ok in that department. Hubby took her outside for a little while and she did perk up a little but not much. She was still having trouble getting around (shaky/weak). We got a new UVB and heat lamp...

Great suggestion about re: natural sunlight. It's 75 here today. Maybe we can take her outside for a little while this evening as well...

Thanks. We'll pick up a new tube this evening and see if it helps. I feel like they should make those tubes burn out sooner since it makes me forget that the need replacing more frequently!

We have a really simple set up and always have. UVB is a tube fluorescent which is probably a year or older, think it is a reptisun 5 or 10. Honestly, we've always used a regular 75-100 watt light bulb for her heat source (not compact fluorescent bulbs though!). She can get within 4-5 inches of...