Recent content by Dawnrider

Okay here are the photos of the tanks i was talking about. just click on the image to get abetter view. This is the 15gal, it has a undertank heater, no lamps on it right know but I got plenty of extra heat lamps and supplies This is the 20gal. I stole the UVB source for it and put it in...

This is the first tank I just finished making, it is made from plywood sealed with Min-wax, laminated chicken wire (I have a seperate feedinf tank so the only thin the chicken wire is supposed to be keeping is drake, and maybe a waxworm or two). I am not really a handy person so much ( much...

I have just finished transferring Drake over to his perment homemade 50 gallon tank, but know I have a empty 20 gallon tall. I have a feeding tank but this tank might serve as a better one (the old feeding tank is a 15 gallon tall wire mess cage with under tank heater making it quite warm). Any...

Actually I just finished baking some wood today! How about that! Call me over zealous but here is what I did to ensure that the wood was germ and parasite free. First I waited to find a thick branch that fell off the tree after the ground had frozen over, so it wasn't moldy or anything. I went...

Sounds like me, I got a closet full of reptile products that never worked out. Glad to hear your dragon is doing well sunfaye. Double-sided tape is one idea or mounting it off the wall, but I'm sure you though of that. I know what you mean about confusing, the more research you do the more you...

Heres to Chimera!!! :notworthy: May he live a long and happy life on this Earth!! Yep he does look like he is going to shed. Building a tank is also a great idea, but if its not for you thats fine. I've gone both ways I've built a tank and bought one. Building is cheaper, but takes more time...

You know how beardies are, they are little pigs, they eat as much as they can until they can't any more. This schedule sounda like a great schedule to be frank. Some people might disagree about using the mealies, but if he is 17" he should be ready to graduate to superworms (they will also fill...

I definately feel for you more then you can imagine. It is shocking the details that you are giving and how they resembled those of my first dragon, whom I loved dearly passed on. The strange noise is him trying to clear his lungs to breath better, thats what the vet explained to me The vet...

Unfortunately with the MVB you cannot use a rheostat, so I'm told. That has always been the one thing that has up until know stopped me from getting a MVB (fear of the temps getting to intense). I still have never had a MVB, but plan on getting one in March, and I've heard plenty good about...

Not sure how much cash you got jingling in your pocket but I know for $60 (rather steep I'm guessing for a temp cage, I got two though and its great for taking my lizards with my on vacation with us) here it is http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753235 basking area is in the...

Good news SobeMC, they are femoral pores, and most lizards have them and they are perfectly normal. They tend to be more visuable around beardie sexual maturity, males tend to have more pronounced femoral pores. As your little girl gets bigger you'll notice the pores more easily. To be honest as...

I used Min-wax on my DIY tank I finished th e other day (A custom 60 gallon extra long). It dries fast too. The toxicity isn't a problem either once its dry....well unless your beardie eats wood, then you could have a problem :lol: I'll put up pics soon of my self dubbed "60 gallon extra long...

I must concede that this is a issue I never though I would encounter. I have a beardy and uromastyx (and considering getting Mali the Uromastyx a boyfriend) living in a 10x10 room along with myself. The temps during the day are infernal for me and my pug dog Heather, but perfect for my little...

I would have to say diggerdrake is right about the mealworms, they don't make great food. I abandoned my breeding project with them and released them in the backyard (the breeding project really got started by accident anyway). The birds where paying a lot of trips to our backyard for a while...

Like MrT said this is an issue of debate. I personally use a millet blend. Millet substrate are little seeds which if ingested are like eat sunflower seeds. I see this substrate as pretty safe. I also have a seperate feeding tank with a cermanic tile in it for most of my live prey feeding. So...