Recent content by Gepard

I recently dealt with this issue with my larger male. I posted on here for help identifying the issue but was told all ways normal from photos ... it wasn't. When I took him to a vet the suggestions were many warm soaks with an ointment applied afterward as well as a treatment to help improve...

Beardies and many animals can live in harmony. My big boy beardie Kisuke has never even batted an eye when the cat looks through his glass and sits on top of his tank (a habit which we tried to break for a month but just ended up getting a heavier duty lid that can support him). The cat enjoys...

Sounds like he's doing fine if he's eating and pooping, it can take a while to get a fully normal schedule for everything. They will recognize a water bowl (mine uses his to drink and also to help with his facial shedding) but make sure he is getting water, don't just assume. A bath can also...

Make sure you've got a tank setup first, I know I heard last you had a 55 long, that's no enough width for an adult dragon, you always want to lean toward breeder size tanks since they are wider. After you've got the setup look through posts on here for breeder ideas.

My boy loves them as well, though if they grab them just the right way they do go "pop" before they're all eaten. I'm lucky enough to have a reptile store within a half hour of my house and every time I go I bring a few more home for him, I'm thinking of getting a large container with them next...

I've rewritten this response a number of times, the idea of exchanging an animal for one who might act more perfect really got under my skin, I believe because of how much rescue work I've done. You've had him 11 days, he's not adjusted, hasn't had time to bond with you and if you're...

Just wanted to send out an update - family vet decided to see where things went rather than stress him out, didn't think black was anything but some scabbing so we've been watching him, using some honey on the cut site and his tail slowly died back to the spot and last night it fell off and...

I don't think how often it happens is important, the fact is that it can happen. All you need is one time where things don't go as usual and you have an issue that can go quickly from bad to worse. I could put my beardie on his back 20 times and nothing bad will happen but the 21st maybe...

His temp in the tank ranges from around 75-90 with the CHE at night, he always sleeps on the warmer side, so he's in the mid 80's on his branch. As I said I'm trying to get to the vet but I'm epileptic and do not drive so it has to wait until I can get a ride. The colors have not changed and...

Yes I've had the CHE on at night for him.

I'm curious as to what about the look of it makes you say that. I'm looking to get to a vet sometime Sunday or Monday but I'm interested in knowing what to keep an eye on. He's very active today with a shedding belly he's got to rub on everything so I'm just keeping some ointment on the tail and...

He's acting fine, healthy appetite and energy level (he jumped past the cat to check out the cat tree today) But I do notice some black on his tail. Not sure if it's rot or just scabbing from the little bit of bleeding. He lets me put the ointment on without a twitch so it's not bothering him...

Came home from work to find cats had knocked out all the lights to Kisuke's cage and some of the mesh bent in. He's got a cut on his tail which I believe is from his cage and not the cat since the cat wouldn't have been able to get back out with the mesh bent in. I washed him (which he disagreed...

I'm thinking of swapping her night light with Kisuke's CHE, he doesn't care what he's got, he climbs to the high spot and passes out. She is a leaper and is close enough on her basking spots to leap to the top. She's crazy.

Her crazy before and then asleep on her new bear I find it funny because her tank temp was certainly higher than my skin in some spots but I'm glad she's already turning out to be a cuddled. My bigger boy was skiddish when we got him so we are still working on him wanting to be with us for...