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Thanks! I will get him tested!

I'm so sorry to hear about Chester. I can not come up with any other differentials off the top of my head. Gout is common with renal insufficiency/ failure. If there was no injury to the joint prior to it becoming swollen, then the gout was likely primary from uric acid deposition, then...

Hi Tracie, Thanks for the reply, I agree that I probably would feel better if I knew his baseline values were OK. The other siblings were unfortunately not tested for Adenovirus. Adeno would definitely be a concern. Is there a test they can do on live animals, or is it only post-mortem...

About two and a half years ago, three of my class mates and I all got 6-week old baby beardies from the same clutch. They were from a private "backyard" breeder, not from a reptile show or reputable/ experienced breeder. The babies were all normal and healthy at the time of purchase. They all...

My beardie also got yellow fungus, although not as severe as yours. Interestingly, my beardie's skin biopsy (histopathology and culture) came back negative as well. I am pretty sure this was because I was treating the area with hydrogen peroxide and chlorhexadine so that may have killed the...

Thank you so much for the info and picture! I will have to look into getting an Arcadia or possibly a screen with wider mesh. Chicken wire is a good idea!

Hi everyone! I am debating getting a MVB for my beardie, Alejandro. He has been battling a fungal skin infection that is mostly cleared up, and the vet said that more UVB light may help. He is a "normal" pattern with some yellow, and I've also heard that the MVB's help bring out their colors...

Alejandro suffered a bacterial skin infection back in March. He got it from playing outside and is now no longer allowed to touch the ground lol, he always has to sit on a towel when we go outside to get some sun. Anyways, the bacterial skin infection caused a lot of skin sloughing. He also...

It sounds like it could be a dominance issue. Beardies should be house in single cages- they aren't really social creatures except for during breeding season. There have been many cases of dragons injuring or even eating each other when housed together! They can be very territorial and...

I'm glad that she does not have Metabolic Bone Disease! Good luck with treatment for the abscess and necrosis, sounds like she will be doing better soon!

Its nice to hear that hes not the only picky beardie out therelol. Alejandro does the same thing if I mix bugs and veggies, he picks around the greens. Hopefully as they get older they will decide to eat their veggies! I'll let you know if I figure out any tricks to get him to eat them.

Hi everyone, This isn't urgent at all, but I'm curious to see what other people think. My little boy, Alejandro is about a year old now. Most other beardies I know that are around his age will happily eat their salads and veggies. He has been offered collard greens and shredded carrots since...

35 celcius ( 95 degrees F) is a little cold if that's her backing spot... if thats the temp for the hot side thats fine but the basking spot should be about 100 - 105 degrees F. I have never seen anything like her toes before! My best guesses are Metabolic bone disease and / or some bad...

You can open their mouths by placing your finger in the middle of their throat, just below the beard and pressing / pushing the skin gently toward their sternum. It's kind of hard to explain, but hopefully that makes sense. Also, you can use a thin rubber spatula and wedge it in starting at...

Yes, I was very relieved when I found out it wasn't fungus :). The humidity around his basking spot is only 20% and on the cool side more like 40%. He lives in a reptarium so its only mesh, but even on the cool side it never gets much above 40%. We have some antibiotic cream to use topically...