Recent content by Jestech

I've been keeping around 400-500 adult male/female Dubia alive for several months. Once they reach adult size, they are really too big to feed to my beardies. As adults, they also no longer shed, and their exo-skeletons become very hard which could pose digestion issues. My question is, what...

Thanks CooperDragon, that's pretty much how I ID'd them as well. :D I'd like to make sure I'm killing the spores in the enclosure to limit the chance of re-infection. I know F10 SC is a very popular disinfectant, but I don't believe it's effective against pinworm eggs. Anyone have any...

Thanks for the reply. Pinworms was my first thought as well and there were many of them on the slide, so looks like I'll need to get him some Panacur.

Over the past several weeks I've noticed my 10 month old beardie being a bit lethargic, and not as interested in food as he was previously. I decided to do a fecal-float to check for parasites. The Coccidia count looks low, but it appears he has either pinworms or whipworms. I wanted to post...

I just bought our Male beardie a new API cage and it's 48"x30"x18". It came with two incandescent fixtures built into the top of the cage. I wish I had known prior to purchasing how difficult it would be to get the basking temperature correct in an 18" tall cage with a stationary fixture. I...

Thanks Tracie. We were hoping she was on the road to recovery as well. It's so sad. It was a teary day at my house for sure, ironically our kids are taking it better than my wife and I. I just feel like she was so close. She even walked yesterday for the first time in 3 weeks. In the end, she...

Last update. Benson passed away this morning. She actually had surgery on Tuesday evening by a herp vet. Unfortunately, when removing the eggs he said her liver was in very bad shape from fatty liver, which was likely the main problem all along. We were able to get her to eat early this...

Just another update. Unfortunately we were missing something, and as it turns out at least one of the yolk sacs are leaking and the vet suspects peritonitis. Poor girl. We're continuing the antibiotic, baths, and syringe feeding in hopes we're able to quickly get an appointment for surgery, but...

I just wanted to post an update. So Benson ended up getting mouth rot due to the systemic infection, which has been a battle, but fortunately it seems like the antibiotic she was switched to along with lots of q-tips and 1% Betadine solution have it almost cleared up. Still very concerned for...

Well, today was quite embarrassing. Benson is my son's pet, that turned into the family pet, and I pretty much took his word that he was a boy. In fact, I even lifted the tail and took a glance myself. However, upon further review....she's a girl! You know your stuff Tracie! If you can...

Still the same today. Badly filled with fluid, and after 4 lasix injections, still no urates/feces. It just doesn't make sense! I wanted to attach his x-ray to see if anyone sees something the vet may have missed.