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I take my guy to Avian and Exotic Vet on Sandy in Portland. http://www.avianexoticvetcare.com/ It's not cheap, but I trust they actually know what they're talking about. They spent a long time with us on our first visit and always are happy to answer any of my questions.

Thanks for the replies. We put bugs in his greens, but he roots through them to get to the bugs. That's why I started just placing a veggie in his mouth when it was open while crunching his roach. He last pooped a week ago today, and it was very hydrated but he had just had the injection from...

Easter weekend, I took my beardie to the vet where he was diagnosed as dehydrated. He was given an injection to rehydrate him and he came to life. But he still refuses to drink. I give him a bath for 15 minutes at a time. One time, he took a little gulp but other than that he does not. I soak...

He pooped last Wednesday. A REALLY big one with a big very white urate at the end. Ever since he discovered roaches, he won't eat greens willingly, so the vet has me dressing them with blueberry juice, which he likes, and hiding his phoenix worms and roaches in the greens so that he...

How can you tell if a dragon is brumating or sick? Buzz has been very active and happy and healthy since the last time I posted, but since Friday he has been asleep in a semi-cave on the hot side. Friday I took him out, and he wandered around the room a bit but immediately went back to his cave...

Awesome. I really didn't want to waste $30. :) I gave Buzz some of the medium-big ones and he seemed to really enjoy them. I'm not sure I'm up for handling the big winged ones, though. :roll: My chicken farmer friend might be getting those.

I accidentally bought a “mixed size” of 1” and up with some adults Dubia roaches. What’s the biggest size an adult bearded dragon can eat?

Thanks, everyone! I found a reptile vet within an hour's drive of me, so we had a checkup yesterday. The vet spent 90 minutes with me going over my set up and beardie care and all that. Long story short: he's in excellent condition, everything I described (in 90 minutes worth of detail...

I’d heard 12 hours for basking too, which is why I had his lights on 14-15 hours a day to account for those times when he’s out of his cage. He was out more often when I first got him because I’d hold him longer or let him roam after school. I just can’t see how a incandescent (which are...

I thought I read here or in the book I have that part of the problem with big enclosures is that they’re too dark and beardies need light to stimulate appetite. It’s definitely darker on the right than the left. The photo I have is with the LED off. And LEDs supposedly don’t give off much heat...

Thanks for the reply! He was 6 years old on March 1, and I’ve had him for two weeks. I use the infrared. You can see the temps in the YouTube video. The basking bulb is a reptisun one, but I don’t know the watts. It’s the one he came with, but he came in a glass with screen top and I have this...

I don’t know if this is health, enclosure, or beardie ER... I’ve made a video of the temp gradient and have a photo showing dark and light in the enclosure. https://youtu.be/BXjUnWxRGZ0 Basking light on the left and supposedly an LED onthe right but heats things up significantly so I leaveit...