Recent content by mikewithsfi

This may be a long shot.. But is your beardie shedding? The reason I ask is you say there isnt any discharge or other sign of RI. If your beardie is shedding there maybe skin in her nose that is irritating her and she is sneezing to get it out..

To answer about pooping coccidia is transmitted through fecal matter. So if she does not poop in the tank then there is no threat of coccidia contaminating the tank further. The second question you may, not completely get rid of coccidia right away. However reptiles can live with small traces of...

Ok so I did some research since your last post, and dug deep on the web. Many people use bleach to kill coccidia, however many people believe that bleach will not kill this parasite, and your vets says the same thing. If I had a microscope and coccidia sample I could put it to test to see if...

Not to throw alarm at you, but sneezing in reptiles can be an indicator of a respiratory infection. If you can raise the heat in the tank a little bit do so. If you are giving baths do not do it so often, since this can make r.i's worse. Also you should keep an eye on the breathing, color...

I would definitely say no to instant heat packs. They can get extremely hot and burn a beardie. The last power outage I had it was only for 2 days. So I did not do anything special for my animals, other than the normal. I have not thought of long term, since i live in a pretty big city they...

Continue the meds as prescribed, and continue to clean clean clean. If you have an extra tank to hold your beardie for a few as a temp then use it. Then take everything out of the infected tank, and wipe the tank with a damp paper towel. Once this is done you want to use a mixture of 1/4 cup of...

A suggestion, during the night use an infrared bulb, if you expect the room the tank is in to get cold. The infrared will add the needed heat, but will not effect your beardies sleep.

It sounds like brumation to me, my beardie is actually doing the same. Its that time of year for many...

Both bulbs are uva and heat.

I use zilla all the time, mainly because that is what my pet store offers. If you are wanting to get a cage setup, stay away from compact UVB bulbs, make sure your cage is pretty big.. Starting off with a 10 gal is fine, but once the bearded dragon strarts growing you will want to upgrade to a...

I agree with Snazz the compact bulbs causes damage (photo-kerato-conjunctivitis) which is usually the result of abnormally high exposure to ultraviolet radiation . At first the bulbs put out too much and this burns the eyes. Beardies have a tendency to stare at the bulbs which makes it worse...

I understand your problem when I was a child I had crazy asthma attacks and I remember my mom always spraying for roaches. We never had roaches but she was always spraying. It turned out it was the gas we used for heating the house.. Crazy,,, so you want to replace the roaches. Every one talks...

The thing with beardies is they shed as much as they grow. Also they dont shed the whole body at the same time, just parts. yes keep up with him, also I forgot to mention if you give him a warm bath daily, about 10 minutes at a time, this should help his shed process. The phases will last as...

First what kind of UVB bulbs does your friend have? How does spikes eyes look?

he looks like he could be Red Italian Leatherback, or Salmon. The problem with leather backs is there are many hundreds of variations available.