Recent content by NekahRae

I had always heard that 8-10 was the average lifespan for a dragon, hence why I thought he was older, but looking around on here I'm seeing that that may not be the case. He's doing really well though! He's been eating his salads, has no trouble exploring his tank, and has been getting some, but...

Thanks for the replies! I just made him a nice salad with a mix of greens and vegetables. He was already looking at it with interest, but it was close to his bed time so he only took a bite before falling asleep. He's been eating well and I was planning on periodically weighing him to see how...

They're currently over a mesh lid, which I know isn't the greatest. I am in the process of figuring out a safe way to mount them so it isn't in the way.

Bok choy is it for now, but I did want to mix in some of the others as well. I'll grab some the next time I'm at the grocery store. Blueberries were always only going to be a treat! I'll try some of the others as well. My last beardie was super picky and ignored most of the foods I tried, but...

He has a 10.0 UVB fluorescent Reptisun bulb on a 75 gallon tank. I've been refilling the bok choy whenever it's low so he can have as much as he wants! I also plan to get some blueberries for him, especially since I was told that they were a favorite food.

A few days ago I was given an eight year old beardie (male) whose previous owners felt they were somewhat neglecting him. I don't have a lot of information about his previous care, but when I picked him up I noticed that he did not have a UVB light (he does now) and a heat lamp that may not...

The antibiotics were stopped a while ago, since the bacteria infection was such a minor part of the problem and the run should have knocked it out. So update on him: he has medicine to help now and isn't horribly reluctant to take it! (Although my comparison is sticking a 1mL syringe into his...

The purple on his limbs and the bit of blood on his foot are from stitches. He had a surgery to try to clean out his joints. I do not have a copy of his blood test, but the vet originally said it was a combination of gout crystals and bacteria. He already finished a round of antibiotics and...

My poor beardie has gout, as confirmed the vet. Despite feeding him a watered down nutritional supplement (which we have since stopped) to try to flush out some of the crystals and a surgery to manually clean out the joints, he hasn't gotten any better. The vet said it might be a liver issue...

What insect(s) do you prefer to feed your beardie(s) and where do you get them from? When he was young and I was just starting out, he ate petstore crickets, but as he got older I wanted to find something more cost effective and less likely to jump away. He was eating superworms from Great...

It's actually three pieces of driftwood to make a cave for him! I had bought the rocks when he was little and had them arranged so he could hide under them, but he outgrew any cave I was able to make. Luckily I knew how to get a bunch of large driftwood pieces fairly cheaply! Thank you again...

Not the best picture: ...and you can just barely see Norbert sleeping under his driftwood. He loves it over there. The thermometer is a temporary thing to check the heat on that side, since the better one I had died and I haven't been able to replace it and/or get a heat gun yet. It's an extra...

I missed him when he was just sleeping for a week! One of the very first brumation articles I read started off with the author lamenting about missing her beardie! But in a few months he'll be pawing at his tank and asking to be let out to run around the apartment. (In search of females he won't...

Thank you for the suggestions! I only started using exo terra because it seemed to be the best option at the time...plus, my first few heat bulbs from other brands burned out way more quickly than they should have. I will definitely look into those! ...and I actually used to have a temperature...

I've posted a few times on here, but never introduced myself or my dragon. I'm a first time reptile owner, since my parents didn't allow reptiles when I was growing up. Once I moved out, I got Norbert, who've I've had for about two and a half years. He's about three years old. He was a...