Recent content by Okiemavis

I spent a lot of time looking into this. I finally got someone to send me the ingredients printed on their commercial silkworm chow and it was mostly made up of dry powdered mulberry leaves with standard starchy fillers to stretch it out. It's basically the only viable alternative if you don't...

Hopefully he'll try it- I know at least with prickly pear cactus the red color is supposed to attract them. My beardie did a double take when he saw them and was pretty excited to take a taste.

Ideally you want uvb bulb to span most of/all of the tank if it's florescent. What wattage bulb is the one you have? Florescent bulb's UVB depth penetration usually goes about 8"-10" into the tank, so you have to make sure your beardie has a basking point within 8" of the light bulb. I...

It's basically like clay, and it sets very hard. They can't really *tunnel* in it, you're actually meant to pre-mold the tunnels before you use it. It's soft enough that something like a uromastyx or a skink might very slowly carve out a cave, I don't really see a beardie with the attention span...

I'm not sure if you can get this brand where you are but San Francisco Bay brand makes a "Healthy Herp" frozen line including packaged mixed greens (frozen into mini ice cubes), it's a pretty nice variety. If he's a picky eater he might not touch it though, and it'll never fully replace fresh...

I have trouble counting with my beardie, cuz he sheds in parts- one arm, then 1/2 his tail and on like that. Since he's no longer growing, it seems to be pretty random.

Why did the vet put her on Baytril? That's an antibiotic... Metronidazole (Flagyl) is generally used to treat coccidia, so I'm assuming that's what he found (very common). With all those drugs in her just make sure you keep her hydrated and even though the Oxbow has probiotics in it, if you...

My beardie never sheds his tail at the same time as other body parts. As they get older they just shed different parts of their body at a time. I wouldn't worry about it too much as long as he sheds it before going thru another shed.

Provided you can hold him still, you'll be fine just using your own nail clippers, or little cat clippers if you're feeling less confident. You can also just file them. Personally, I use the tile and my beardie's nails are always nicely trimmed. Makes me wish I could do that with my other lizard!

Thanks Budo- it does seem to be a pretty bad infestation, but considering the conditions he came from, I'm lucky that he doesn't have more issues. He was a skeleton when I got him, and was kept in a tank with a UV bulb that hadn't been replaced in years and household incandescent bulb in his...

I'd say yes, provided you don't have AC. Their breeding will stop when it gets cold tho. Let me give you a warning- THEY ARE REALLY, REALLY FAST!! Seriously, crickets ain't got nuthin on them. I've dropped a few by accident and if you don't immediately step on them and squish them they will be...

A sandfire is going to be much more red/orange, a sunburst is going to be mostly yellow with orange/red markings. Either way, it's gonna be gorgeous, enjoy watching it color up as it matures!

Sounds like she's undernourished and probably full of worms. If you do get her, she won't be breedable until you fix all her issues (which probably includes at least some level of calcium deficiency). That's assuming you'll be able to reverse the damage done to her body to the point where she...

I get a local farm share all summer, local, tasty, organic veggies. My beardie gets first pick and my boyfriend second :P Reptile Salad looks pretty tasty, I like the custom mixes. Not really worth it when I can just go to the grocery store, but I like that I could have them sent to my house...

Huh, weird, the Instructions and Safety Warnings say something completely different than the box...they also make a flood and a spot with different requirements. The one I have I bought on clearance, in older packaging (and covered in dust), so it's possible they must have changed their warnings.