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Also because he has pinworms should I not let him roam around my house? I've read some stuff that says he can't spread them to humans (is that true) but also wondered if that would be a way he could reinfect himself?

I was wanting to get thoughts on Salmonella. Bondi loves to run around outside his enclosure but I'd be lying if I didn't get a little worried that he could be spreading Salmonella around my house. He doesn't get on the furniture but he does run across my rug and sometimes over a pillow or a...

I have used zoo med wipe out in the tank and flukers cleaner on his bridge and cave. Can I use the wipe out on the other items too? He is the proper distance from his UVB and do you mean I can clean the wood items with wipe out too? He might eat a bug or two and won't even touch greens...

I use a 10.0 t5 UVB from zoo med. Its mounted inside his tank. His basking spot is around 96-99°, ambient temp on warm side around 80° degrees, and cool side with hide around 74°. Lately I've had to keep a water bowl in his enclosure so the humidity stays above 20% (usually between 25 and 30%)...

He is somewhere between 13 and 15 months. He slept for about 2 and a half months. I was worried it was a bit early but he seems to be doing ok.

He is somewhere between 13 and 15 months. The person we bought him from wasn't totally sure of his age.

I was just curious what is a safe/healthy amount of time for Bondi to be out from under his lights in a day. I like to take him out so he can wander around but worry about him getting to cold or having time during the day without his uvb. He isn't really a snuggly dragon so most of the time he's...

Hello Everyone, I thought I'd reintroduce myself and my little orange guy. When I originally joined this group I had a baby beardie named Oz. Sadly he died shortly after we brought him home. We brought Bondi home pretty soon after. We've had him for a year now. He is still pretty timid but...

Hi all. I need to clean a fiber hammock, cork wood, and a log hide. I had a bearded dragon for two weeks that sadly died (I tried to save him). He was a pet store baby. I'm not sure what he was sick with but am wanting to disinfect the above mentioned items. Can I boil them? Should I bake them...

I did order them online through chewy. But they are for sure safe to feed to a new dragon if we got one or to sell to someone else? Even if he had ADV? I obviously can't be sure of that but its what I was thinking.

Thank you for the kind words. I almost cried again reading them. I'm sure we will try again I'm just super hesitant now to buy from a pet store. I do have a question about all the feeder insects I have. I know the crickets won't live super long but I got a bunch of dubia roaches right before...

I am so confused. Oz's fecal sample came back negative for parasites. Could he have been sick with ADV and had no parasite issues? I thought the two sort of went hand in hand? What would have made him stop eating? I was thinking he must have had ADV last night to have just stopped eating and...

We are so sad. I walked in to check on Oz earlier this evening and he was dead. 😭 He had fallen off his basking spot. It was heartbreaking to see. I guess he was much sicker than I knew. I sincerely hope that I didn't do something wrong. My mind is racing.

That's the one. Would it be obvious right now or symptoms kind of show up over time?

No problem. 🙂 I swear we did tons of research but what would be a more serious problem? MBD? Or another virus I can't remember the name of? 🤔