Recent content by PastelBeardie2

There isn't a huge market for beardies, anyway. You'd pretty much have to ship babies, and that can be expensive and risky for a newbie reptile shipper.

He hides in corners and black beards on and off, then goes back to normal. He won't be 13 until this summer, but I worry about anything going wrong with him more than I used to because of his age. The liquid had more of a dried blood color to it than a poo color, but I couldn't really tell...

OK, will do, thanks. :)

Yes, there was.

The other day Jayden passed a big urate and some liquid. I don't know if it was liquid poo or blood, but there wasn't a large amount of it. He has been acting normal since then and is basking after a bath right now. He's never done this before. He will be 13 years old this summer. Should I...

Check your local Craigslist. There are always some available near me, yours is probably the same.

The bulb is already on a lamp stand, so raising it is no problem. They're no longer allowed to be sold as of August 1st. Lowe's pulled all theirs. I checked. Home Depot and Walmart pulled all of theirs, too. If they're still allowed specifically for chickens, I'll check Cal Ranch, thanks.

I've always used an incandescent bulb with a thermostat in my beardie's viv for supplemental heat. That's all that's needed, because I live in the desert in Arizona, and the house never gets that cold. When it gets down to the low 70's (Fahrenheit) I crank up the heat or grab a sweater...

Thanks, I appreciate that. Thought I was gonna get in trouble for something.... :D

Jayden may have survived this long in spite of me, LOL, because I haven't been doing anything extraordinary. He has a 55 gallon viv with a cork round for a basking spot. It lets him bask under the light bulb when he wants to. He has a 24 inch Reptisun 10.0 UVB bulb that goes across the top of...

I sure do hope so. :). He's still going strong.

Nine years ago this month (I think possibly 9 years ago today??) I got Jayden from a bearded dragon rescue. His previous owners had him for 3 years, so that would make him a 12 year old beardie. His previous owners didn't care too much about him, and only referred to him as "the lizard." The...

I am not a beardie medical expert, but thought of something. My first beardie died young, too. When he was necropsied, his liver was huge. Both the vet (who is a reptile nerd, LOL) and a few other people told me that some places producing beardies are just mass producing them for the market...

LOL, he usually does his business then leaves that part of his viv. When he sees me, he looks at me like, "Well? Are you gonna clean that up or what?" This was very unusual for him, and he will be 12 next summer, so I keep an extra watchful eye on his health. He'd better not get any ideas...

OK, thank you! This is the first time he's ever done that. Hopefully it won't happen again.