Recent content by Platypus

Not entirely sure where to post this, but wanted to share this around in case people find it useful. :D I spent a week of spare time putting together a bunch of scientific journal sources on common bearded dragon feeder insect nutritional data, for my own curiosity. I was tired of finding...

Thank you for the quick reply! He did shed all that super-thick shed, poor boy. Looked like he'd had that shed for a while before we got him. Thanks for the tip about giving oral fluids, I was able to give him a little water this morning. He's still feisty enough to be a butthead and fight me...

I'm posting again about poor Hodor. Here's my previous post: https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=206874 The update is that we finished 5 weeks of parasite medication for him on Saturday. He was on Panacur (0.24ml of 100mg/ml) orally once a day for 5 days, skip 3 weeks, then...

Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm glad for the sanity check. :D He shed a TON the first week we had him (two weeks ago), and he had some really thick patches of shed on his upper back and base of his tail that were stubborn. We give him nearly daily baths and apply aloe on the stubborn...

We've had this little guy (Hodor) for about 3 weeks, adopted from not-the-best of situations. He eats heartily, and he's very tame to handling. We think he's about 3-4 years old. 16.5" long (with an old tail nip / crooked tip) and 489 grams as of yesterday. I don't think he's had an exams or...

We adopted/rescued an adult male bearded dragon yesterday after getting our enclosure all ready, everything up to temp, bugs acquired. His name is Hodor. :D His story is that he's lived in a pet shop window his whole life. He's about 2-4 years old (owners answers varied from 1-4 years old...