Recent content by primasilva

I'm building a custom HDPE enclosure for my boy Ozai - it'll be 9ft long, 2ft wide, and 2ft high. How much ventilation do you think I should add? I'm thinking a 2in x 9ft screen strip in front that goes along the upper edge above the doors and maybe a vertical 3in strip in the front center -...

Well, after all that, Moxy passed away today. She was really weak again yesterday and so-so this morning. I found her today after work.

Cool, maybe I'll try that! We went to the vet yesterday, and she was really optimistic this time. My force-feeding skillz have gotten her to gain 20g, so now she's around 73 - she was 50-something. They were able to do a blood test, and her kidneys & liver & calcium/phosphorous levels were all...

Lol, now we have two conversations going, Tracie! I like the new bulb - it's waaay brighter, and yep, it's on top of the screen. Moxy couldn't care less about it, though. She still lays around looking pathetic 24/7. She has been staring at it more than she did the Reptisun, though, so I added...

My girl has been getting less skinny and has gotten a bit more energy as I continue to force feed her, but today she had her first seizure in months. I thought she had passed away in my arms, but she recovered once it was over. This is driving me nuts!

What kind of cactus pad is it? Prickly pear? That one looks the least spiky! Thanks for the info :) I'll keep that fixture in mind for the future! For now, I ended up ordering the Arcadia after speaking with the guy who sells that brand - I got the T5 bulb & hood because they're supposed to be...

Thanks for the advice :) After looking at the thread, I don't think it's high blood sugar - I've never given her dry food, her eyes aren't red and puffy like that person's, she doesn't have weird red patches, and she hasn't been bloated. I also contacted Drache613, so hopefully she can...

The vet says she's too thin to draw blood, at this point. Like, when I said "super skinny," I meant SUPER skinny! I knew she was bad, but I didn't realize HOW bad until I saw healthy beardies at the pet store the other day. Because she won't leave her water dish but is still ridiculously...

Thanks for the info! I also emailed the guy from Light Your Reptiles, and he said the same thing :) I have a 55 gallon aquarium. Ended up getting the 36" HO T5 fixture with a 34" 12% & 6.5k daylight bulb added.

This vet pretty much agrees with the last one. She thinks it's kidney failure and that there's probably no hope. She gave me 3 options: euthanize now, hospitalize her, or take her home with meds. I chose #3... especially since I just spent half my paycheck on stuff for her :'(

Well, I'm taking her to the vet tonight, so we'll see what they say! It's the same office, but I asked for a different guy this time. Hopefully this one is less pessimistic :-/

Right now, I have the Reptisun 10, but my beardie is still having issues that I talked about in another thread. My Reptisun is due to be replaced in a couple months, so I'm looking into the Arcadia 12... but the size I want is temporarily sold out. So then I got to thinking - what about hanging...

She hasn't had seizures since I got the DMG, but I know that's just masking her issue. I've probably been dangerously close to giving her a calcium overdose...or I would be if she'd actually eat! I have Fluker's liquid calcium in her water, Rep-Cal with D3 that I coat all her food with, and I...

Alrighty, I just ordered wax worms on eBay :) I can always give the extra mealworms to my sugar gliders once the roaches & silkworms & now wax worms come. I mentioned my setup in pieces in my giant post, but here it is in one place: For lighting & heat, I have a small UTH (It's either a 5...

Things were going great for the first month or two that I had my baby beardie, but then SOMETHING happened and she stopped eating and started having seizures. She's skin and bones now! I've been trying one thing at a time to see if I can find the cause, with not much luck yet. I'm hoping you...