Recent content by railroadwife

How bout an analogy....The crickets are the "gas station" your beardie is the car. The food you feed the crickets is like the gas that the big tanker trucks bring the station so they can provide gas for your car (aka beardie). You have to fill up the tanks at the gas station (crickets) before...

I can sympathize with you over the amount a baby will eat!! My dragon is somewhere around 6-7 months old and he eats more than I do;) I live in IL and I purchase bulk crickets from Timberline. They are a company in Marion, IL. I have had very good luck with them. In the winter months it...

Thanks for all the advice. I just got back to reading all the posts. I do believe this could just be an issue of shedding. I will get brave. I had never thought of popping some greens in his mouth. That might be one way to get him to try them! I was hoping your responses would be...

I am far from an expert but from what I've read on other posts, it would depend on their sex and their age. You don't want to mix older beardies with babies or littler ones, and two males is not a good idea. I would think it would also depend on temperment of the beardies too. Some are just...

We bought a bearded dragon for our son for his birthday after reading all we could on them. He had wanted a snake but my husband is not a snake fan. So we did some research and decided a beardie would be good. He is about 3-4 mos old. He's been sweet up until about the last week or two. It...

Ha! HA! I am soooooo anal too. Before getting Saph, I read EVERYTHING on bearded dragons. My husband says I read too much! I've just had trouble figuring out the whole full spectrum/UVB/Mercury Vapor/Heat lighting thing. BTW the full spectrum bulb won't hurt him will it? It's doing a pretty...

okay, now I'm really mad at myself. In desperation I went to the other local petstore, in another nearby town. I specifically asked her if she had a uvb emitting bulb. She said she did, they weren't reptisun, they were zilla brand but she had them. I called again before making the trip and...

I think I read somewhere that you shouldn't use the coil style uvb. It's the only uvb light my pet store has, I am ordering either a power sun or t-rex online today but I think Saph needs uvb before it gets here. Would it be dangerous to wait for the bulb to get here or should I just go get...

Hello, I am railroadwife, new owner of a beardie. We got him last night at our local pet store. He is approxamately 8 weeks old. He fits just in the palm of my hand, nose at my middle finger and end of tail at my wrist. I have to say I think I've been bitten by the beardie lovebug. His name...

Thanks! We did end up getting one from the local pet store. The owner was of course pushy and sold me a couple of things I knew I didn't need and won't use like crushed walnut and a light that in no way is good for heat or uvb exposure and juvenile pelleted food. I am ordering the right light...

Hello, Soon I am getting a bearded dragon. I have never owned one before and my question is this. I found one about two hours away from where I live. He's a little over a year old and comes with a 40 gallon tank and all necessary equipment for $300. Or should a buy a baby...it's slightly...