Recent content by rayjones

Bearded dragons do get depressed (as I call it). Had it happen to use twice when we went on vacation. ALL the dragons but one the first time. Wouldn't eat, sleeping on the cold side. Had me thinking it was brumation for a bit. But lots of my normal loving and talking to them all and they...

I was told by more than one vet that a bearded dragons eyes are an indication of health that is very difficult to see otherwise. Like blood infections, respiratory infections, etc. These animals are very good at hiding disease. If your dragon has eye issues and you can't see anything wrong...

I had a cricket chew off a toe on a rather strong, and dominant beardie. Once they go to sleep you can do just about anything to them. I never leave crickets (or worms) in the cage after feeding any more. I go back about twenty to thirty minutes later and capture them all and save them in a...

Ours decided since it was getting cold to stay on the cold side more and cool down. Then they stopped eating. I know they where trying to go into brumation but I don't want them to do that yet. So... I tried everything to get them to eat, favorite veggies, dark colored active crickets, even...

Two of ours do that ALL the time. Sometimes they slide down in their sleep and make a 90 degree bend in their back. But they love it. I finally put a climbing hammock (green triangle with suction cups for climbing) on one wall and they will sleep hanging on that. As a side note: I put the...

That is hand waving. Babies will do that a lot. It is something a Bearded Dragon will do to show that it is submissive to another beardy, or sometimes to other animals. Our babies did it to us a lot the first weeks. Then they figured out we where huge, but didn't want to harm them. Now that...

The things you are saying about that Dragon lead me to think it is very near to death. As in days at most. I would STRONGLY suggest taking the dragon to the vet. If you really can't afford the vet I would suggest you get some food down that dragon soon. If the dragon won't eat on it's own...

I just put up an article with video about feeding by syringe. http://lindaslizards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:feeding-by-syringe&catid=11:feeding&Itemid=29 But I definitely agree with the others. Don't syringe feed if you don't have to. They really don't like it, and...

There is a trick to opening their little mouths. Hold the head by the bones around the ears tight enough to prevent head movement. I use thumb and index finger on one hand. I wrap the little dragon in my hand lightly enclosing with my fingers. The little finger underneath to prevent backing...

We take our pet adult dragon that trusts us outside and put her into a large plastic kiddy pool with some water warmed by the sun for a while in one end. The pool is tilted so one third is out of water. She seems to like the large area of water and some days will swim happily for a while...