Recent content by ThisIsBerk

Thanks Kerrie, I'll back off on the soaks (Berk will be thrilled :blob5:). Part of why I/the vet want her to lose a little of the fat is she has a perpetual pop when she breaths (it's not a URI, we've done x-rays and bloodwork and all tests to make sure it's not that)...from the tests, it's the...

My beardie is overweight (1.75 years old, female, 500 g, ~20 inches)...vet says she is overweight due to the fat pads on her sides extending almost the entire length of her abdomen, since simply weight is hard to use to measure obesity (see photos below for what she looks like). I've been trying...

Thanks Tracie! I was hoping I was just being a helicopter mom worrying for no reason :roll: . I didn't know about the glottis, that makes sense, thanks for the info! And him just getting older is what my friend was saying (he's also a beardie owner), but Berk always is on his best behavior when...

Hoping I'm just a paranoid beardie mom. About 3 weeks ago I started noticing a slight pop occasionally when Berk breathes. It normally happens after he holds his breath (he'll puff up, hold his breath, and then when he releases there is a slight pop, or the reverse if he's taking a breath in to...

Thank you so much! I'm just an overly worried beardie mom (Berk can tell when I worry and he'll give me extra side eye/sass :lol: )

Not sure if this is tail rot (hoping I'm just a paranoid overprotective beardie mom). Berk (my beardie) has always had a darker tip of his tail, but a couple months ago it started to look much more distinctly dark. I got him from a breeder when he was a baby, and ever since then he's grown this...