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Unfortunately Thor has passed. Reflecting back on the events, it seems most likely that when he threw up the food he breathed in enough to complicate his breathing. Up to the point where he regurgitated he just seemed very mad, not like he was having trouble breathing. But we'll never know...

Didn't see anything come out. Can I roll up a paper I to a tube and try to gently blow in?

He has not been eating much for the past week, we went to the vet today and they gave us some protein food to feed with a syringe if he didn't eat more. This evening he only ate a couple of roaches and no worms, so we tried to supplement with the protein food (or whatever it is). He seems to...

We tried to feed our dragon with a syringe just now, and besides getting very angry he then threw up in his enclosure, and now he's struggling to breathe. What can we do?

Over the last couple of weeks Thor's appetite has declined from what it was (we've had him 6 weeks). Is this normal? Best guess is that he is around 4-5 months old. He originally had a huge appetite, lots of crickets and then lots of dubias + phoenix worms (we stopped with the crickets after...

Thank you for the feedback, we have been busy with making changes and I neglected to post back. In the end we went with a ReptiSun 10.0 T5 above the screen, in a slim hood. I ended up making a little bracket for it out of aluminum angle to suspend it just above the screen top, so it doesn't...

Hello All! This has been an exciting week for us as my son finally got Thor - his first bearded dragon! :D :D :D We've made a few initial decisions that we're revisiting, and I'd appreciate feedback and advice on our revised lighting plans. Here's a picture of the enclosure as we have it...