Recent content by timisimaginary

a little bit of water sprayed in the tank isn't going to make a difference in humidity. if you have (good, digital) humidity guages, you can tell if it's causing any significant humidity spikes. and if your humidity is really low, say, below 20%, you might want to do extra baths or sprays to...

petco sells this one: http://www.petco.com/product/115362/Zoo-Med-Repti-Temp-Digital-Infrared-Thermometer.aspx?Ntt=temp%20gun&OneResultRedirect=1 i prefer this one which you can order online: http://tempgun.com/shop/pe2/ i also use accurite digital thermometers on both warm and cool side for...

what kind and brand of UVB light are you using? what kind of thermometer are you using, and where is it positioned? what are your ambient room temps? a 150W lamp should be plenty to heat up the warm side of a 40gal, unless your room temps are really, really cold. my guess is the thermometer...

not necessarily. over a long enough period of time it will equalize, but for a period of a few days, a properly constructed humid hide will create a higher humidity microclimate within that hide, with little moisture escape to the enclosure as a whole. when it starts to dry out, you remoisten...

has anyone here ever used a humid hide for their beardie? i know other lizard species (leopard geckos, crested geckos, skinks) benefit from having a humid hide to aid shedding, so i was considering giving one to my beardie to see if it helped him shed more easily. i've noticed my dragon can take...

that's the advantage of having a separate subforum, you can "quarantine" those discussions, so to speak, in their own area, while the main threads can remain a place to promote the tried-and-true best practices that are commonly recommended. after all, those same practices began as an experiment...

i'm not much of a salad eater. my dragon eats much healthier than i do.

ok that should be fine. there is a 36x18x12 version also so it's good to clarify.

i'd like to second the suggestion for an advanced section in the forum. lately there's been a lot of topics and questions that have come up that are more advanced or controversial, and they often devolve into personal attacks and flame wars that detract from the original thread or topic. one of...

considering the beardie's age, and the conditions he was kept in at the breeder, it's almost certain the coccidia was already present in his system. the feeders should not be the problem, especially if proper sanitary procedures are being followed: no sharing of feeders between enclosures, no...

i've used those in the past too, my only complaint with them is the pre-chopped greens tend to spoil more quickly than i can use them. unchopped they seem to last longer.

the main thing i wanted to mention was, i would recommend getting the 36x18x18 enclosure instead of 36x18x12. 12" isn't really ideal height for a beardie, 18" i would consider minimum, 24" even better. dragons are arboreal and like some vertical height for climbing and basking. at 12", it will...

i have joined that group since i've seen you mention it, but haven't really read much there yet. i have the solarmeter 6.2 which just displays uW, vs the 6.5 that displays UVI, but UV index is based off uW/cm2 so it's just different ways of expressing the same measurement. i know the two meters...

no surprise. some of it is probably carelessness on the owners' part, and no doubt some is due to the typical misinformed pet stores who don't tell customers about the dangers of salmonella when they buy a reptile. i wonder how this turned into an "outbreak" though. probably some kid with a...

i wouldn't recommend it. unless you're experienced with bearded dragons and can make an informed determination of its health based on a visual inspection, which i'm guessing is not the case if this is your first beardie, then you just don't know what you're getting yourself into. like they say...