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We're leaving in 10 minutes for a vet. Called him , he seemed knowledgeable about BDs. We'll take a poop sample, too, thank you.

PS My daughter is frantic - questions like "How long will he keep breathing?" "Maybe he's dead..." (How WILL we know if he is dead by the way?) Also, he is breathing still. Also, occasionally his sides "shudder"... related to the more frequent pooping?

My daughter's beardie Pete, almost 4 years old, lately has been pooping a lot (several times per day whereas he used to only poop about once every 7-10 days), and his beard is black but not inflated. He is very lethargic and keeps his eyes closed a lot. When he does moves, it is very slow and...

I guess we should get some supers or butters - we can't put crickets in there and leave them.... we've been leaving greens most days, and will be sure to leave greens every day. I'll look into getting some worms. Do they crawl all over the cage or generall stay in with the greens?

Question for those of you with "napping" brumators... do you offer food once a day? only when they seem alert? what food do you offer? crickets or greens? both? Our Pete is a napper, he still watches us when we go in and out of the room, but he doesn't usually want to eat. His last meal...

Thanks, Catalyst, for the info about the slow mornings. We were really scared the first morning when he wasn't really moving, but then we saw him looking around and thought well at least he's still alive! > Do you bath your dragon (or have plans to)? We've just had him a few days .... I...

My daughter has wanted a lizard of some sort for a LONG time and she is now old enough to take the responsibility... so we got her a beardie for her birthday recently. That's how I got into this area. He is about 7 weeks old. I've been a little stressed that we are going to kill the guy...