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Beardies get most of their moisture from food. Things like collard greens and squash have high water content and you can give them a quick rinse before feeding. Even crickets have a good deal of water in them. So you may have nothing to worry about. You say he's not eating his veggies; is he...

It's hard to pick just one thing, but I'd say I really love how they express themselves. Visitors don't see it, but after you've been keeping beardies for years to start to pick up on the subtle things. The head tilts, the "feed me" glares, the glass dancing, the "happy basking colors", the arm...

Hugs back to you all. It's been absolutely heartbreaking. Things like seeing her food in the fridge, her medicine on the counter, and passing by her empty viv keep bringing the sorrow tumbling back over me. I spent a couple of hours today taking down the lights and cleaning everything. Tomorrow...

Handsome fellow with such expressive eyes! Thanks for sharing.

I have to echo what was just said. My beardies have chosen to brumate sometimes despite captivity and even seem to behave differently on yucky rainy days. If you really feel like bloodwork needs to be done, go for it. Otherwise, it sounds like you're giving great care and an occasional weigh in...

I'm sorry to hear your beardie has MBD. He may not like the taste and recognizes the routine so will keep his mouth shut. I've found that if you have the syringe ready and hidden, and then offer a tasty worm (or whatever his fave treat is) you should be able to sneak the syringe in while he's...

Thank you for the kind words. The vet said she highly suspected cancer but to confirm it was of the liver she would have to do exploratory surgery that she was sure Anastasia wouldn't make it through. Believe me, I would plant my own dandelions, I would buy any medicine, I would spend hours...

After five vet visits, 3 different antibiotics, x-rays, and lots of worrying... it has been determined that Anastasia has cancer/liver failure. I noticed that the top of her head looked gaunt while her tummy was getting larger. It also didn't make sense that she was gaining weight with how...

At the second vet visit, we were told she was more confident than ever it was an R.I. The black beard still comes and goes. She started refusing baby food a couple of days ago so I have had to be creative in giving her the Baytril (we are on 7 consecutive days now). She has lost a little bit of...

Thanks AHBD. I really hope she pulls through, too. I did have the heating pad on low with towels around it and frequent temp checking. Today I bought a CHE. I read some reviews and went with the ZooMed brand. Fortunately, my Significant Other discovered that CHE bulbs require a different hood...

I've been up all night worrying about my little girl. She seemed fine until yesterday afternoon. We noticed she hadn't touched her collard greens and was just sitting on her basking log, so I moved her over to her dish. She acted like she wanted to eat but wouldn't and started black bearding and...

I am happy to report it looks like Anastasia has pulled through whatever it was! I tried Superworms today and she ate them without any trouble so I think we're finally done with the baby food. She has been basking on her own and I have seen zero black beard, thrashing, or other signs of distress...

I think it's great that you're doing your research and that you separated them. Does he have a chance? Yes, but when they are so young it's good to remember you can do almost everything right and still lose them. My Harlee had her growth stunted, but other than being a few inches shorter than...

She did bask some, yes. She had a little bit of the yogurt today and drank some water out of a dish with my help (I made sure her nostrils didn't go under). Her breathing doesn't seem labored today and she seemed to want to sleep a little more than usual so I skipped the Baytril again. I've just...

Today she had a bit of the non-dairy soy yogurt you recommended, but didn't have interest in food otherwise so we skipped a Baytril dose as not to stress her. Her black beard was back and blacker than ever today. So I had her bask a while to digest, then let her snuggle on the heating pad. I had...

Last night there was a little gaping and I was able to get a decent look at the inside of her mouth and didn't see anything stuck. I'll remember the spatula trick for the future though. I awoke from a nap to find her in her hide. I moved her to her basking area for a bit to get warm before...

Thank you for the reply. I use Reptisun 10.0 UVB that spans the whole viv. It gets down to about 74 degrees at night. I've never used a CHE and don't know what kind to get or how expensive they are, but if it will help her get better I'll do what I can. I do not keep a water dish in her tank...

Thank you, AHBD. I will keep updating if for no other reason than to help someone else dealing with something similar know they're not alone. I learned a lot myself searching through old locked and buried threads. There are some very knowledgeable people on this site. I'm not feeling quite as...

Thank you, AHBD. I didn't know Tracie had a site. The vet said a blood panel could only really tell us about a problem that we couldn't treat. I don't know how accurate that is, but she is the only vet with any specialization in reptiles in the area. It bothered me that she didn't open...

Thank you for the reply. She doesn't seem to be breathing harder than usual. Most of the time she acts ok. It's when she eats that she starts the gulping and puffing. Today was the first time she regurgitated her food but there was spittle on her lips yesterday. After she spat out her food she...