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Oh wow thanks for the reply.

I've been using two cut off sections of 2x4's placed parallel , topped by another as a crossbeam so Gladstone can get up high under the heat. It has worked fine for him as far as basking goes. The only thing is the wood is redwood which crumbles easily and I noticed the crickets chewing on it...

Hi I sympathize. My house gets really cold at night. So, #1.I move him to a smaller enclosure for the winter. #2. Three sides are covered with egg box type material. if you go to the grocery store in back, the banana boxes come with this blue ridged stuff made of something that looks like...

Agree agree NO SAND! Shelf liner has worked for me and Gladstone for years. It's slightly tacky but I don't see any glue. It just kind of stays where you put it. Find it in a hardware store by the foot or in a roll. It's off white and kind of nubbly. I have several pieces cut exactly to...

Thanks for the replies everyone.

Oh no . . . yeast??!! How will I know if he is infected? Well, thanks for the replies. Back to the greens and bugs. He is in for a shock tomorrow :( :(

So, please tell me, are all heating pads very bad and likely to inflict burns? I have a ceramic one.I was thinking of putting a layer of felt or blanket between it and the usual flooring (he has plastic coated shelf paper on his floor). Our house gets very cold at night in winter and no night...

if this is any help, I had my dragon in a rabbit cage for a year. he loved climbing the bars up to the roof and he loved having his tummy tickled through the bars. The main reason i abandoned the cage was draughts - he got cold quickly when the door stayed open even in the summer. i did throw...

I have heard that beardies can get addicted to certain foods and now I think Gladstone is addicted to fruit. He has not eaten greens for weeks now but holds out for blueberries, raspberries, grapes, cantaloupe- all the yummy sweet stuff. He used to go crazy for nasturtiums, dandelions etc but...

I also have a 55 gall and I have to be sure he can gets up high enough to the basking light for it to be effective. Problem is, if he wakes up a long way from the basking light, he often doesn't have the sense to go find it and I have to literally pick him up and put him there. Not a good...

I don't know the technical answer but I do watch my dragon when he's out in the house and have noticed this: he likes the exercise and investigating things up to a point. Then he gets cold and goes off into a corner and gets sleepy. That's when I put him back in his home. I can only think...

Thank you AHBD! The cold end of the tank was just too cold. I did not realize how cold it was since he destroyed his robe temp cord, I had not bought another one. The situation is much better and he is dancing around, head- bobbing and the works. I am very grateful for the alert.

Looks nice and I have no advice but I would love to know where you got that hammock thing? It is exactly what I need.

Gladstone is 2 1/2 yrs old. He has been through brumation so I know what it looks like, at least I thought I did. Last December he "went down" gradually and slept for about 2 weeks in January and I thought his second brumation was doing pretty good. Since then it seems he's never fully woken...

Just want to let you know that bath time can be weird. Mine sits in the bath tub and just pouts. His tail goes up and he simply waits for it to be over. He gets a bath once a week and you need to go on doing it even when your dragon brumates (aka hibernates). It will wake up somewhat , maybe...

I panicked and didn't need to. I should have known since he's had 2 brumations already. Gladstone is "down" totally. Bathtime in a week. Thanks everyone.

Thanks for all the suggestions that Gladstone is getting ready for brumation. He's had two rounds of this already, 2 years in a row, but both were in late January so I thought this was a bit soon - he woke up in March so it would be only 8 months. After I posted my "urgent" request, I gave him...

Help! I had a healthy-looking, active, regularly- eating and pooping beardie till this morning. Today he has not moved from his sleeping placer on the floor of his cage, is not interested in even his favorite food and his eyes have been half closed. I just turned off his heat lamp and left...

Didn't do the fecal test - found out I should have after he'd been asleep for 2 months. Four days ago I tried crickets and he ate 10 of them very greedily. Still will not eat veggies except the 3 pieces of cucumber and has not pooped. I think I will try another warm bath. Maybe it will speed...

He brumated for 3 months, almost to the day. He looks healthy, no apparent weight loss, but he has not eaten since he woke up and it's over two weeks. He had a couple of bites of cucumber the 3rd day awake and another bite yesterday but that's all. He just lies around, eyes his veggies, can't...