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thanks for the replies - very reassuring as for his appetite; it's now the best it's been since he was a baby although he still won't move for it, just sits and waits for prey to come to him :P He's started to eat more veg too :)

seems nobody has any experience of using metacam with dragons he has picked up quite a lot now and doesn't seem so sleepy on it

When Trevor was badly infested I sterilised his viv with a steam cleaner every day - once a fortnight isn't really enough, I still sterilise once a week when he is clear of parasites

the windowsill is no good - uvb does not penetrate glass, she needs to be outside to get uvb from the sun

use tamodine or betadine on it to make sure it doesn't get infected. if it starts to spread down the tail at all get him straight to a vet - necrosis in the tail can spread very fast and needs to be treated immediately

my vet told me to try waxies when Trevor was off his food - biggest mistake I ever made with him!!!! never, ever feed a beardie wax worms took me ages to get him off them - he finally ate phoenix worms and then began to eat locusts, now he will eat locusts mainly with a few super worms and...

Haven't been around for a while but some of you may remember Trevor - he was really poorly last year with parasites and I had to hand feed him for ages before he finally picked up. Trevor has recently had a routine fecal done and had parasites including coccidia again so he was treated with...

Trevor took ages to recover from parasites when he was treated and he got really lethargic, stopped eating and seemed to prefer not to bask at all. He was badly infested and had courses of panacur, baytrill, baycox and flagyll one after the other, all of which can knock their systems off...

if you are at all worried get a fecal done - all these symptoms can be caused by parasites, runny poo is a classic one she needs a basking light, an ordinary bulb will do for that, a heat pad is not good for a dragon, they can burn themselves easily as they don't feel the heat from underneath...

could it have been a bit of left over shed?

looks like old shed to me

I think he means at his age he probably isn't going to go straight into another shed, even if he's growing it won't be at such a rate that shedding is anywhere near continuous like it can be when they are young - I didn't realise how old he was when I suggested that

sometimes a little does get left behind - you can actually just see a patch between Trevor's eyes and this picture is labeled 'just shed' - bathing and a soft toothbrush are worth a try it may also be that he's going straight into his next shed - there was a point where Trevor was shedding...

he may be changing colour - each shed Trevor gets brighter and more orange from this to this in just a couple of months unfortunately sometimes they get fungus on the scales and that can be yellow, can you post a picture?

settling in can take some babies 2-3 weeks and they can stop eating altogether for quite a while, if he's not eating after a couple of week then it might be a good idea get a reptile vet to check him over. for a while when he was settling in Trevor would only eat when I wasn't there - try...

Trevor had a lot of problems with mbd (from birth) and parasites - I spent about 4 months hand feeding him last year he was ill for so long. It means he has been slow to grow but he seems about the same as your beardies and is now weighing in at about 200g so I'm quite happy with him in that...

I keep seeing this issue with basking temps coming up. In the UK most people, and my vet, recommend 110-115, especially for younger growing beardies as it aids digestion and I find that Trevor actually prefers it slightly higher still, he is loads more active around 117F I know I've been told...

yes, they affect any reptile, or any other animal under them

dabs of low odour sealant are good for sticking polystyrene lumps together

mine is built in permanently - got fed up of prey hiding behind things :x