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I moved back in with my parents after graduating college over a month ago. Since we moved in, Dimitri hasn't eaten ANYTHING. She won't eat greens, little pieces of veggies or fruit, and she doesn't even chase after live crickets (she's never not chomped down every last cricket I gave her). Her...

These forums are the only place I've ever seen/heard people talking about feeding dubia roaches to their beardies. Apparently it saves money? I don't know how I'm going to keep up with spending almost $10/week on crickets for my Dimitri. :( Where do you get them? How do you start a colony...

I've been getting this question a lot lately, and I can't seem to find an answer online or in my Pogona vitticeps book. I dislike having no answer to such a popular question about my beloved Dimitri! Exactly how old is the bearded dragon species? Have they been around since BEFORE dinosaurs...

I'm currently using a 150w basking bulb in an adjustable fixture. Unless the intensity is set very high, the fixture gives off a high-pitched whine. I'm worried that it may be harmful to my beardie, whether just to her ears or maybe it just plain stresses her out. I have a basking...

I had to give my beardie, Dimitri, to a foster mom while I was in a dorm for 9 months. I have her back, now! I'm so happy! She's a fat healthy girl. :D Just wanted to share my joy with all you beardie lovers!

I had to find a temporary foster for my 9-month-old beardie, Dimitri, while I'm staying in the dorms at Sonoma State U (no pets allowed). It's only gonna be for a year (not even a full 12 months) but I'm still sad. *sigh*

How do you place a probe right on the basking spot? If I do that, he'll walk all over it, and eventually knock it off, and it'll just be dangling randomly. If I have it right next to his basking spot flat up against the side of the tank, the temp reading is not accurate. How do I place it so...

I just got a Fluker's 36" fixture for the 36" Reptisun 10.0 tube. Is it normal that it makes a very loud buzzing sound? The fixture also gets kinda warm, but that may be because there's a mirror built into the fixture to direct more light downwards. I wanted to throw in this question: where...

How do you know when he's going to poop? He seemed a little restless so I took him out of his tank and put him on my bed so he could run around. He scurried to the foot of my bed and proceeded to poop! I quickly scooped him up and put him back in his tank, but it was too late. So I pulled my...

Dimitri is 9 months old. I'm not sure if he's an early brumator or what. He just wants to spend all day and night under his rock. If I take him out and put him in the light, he stays for a little while and will eat a few greens from my hand, but eventually goes back under his rock. Should I...

I live in Southern California, and I'll be going to college in Northern California. I'm leaving for the dorms in August and I can't bring Dimitri with me. He's about 8 months old, and very comfortable with human contact. Never bitten anyone. I've had him since he was only 3 weeks old. My...

To my knowledge, beardies don't poop unless they are very warm and comfortable. For my guy, that only ever happened when he was in the bath or in his viv. I had him out running around on the couch the other day, and he started pooping on the couch! Luckily we have a sheet on that couch, but...

Dimitri is 6 months old and I've had him since he was 3 weeks old. At first he lived in a 10 gal tank but I have moved him into a 40 gal. I keep the tank pretty sparse, but there is a branch, log, rock and hammock to climb/rest on. I now use the 10 gal tank to feed him, so whenever it's...

what do you do? Can't leave the house with candles burning (fire hazard). No back-up generator, nowhere safe/reliable to move him to where the power works. You can't take him w/ you to class or work to keep him against your body. What would you do?

Dimitri is almost 6 months old. I don't think I can arrange a babysitter, but I don't know how I'd be able to take him with me. I don't know details of how to travel w/ him, heating pads and lights... and what would I do with him while I'm not able to stay with him in the hotel room? Leave...

My Dimitri is 5 months old. He had been glass dancing CONSTANTLY so I thought his digging instinct was the cause. I prefer to keep him on reptile carpet rather than a whole tank of sand, so I put a little box in there and filled it w/ reddish sand. Now he is constantly digging against the...

What is your light/heat setup? And what is the year-round weather like for you? No need to give a location, unless you want to. I live in Southern California (which is relatively warm year-round), and I have one beardie housed in a 40 gallon tank. I have a 150 W Zoo-Med reflector white light...

40 gal tank. Where exactly am I supposed to place the therm probe to measure his basking spot while keeping it out of his reach? Should it be above it near the top of the tank? Where in the tank should I place the hygro probe? Btw, the hygro probe doesn't even get a reading because the rel...

How does everyone do their beardie salads? I've just been buying one veggie at a time and tearing that up for him. He only gets one type of green at a time. Is it bad for him to only get one at a time? Do you buy a few diff ones, chop them up and store them in a ziplock bag or what? It...

I'm wondering about web sites that any of you have found and are happy with. So far I've only been to petmountain.com. I'm very pleased with them and will definitely be ordering more stuff from them. Saving money is super important so I plan on buying most of my pet accessories (beardie and...