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i got a rescue beardie on thursday and i've noticed a couple things. she drank a lot of water in the bath yesterday, so i don't know if this correlates or not, but i noticed her mouth is really wet. it's really noticeable, is this phlegm or mucus? also she periodically opens her mouth to take a...

so i'm fostering a female beardie for a couple of months (unless the original owner decides she's better off with me--who knows). i only got her yesterday but i've already noticed a huge difference between her and my happy healthy male. first off, she's quite jumpy and twitchy. every time i...

i was at Petsmart earlier (this local one isn't bad--carpet for the substrate and proper lighting, though i didn't see what they were feeding them), and as i always do i stopped to check out the reptiles. they must have gotten new beardies because they had at least four last time that were about...

so i've tried crickets, and don't care for the smell. plus the rare escapes scare the crap out of me (i don't do well with things that hop). i was wondering about keeping dubia roaches. from what i've read it seems like a good idea to keep dubias as feeders, but i'm hit or miss with dealing...

so i shared on facebook that i got fed up with my crickets chirping really loudly, especially when i'm trying to watch tv (though it made for an interesting mood shift while i watched 127 Hours). i bought them about two months ago, but have only been feeding them to my beardie as treats since i...

i fed Archer at his usual time before i left to run some errands, and when i got back i saw he had pooped, and next to it looked like vomit. at least i think it was vomit: it's a bundle of half digested greens (he had some kale earlier, but i have collards in there now) and reptiworms. could...

i just noticed this yesterday: my beardie Archer has a patch of scales on the tip of his nose angling back toward his head that look more like a plastic texture than his rougher looking scales. he's 12 weeks and had a few sheds. is this normal change for him? or is this a symptom of something...

i was trying to find info on pinworms, and know that beardies get them from crickets, but i can't find any info on how to prevent them. is it how you care for the crickets, or is it just sort of random? i'm trying to switch my beardie to reptiworms as his go-to feeder, but i still have a lot of...

my boyfriend and i were thinking of going to florida this summer which we would need to fly to. i know people fly with cats and dogs, but what about beardies? are they okay on planes? are they even allowed? anyone have experience with this type of travel with beardies? this is all...

i'm redoing Archer's tank since i discovered that calci-sand can cause problems, and found some pretty light-colored tiles at Lowe's. yesterday i just set them in there without grouting since i figured i'd need more research done (i mostly just wanted to get the sand out of there). Archer's...

i've had my box turtle for years and she's had some various issues regarding housing and lighting mainly because i've gotten a wide array of information, and i don't know what to believe. i've gotten some great advice and learned a lot about beardies in a short amount of time all from being part...

so my box turtle, Whoopi, hibernates every year, usually starting in late fall, and wakes up on her own in the spring, usually about April. well, we're well into May, and despite me taking her outside and putting her in her pool, she goes right back to sleep once back in her tanks. even when i...

Archer is so cute and amazing, i thought i'd make his own thread. i brought him home April 18th. at first i didn't want to handle him until he was settled, so i was referring to him as "the baby." about three days later i eased him out of his tank, but he didn't seem to mind me touching him at...

Archer is only about 8 inches long, and in the last few days he's really been eating his small crickets. (i've been counting). so this week we had an issue with lighting. he didn't eat at all on monday. Tuesday i replaced the coil light with the tube uvb. he ate 4 crickets. wednesday he ate...

earlier today after feeding my baby Archer his crickets, i knocked over the cricket keeper and didn't notice for a long time. when i saw it, there was a cricket sitting on top, and i thought that would be it, so i put it back. about 10 minutes later Archer started glass dancing, but at the...

i had someone suggest reptiworms to me in another thread, since my baby Archer is being a little picky lately. and i was wondering where other people got their reptiworms. i ordered some last week from Mulberry Farms, and they were only recently shipped. and they're across the country from me...

so i've had Archer 2 weeks, and had some issues with him not eating at the beginning. he ate very well the last few days, including yesterday when he ate five crickets and some meal worms. this is the most he's ever eaten (i've been counting every day). anyway, i tried offering him crickets...

so i've had my baby beardie just under two weeks, and i've already fallen in love with him. i named him Archer, after the FX show (yep, i'm a dork). i'm learning about all the strange things beardies do by watching Archer. his tendency to sleep leaning up against the side of his tank is...

i have a baby beardie (his name is Archer), and i offer him crickets about 2 hours after his lights kick on, and he doesn't seem interested. so i try again about 5 o'clock, and he goes right for them, and then only eats one or two. i've also been offering him greens and he doesn't seem...