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I'm getting a little concerned about Jayden, my 10 year old Beardie. He still eats crickets off my hands, but seldom chases them any more. He moves around his viv, but he's not that energetic. He doesn't seem ill in any way, just not as active as he used to be. Is this normal with older...

Jayden's viv needs a new light, and I noticed that there is a newer Reptisun 10.0 tube out, the T5 HO. According to the ad, it gives off more UVB's. Is this good or bad? Would it make things too warm? Jayden is now about 7 years old, and doing the semi-brumation thing. Should I stick with...

This morning I had Jayden out for cuddles, and I could not find his parietal eye. He shed on his head recently, so I thought it might be covered with shed. When I took pictures and enlarged them I could find it, but it seems pretty small. It's in a roughed up area on his head, where the...

This is what Jayden's face has looked like for the past few days. I called the vet, but he's booked up. Is this a shed problem, or something I should worry about? That little indent on the tip in the front has been there since he came home with me. The blood is most likely from an unlucky...

The beardie rescuer who let me adopt Jayden took in a batch of beardie eggs from someone who was offering them to anyone who'd take them on Craigslist. The "breeder" ended up giving them to him because he didn't want to deal with all those babies and was just letting some of the babies die...

For the past several weeks Jayden has been acting strangely. He'll sleep inside his cork round and eat little or nothing for a few days, even ignoring his crickets or superworms. Then he'll decide to come out, eat, bask, and act normally for a few more days. After that, it's back to snoozing...

Whenever I give Jayden a beardie bath, he hides for a few days afterward. Today I was feeding and watering the geckos. I always filter their water through a Pur pitcher and add Repti-Safe to it to prevent their ingesting any chlorine or other toxic additives. The thought occurred to me that...

Sometimes Jayden rests his head on the temperature probe while he's basking because he's too lazy to hold his head up. Does anybody else have pictures of their beardies being pathetically lazy?

I was trying to entertain Jayden by letting him look at the pictures in the sleeping beardie thread, and when we got to this one he puffed out his beard and went for the picture. I had to grab him so his feet wouldn't get caught in the keyboard. I pulled him away and he went for it a few more...

This morning Jayden only came out from inside his cork roll long enough to eat some superworms and I saw that he was shedding around the eyes. He stayed in his cork roll all day, and when I pulled him out to check on him about 45 minutes ago I saw that the shed was just barely hanging on, so I...

Rest in Peace, Baldric. You died too soon due to liver problems, and you are missed. I'll always remember you. Baldric 7/1/12-8/20/14.

Most of you have probably seen my thread on Baldric’s death. When I asked the vet what other animals might have similar needs to a beardie when he gave me the necropsy results, he recommended that I go talk to a man at a certain reptile store. So this afternoon I went in and spoke to the man...

A few years ago I came in here to learn all I could about beardies before taking the plunge. I bought Baldric from Blood Bank Dragons and had fun posting pictures of my new little guy. I saw his face listed on their ad and knew he was the one for me. Baldric’s hatch date was approx. July...

Baldric, my one year old Beardie, gets really upset during thunderstorms. The noisier they get, the worse things get. Yesterday we had a pretty good one going, and he ran around the perimeter of his cage bobbing his head and full of stress marks. He kept jumping off his cage furnishings and...

A few months ago Baldric decided that he isn't going to eat crickets, that's over and done with. I started feeding him superworms along with his salad instead. He ate those with his salad for several weeks, then he decided he's had enough superworms and isn't going to eat those, either. For...

I've been trying to raise superworms for Baldric because he's decided he'd rather starve than eat crickets and my dubia colony isn't really up and running yet, at least not in the numbers I need to feed him. I've been picking out the largest superworms and putting them into little cups...

For the past week or two, Baldric has been eating less. He's 8 months old and 19 1/2 inches long. The temps are good, and I changed out the Reptisun 10 tube just in case, but it didn't make any difference. He's pooing regularly, so he's not impacted. Do bearded dragons' appetites decrease...

Baldric has a Reptisun 10.0 tube in his viv. I've heard that it needs to be changed out after 6 months even though it looks like it's still OK because the UVB part will only work right for so long. I've also read that sometimes they need to be changed earlier. How can you tell if it's not...

Right after Baldric arrived, I was giving him baths twice a week. His poos looked like the ones of an overhydrated beardie whose owner posted pics on the forum, so I cut the baths back to once a week. He gets peeled cactus as part of his salad every day because it's cheap. easy to find, and...

I bought some dubia last summer, hoping to get a colony going to feed my geckos and beardie. They're in a 20 tall aquarium in the laundry room where it's dark and warm. I have way more adults than babies, and am wondering what you do with all the adults. Some are needed for breeding of...