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My precious child-lizard is very nearly all grown up and will be turning one year old at the end of April. Yet I have never, ever seen him black beard at anything. Ever. He has a very orange beard and I've seen him puff it a little and stretch it sometimes, but never darken it up. Any idea why...

Like the title says! My beardie is at work with me today, basking under his light on his basking rock from home, inside a big, deep rubbermaid tub. He is dressed up in his harness and collar and he's going to greet people as a reptile ambassador. He's right next to my desk so I can keep an eye...

I hate having to make this post, but I don't know what else to do but go to a vet, and I guess that's the next option – though I feel like there's something simple going on here and I'm just not figuring it out. Iroh has not eaten since Monday (today is Friday). He ate a huge meal of about 80...

My boy is now going on seven months and is acting cranky. He doesn't want to eat his greens, reacts more negatively than usual about baths and being picked up, and today started hissing and bearding when I tried a harness on him. I burrito'd him a few minutes and put him straight back in his...

I like to supplement occasionally with a probiotic and tried tossing a little benebac powder in with the calcium - vitamin powder I use to dust Iroh's feeders. It was hard to tell but it seemed to stick to the dubia okay when mixed with the other powder. Anyone ever tried this before? It might...

I'm going to try and make it to this one. It's been a long time since I hit up a Raleigh show.

I JUST switched my old Reptisun 10.0 tube for a new one, and the new one burned out in a couple of days! I got them from Big Apple Herp back in February and have kept this one as a backup, does anyone know if I can file a complaint with Zoomed or Big Apple? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

I went on a special beach trip that was a birthday gift from my family, and since I was gone for nearly a week, I took Iroh with me! He stayed in the hotel under a heat lamp if I was going inside someplace, but otherwise he went with me. To the beach... To two different lighthouses...

When my dragon was a small baby I let him sleep on one of my shirts to get used to my scent, now that he's older I've purchased a cheap fleece blanket from Walmart (it was $3) and cut pieces off of it to wrap him up in. I'm thinking of getting a mini dog bed or something similar when he's grown...

I'm planning a beach vacation and planning to take my dragon with me. (It's four days, three nights, so definitely too long to leave him – and I'm too paranoid to board him.) I know most "pet friendly" hotels are talking about cats and dogs. There's really no damage Iroh could do to a hotel...

Someone in my area is offering free BSF larvae from their compost bin, and I'm tempted to take some, but I'm nervous about the potential for contaminants. Does anyone grow their own BSF larvae? It seems like it would be easy, or at least not any harder than keeping dubia, but I haven't read up...

Beardies do puff up when they are preparing to shed, right? My little guy looks a bit like a lizard balloon and has started shedding his head and looks very dull so I presume that's what it is?

My precious sweet babu arrived today and has me wrapped around his tiny tiny tail! First look at the little guy (his first look at me too, LOL!) Getting a bath after arriving. Climbing on my hand and trying to figure me out. Pancaked out and darkened up under his lights. He drank...

After years of waiting... Years of researching... Months of preparing... And lots of bothering Cheryl of Rio Reptiles (God bless her heart, she is a saint)... I purchased this little hypo sunburst boy and he will be arriving tomorrow! I'M SO EXCITED. I don't know how I'm gonna make it...

I just saw this on the Exo-Terra facebook page. A sandy LOOK without the mess or risk of ingestion or bacteria growth - nice to know the reptile companies are developing stuff like this that looks good and works without presenting a health hazard. http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/sand_mat.php

(I should have posted this here instead of in the DIY forum, sorry!) I tried this out on my cage and was surprised at how effective it was! -Take some UV-listed chrome duct tape -Put a few strips on the outside top of the mesh lid where it sits over the UVB bulb at the back of the cage -Voila...

Seriously though I can't believe I didn't try this sooner. I took some UL listed 3M chrome duct tape and put a few strips along the back top of the screen lid where it sits over the uvb bulb which is in the cage. It makes a surprising difference and there's no extra hardware on top of the cage...

I'm sorry, I know I must be annoying people with my constant quest for the perfect lighting setup. :roll: 1. I have a Reptisun 10.0 tube for UVB, inside my 40 gallon breeder. 2. I have a halogen flood light for basking, on top of the screen top. 3. Can I add a basic fluorescent tube fixture...

I have honestly never worked with butternut squash before, as I've always preferred summer squashes that are easy to cut, but the dragon I'm getting in a few weeks has been raised on it with greens and I'd like to stick to the same diet to help reduce transition stress. How do you prepare...

How much do you feed your colonies? My colony of about 100 adult females, 15 adult males and I'm guessing 700 nymphs/babies suddenly started polishing off a half-cup of bug burger overnight. It kind of shocked me, but if they're eating more they're breeding more, right?