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We just picked up Spike from the reptile shop that boards reptiles when we go on vacation. The same place we bought her when she was a baby. They trimmed her nails and talked to us a bit when we picked her up. They said her nails are curling a bit and are thickening, and this is a first sign of...

My bearded dragon did this thing for the first time maybe 3 weeks ago one morning, almost seemed like a cat with hairballs. I now know after googling she was "gaping" or coughing. I didn't really think a lot about it, I bathed her at the time and checked her out. But she was eating and seemed...

Do any of you find your dragon making a total mess of their cage when they are just mad about something? Spike doesn't seem distressed and she has an uncanny ability to time it, so I really believe she is tearing apart her cage on purpose. A few examples, she hates to poop in her cage, HATES it...

My husband works with a woman who has a bearded dragon that she can not take care of. Her daughter's boyfriend was living with them and bought this dragon. But he was wigged out on drugs so they had to kick him out. She is caring for her daughter's baby and her daughter is very young. So she...

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I am at my wits end and need to know if I am on the right path. Our beardie, Spike, is 2.5 years old. She is a big girl, 750gm there about and 19 inches long. I do know that she does not eat too much though and does not get too much protein. She never was a big fan of her greens, but liked other...

Does anyone else's dragon pee on you when they get irritated or upset? Spike is 2, and very tame. She has never bearded any of us except when she is outside in the grass and doesn't realize at first it is us coming up on her (she has a leash on). Once she sees it is one of us, she is fine. But...

I am in New England and take our beardie out on the porch to sit in the sun everyday in the summer. It is her most favorite thing. She adores watching the birds, leaves, bugs, my son playing, etc. Even today it is raining and 70, but I opened the window and let her sit on a towel (there is a...

Spike is driving me nuts the last few days. She has a 40 gallon breeder tank, the right lights, etc. She broke her leg in Jan. but is getting back to normal. Well, more so than normal. The last few days she is a maniac in her cage, glass dancing, running through her food, digging behavior...

So I took Spike to another vet today and they xrayed the back left leg (from the chair fall 3 weeks ago). and she did indeed fracture or break it right near the hip joint. They gave me some pain meds for her but said it was a very hard area to splint as it could put more pressure on it. The vet...

Hi, I took Spike to a local vet who does see lizards, maybe 2 weeks ago, her injury was about 3 weeks ago, from a high jump, maybe 4 feet and hitting the hardwood floor. The vet did not do an xray, but did feel her all over and such, said he did not feel anything was broken or dislocated. Said...

Spike, 1.5 years old, climbed up the back a living room chair the other day, and jumped to the hard wood floor before I could stop her. I often let her sit on the chair, but she decided higher was better, then decided she could fly, I guess. I saw her hit the ground and she seemed to pull her...

I read daily and have asked questions, but haven't posted any pictures of our Spike yet. She just hit her 17 month mark, so I measured and weighed her. 18.5 inches and 628 grams. She is getting ready to do a pretty full tail and leg shed, but some of her body is turning color too, so I expect a...

I just changed Spike's UVB light and got the reptisun 10. I didn't realize that I had the other one this whole time, 6+ months, the reptiglo 10 tube. I was reading something on here and it said the reptiglo is bad for them. Spike has had that light since she was 7 months old....have I done...

Spike is 15 months old and for the past week or two has been really slowing down in her eating. Some days she won't eat a bite. She doesn't seem sick at all, just kinda depressed. She spent all summer on our porch daily, in her own sunny spot when it was warm enough out. After it started to cool...

Spike is just 16 months old now so mostly on an adult type diet. She gets protein in the form of live feeders every other day. She loves her phoenix worms the most, but also supers and wax. She also likes pellets, but I use them as toppers, or sometimes on a day she doesn't seem to want what...

Spike is a girl, I am sure. She is just a year old. Very well loved and fed quite well. She goes outside on the porch daily in the summer. Taken out daily and cuddled. She is picky and doesn't seem to eat a ton, but I don't know. She loves greens, beans, kale, dandelion greens, peppers...

I tried my best to research and everything before we got him 5 weeks ago. We have the right UVB light, but it had a cover! I just took it off last night. The reptile shop gave us a coil UVB light. I read up on it and found out right away that wasn't good, so got the reptisun 10. SO now we have...

I have a quick question about the UVB light. I have the recommended one for Spike, the reptisun 10, the one everyone says to use. THe question I have is I am using a fixture from Walmat, but I just now realize it has a plaster cover over the bulb...should I take that off? I am trying so hard to...

Spike is just now 7 months old. He has a very distinct opinion on what he eats when. Pellets and greens in the morning so he can munch all day. Then he gets his pheonix worms at night. He refuses live food in the morning, too much work maybe. :lol: I am not TOO worried about the calcium because...