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So my dragon is going through a bit of a fast right now. She came out of brumation in January, and since then is quite active, but really isn't eating much. I picked up a hornworm a week or so ago and she gobbled it up, it was the last thing she ate (probably 7-10 days ago). I was at the pet...

Its been awhile since I've posted here, things were going well and not much to chat about. Quick backstory, when I inherited our 8yo dragon, she didn't have any proper lighting/heat. So with advice from here I went off to a reptile store in town (that's fairly highly respected across the...

Thanks for the tips! I used a grater this morning for the squash, it worked well. I will pick up some multi-vitamin, any brand to watch out for? And she pooped today! She pooped last Tuesday, so that is a bit more regular. And it wasn't just a pool of liquid, it was more substantial. She's...

I have two feeding questions tonight. 1. I got an acorn squash today to add to my girls salad. Only I'm not sure what the best way to serve/preserve it is. I was thinking I'd cut it up, deseed it, and then use a grater to grate the flesh. Would that work? Or do I need to cook/blanch it first...

Keep trying! We inherited our dragon from a family member. She is 8 years old, and really had never been given veggies on any regular basis. When we got her, I totally changed her feeding schedule. She gets salad every day and about a dozen superworms every second day (she only has one eye so...

So I bought a new tub of 100 superworms from my local petstore today, and our of curiosity decided to count them. The last tub I bought seemed to last forever. There were 150 superworms! I imagine they 'count' them into tubs by weight? But hell of a deal, an extra 50%!! Or maybe I just got...

I live in Canada where collard greens and a few of the other top choices aren't common either (mustard greens, turnip greens, etc). Right now I'm having good luck with dandelion greens, my girl really likes them. Also, I believe what you know as rocket is the same as what we call arugula which...

It wasn't so much the water she didn't like, its the touching. She doesn't mind my hands in the tank if I'm cleaning or feeding, but she black beards, hisses and has snapped at me when I've had to touch her. It really upsets her. She doesn't puff up at me anymore when I'm chatting to her or...

So I wanted to do an update on Spike since she came to live with us, but first I'm a bit worried about her. We've had her for about 4wks now. She is 8 years old. She never had any uvb in her last home. Her set up with us is 90gal tank MVB Powersun, basking spot about 97 non-adhesive shelf liner...

Spike is 8yrs old and has been with us under two weeks. We have left her alone as much as possible in this time, she does seem to be more relaxed in general now. She was handled a lot as a baby, but then not really as an adult. She hisses at me every time I need to put my hand anywhere near...

So I ended up going with a (non adhesive) shelf liner. My husband built a platform with a slate tile on top and a rock she likes to climb on for basking. I wasn't sure how long it would be until we got her new tank, so the shelf liner was a good choice. We have the new tank now, and I will...

Well its been about a week and a half since Spike came to live with us. I think we have her pretty well set up now. She's in the new tank which is huge compared to where she was (its a 90gal). I got an MVB which seems to be doing well. We have a routine for feeding, although she's still not...

Exactly!!

Spike is 8yrs old and has only been fed mealworms. Occasionally she was given crickets, but she only has one eye and had a hard time hunting/catching them as they would run away and she couldn't see them. She's been hand fed the worms (dropped right in front of her seeing eye). I was told they...

Thanks for asking this! Collards are a bit tricky to find where I am, but there's always arugula available. Thanks!

The issue wasn't with fit, it would have fit just fine. It was that the fixture was NO (normal output) and the bulb was HO (high output). From my less then amazing googling, it would seem that if I had used the two together, the output of the bulb would be weaker because of the fixture and...

So I know the emphasis is on providing the equipment they need (light, heat, etc), but that's all I've been thinking about (stressing about) since Spike arrived. I'm staring at the new big tank to set up for her and I need to take a break from the 'needs' and have some fun thinking about the...

Thanks for the tip on frozen veggies! I will definitely check our my store for any.

No UVB yet. I've bought a few different bulbs and fixtures in the few days I've had her, but haven't managed to get ones that are compatible. Now I'm having issues finding a fixture to fit the new big tank. But I'm working on it! She was quite happy on her rock yesterday, slept there all night...

So I'm having issues finding a light fixture for the UVB bulb. I can get a 36" T5 fixture, but the Reptisun 10.0 T5 bulb is "HO" (high output). The pet store girl told me I can't use a T5HO bulb in a regular T5 fixture. I'm reading contradicting info on this (no surprise). And I've only been...