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Hello, everyone! As I posted on Smauggie's thread, she has been having some stomach issues, and the vet had a cancellation this morning, so I took her in a week early, and brought them this morning's stool sample, which was still mushy. She weighs 692.5, which I'm glad about! :blob8...

Hello, everyone! Looking for some help/advice. Smauggie made poop this morning, and I noticed some red-orange stuff at the end of the white urate (or maybe that's the beginning? Not sure.) I've seen a little of it before from time to time, but not this much. It's more like a...

Not sure is anyone has already seen this, but I thought it was adorable!! http://youtu.be/MHT4MRm2p_M

Hello! We have been considering a sand boa, but we wanted to wait until this year to do it, because we just adopted Smauggie the BD in May of last year. I've done a good bit of research online for sand boas, and I was wondering if anyone here may have one, and could give me their thoughts on...

After many struggles and much misery dealing with crickets, I decided to switch to dubia roaches last November for Smauggie. I ordered them, started two bins (one for a colony and one for feeders), and she did eat them, although not as many as she did crickets, but that didn't worry me, because...

Hello, again! As I posted on Sunday, I took Smauggie to the vet for her first visit on Saturday morning, and she hasn't been the same since. He examined her, took a fecal swab, and told me that everything was normal and that she was healthy, which was great news. BUT ... she hasn't eaten...

So, I took Smauggie to the vet yesterday morning. The nearest reptile vet is about 40 min away, and I had to wait almost a month for a Saturday appointment. Two hours after my appt. time :x , we finally get in to see the vet. The vet tech had already tried to take a fecal sample, but no...

Hello! I noticed that many give their BD's dandelions. From where do you get them? (Yes, I actually looked in the produce section of the grocery ... :roll: ) If you grow them yourself, can they be grown indoors all year-long? Is it just the leaves and stems that can be eaten? Thanks in...

Seriously ... These things are horrible! I've put up with them up until now because Smauggie loves them, but I've had it. I have four layers of screen on the lid of the container ... FOUR ... They've decided to stop eating holes in the screens because there's so many layers, and now the eat...

Smauggie's basking bulb went out tonight, too late to get to a pet store to replace it (we don't have one nearby and our Walmart doesn't have any in stock). The soonest I can get one will be tomorrow evening, which means she won't have a basking bulb all day tomorrow. :( Can I put a regular...

So we've had Smaug since May, and he's 13 inches now. I've been online, this site and others, trying to figure out whether he is or isn't a he. Now that's he older and bigger, I want to be sure. I'm thinking "he" is actually a "she", based on what I've seen. So I'm turning to y'all for...

Okay, I know this sounds odd, but can crickets eat through screen mesh? I have a plastic Rubbermaid tub that I use to keep them in. I have cut out a large piece of the lid, and hot-glued screen mesh around the opening for ventilation. I noticed several loose in my house yesterday, and when I...

Hi, everyone! If you aren't already aware, Petco is having a sale right now, good through July 12th on their Tetra open glass tanks. Tanks are $1.00 per gallon, with your Pals Rewards card (free, if you don't already have one). The offer is good on 10G, 20G, 29G, 40G or 55G Tetra open glass...

Hello, everyone! I finally took a picture of Smaug's home, and I'm posting it here. If anyone has suggestions or thoughts on how I can improve it, let me know! The right side is his basking/warm, side, and he usually basks on top of his cave (in front of the thermometer). For his...

My newest pics of Smaug. He just went through a shed, but still has a few areas that look like they are coming off. The UVB light makes it hard to see his colors. I will have to take some of him in the kitchen, where the lighting is a little better. He also grew a bit and is not-quite 8...

I saw a pretty in-depth post on here with a guide to worms, but it was locked due to inactivity. :( I would like to add worms to Smaug's diet, but his is young (roughly a month and a half) and little (about 7 - 7 1/2 inches long) and the guide doesn't specify the best BD ages for each worm...

Smaug was trying to fight sleep the other night. Maybe he was afraid that he would miss something? :D

The other night, I had a shirt with a pocket on it, and, on a whim, I tucked him into the pocket for snuggle time before bed. So cute! Last night was his 1st bath. He just kinda sat there and looked at us as if to say, "Why are we doing this again?"

Hello, again! The ZooMed BD kit that I bought came with a dual dome light fixture and two bulbs: a ReptiSun® 10.0 Compact Fluorescent and a Repti Basking Spot® Lamp (100w). Since then, I have learned that the compact can cause damage to BD's eyes, so I will need to change that out. I'm not...

My son bought our BD, Smaug, on Saturday, and by today, Tuesday, I already adore the little lizard! :love5: He usually goes to sleep in his "cave", but he seemed restless last night. I turned off his lights and put him in his cave, but he kept coming out and eyeing me up. I decided to scoop...