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Our approximately 13 month old adult dragon, Nova, has been brumating for a couple weeks now. I think he had been trying to brumate for a lot longer than that since he stopped eating for weeks and hid under things, but we kept force feeding him, took him to the vet, got bloodwork done (normal)...

I've been looking into a way to make Nova's lighting cycle as natural as possible. I'd like to not only automate when they turn on and off (I have a timer that turns them on/off at sunrise/sunset, or specified times) - but also to gradually brighten and dim the lights over the course of the...

Hey all, I'm concerned that my 1 year old beardie, Nova, may have fatty liver disease. The vet agrees that there's a good chance he does as well, and recommended lactulose, which I'll give him soon. I also have heard good things about milk thistle, and I'm wondering if anyone who has had a...

Hey everyone, We've had Nova, an approximately 1 year old leatherback, since March. He started out with a great appetite, eating about 40 mid-sized dubias the day after we got him! Here's Nova today, NOT eating. :angry5: Over the months since he was a pretty good eater, but in the past...

It's a golden rule among beardie owners that our dragons' diets should be supplemented with calcium daily, or at least a few times a week. I do it daily. But lately I've been wondering more and more, why do they need this? If husbandry is right and the dragon is eating high-calcium greens and...

We recently got a new 8 month old dragon - a gorgeous red leatherback from Rainbow Bearded Dragons. He is awesome, and LOVES to eat. However, he loves to eat so much that I'm wondering how much food he really needs. Our philosophy so far has been to let him eat as much as he wants to help him...

Hey all, we've got a new dragon on the way (should arrive tomorrow morning!) and we are trying to make sure the enclosure is top notch for him. Here's our new little guy. He's a 7 month old red Italian leatherback from Rainbow Bearded Dragons: We've definitely upped our game with the viv...

My fiancee and I just lost our little one - only about 5 months old - after a three month battle with an RI and RI relapses. We did everything we could think to do husbandry-wise, and the vet gave us both oral baytril and for the nebulizer. We nebulized him daily on and off with Baytril and/or...

I'm very sad to report that five-month old Dovah passed away yesterday. I'll always remember our last moments together. I fed him in a sunlit room on the bed, with him on the heating pad on my lap. It was very peaceful. He kept turning to face me, and would stare straight at my face for some...

4 month old Dovah had a respiratory infection in mid-December which we treated with 13 days of Baytril, which totally killed his appetite. He hasn't voluntarily eaten crickets, phoenix worms, Nature Zone Bites or veggies since, except once or twice a couple weeks ago. He's been off Baytril for...

Just wondering what people think of bearded dragons as class pets - particularly where they'll be left alone at school all weekend. My fiancee is thinking about getting another BD, this one for her class. I understand older BDs can be left alone for a couple days with a supply of food pellets...

EDIT 1/20/15: For anyone who finds this thread, Dovah is no no longer in emergency status. For updates, please see this thread: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=213457 I think we came really close to drowning our 4 mo. old BD with a food mixture just now. I'm not being melodramatic here. He's got...

Hey all. Recently my BD acquired a respiratory infection and the vet prescribed 2.5% baytril, 0.1 mL per day for 10 days. Because he was still showing some symptoms, we kept it up for 13 days (instructions said 10-14 days). He seems improved infection-wise (still makes an occasional coughing...

I feel like I'm bombarding this board with questions, but I have yet another - is he eating enough? He's about 3-4 months old and based on pictures of other dragons I've seen, he seems to be a healthy size. However, based on how much I've read they can eat, I feel like he doesn't eat enough...

As the title suggests, I'm wondering if there's any health/well-being reason not to keep a beardie's viv at around 80 or a bit higher at night. I've been keeping my UV light and basking light on a timer that shuts off at night, but the heat emitter remains on at all times. The house is about...

Hey all, I'm hoping someone can give me some sense of whether I'm overly concerned, or if this a real problem. The Bath My fiance and I gave Dovah, a ~3-month-old, a bath last night in the tub. The water was shallow enough that his feet could touch bottom throughout, though it was up to his...

Hey all, I've been feeding my little guy with black soldier fly larvae/phoenix worms due to their nutritional value (and ease of care, frankly), and Dovah's been tearing through them. However, he's really only been tearing through the white/light-colored ones - the darker/black ones he won't...

Hey everyone! I've used this site as a resource for the last couple days as my fiance and I researched and then bought our first bearded dragon yesterday, so I thought I'd join. Meet Dovah, a beautiful little leatherback. The pet store said he (she?) is about 1 to 2 months old (edited - I...