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I recently noticed this on Smaug's foot. I sure hope it's not scale rot...and if it is, what do I need to do to treat it, or is it just a trip to the vet?

This has always been a general inquiry of mine, as I have a bad tendency to forget to put my darn veggies back in the fridge sometimes, after prepping them for my dragon and for crickets. I tried Google searching this, and I wasn't getting many helpful articles based on this particular inquiry...

I paid for a 2nd month on my for sale post when I was notified about it reaching the end, which I had at least one week left on my 30 day post. My post was taken down, even though my account was drafted. I reached out to the user "beardie", which is whom I received the notification from, but...

So Smaugie has always had issues eating her veggies, however I mostly overcame these difficulties in two ways: 1. Providing only veggies until she started eating them (this was when she was a sub adult), 2. Not watching while she eats and discontinued my hand feeding of veggies. What I learned...

So I'm freaking a little bit, because Smaug's lights weren't set for Auto today, it was Off all day long. I turned on her lights, but then fed her some crickets because she hadn't eaten today...which is so stupid, because she hadn't warmed up yet (house was around 71 degrees). She ate around 8...

So I just opened this brand of calcium supplement (which was sealed), but I don't think I'm going to use it due to a concern of color and smell, even though it doesn't expire for another two years. I've never used this brand before, but having used other Calcium+D3 reptile supplements, I've...

Hello my fellow beardie lovers, long time no post. So Smaugie has been doing well for the most part, but I do have concerns. Right now, Smaugie is going through her second brumation of her life, although it has lasted MUCH longer, with more sleeping than she did during her first one. Keep in...

Hello all! Justin & Smaug reporting in! So Smaug appears to be doing fine, eating on her own in her new enclosure and seems healthy and happy. I'm writing this post because I noticed this dark patch of scales on her left knee area yesterday. I think it may just be shed? Her front arms are in...

So lately I've noticed that Smaug will occasionally suck her belly area in sometimes when I would put my hand in her enclosure, or when opening the front sliding door. I didn't think much of it at first, like maybe I was just startling her. Since she's in a shed on her arms right now, I decided...

So I've read a little bit about superworms, and I'm thinking about maybe going for a staple mix of phoenix worms and superworms. Smaug does enjoy her crickets but I truly despise keeping them. I can get past their smell, cleaning their enclosure every few days, and the daily feeding, but the...

So I'm currently using Exo Terra Intense Basking bulbs in my new enclosure, that I purchased from the pet store. While the heat generation is good from them, the light color is more of an orange coloration :silent: . I've read in several places, that bearded dragons require bright white light to...

So after getting a suggestion from a friend to use non adhesive shelf liner for my substrate, and reading reviews online (including some comments on BD.org) that others use it as well; I have bought two 20"x12' rolls of Duck Brand, solid, non slip (both sides), non adhesive shelf liner. Does...

I'm looking to go away from my cheapo fluorescent fixture. I'm currently using a ReptiSun 10.0 UVB bulb, but without being able to correctly mount reflectors on my fixture, I'm not getting the output I will need in my new and much larger enclosure. I'm thinking about buying this...

So I did some quick reading in the forum because as I was feeding Smaug today, I noticed numerous muscle spasms in her front right arm. I've read that this probably due to calcium deficiency which scares me. I was normally dusting her feeders with Calcium+D3 almost daily and cut it back to a...

Smaug hasn't always done this, but I've been noticing lately that he has his mouth open, ever so slightly (cracked open). I know he's not doing this to thermo-regulate, because if he's doing that, he actually opens his mouth wider. He's been doing this even when he's not basking. He doesn't...

Smaug is now a year old and I need advice for a feeding schedule. Smaug has always given me issues with veggies, but he will eat certain veggies if hand fed. *sigh* So the million dollar question: What to feed, when and how often? I do offer Smaug veggies daily, primarily green beans and...

So I've been buying my crickets from the same vendor for a while (Millbrook Crickets), which happens to be the same vendor that Fire & Ice Dragons (where I got Smaug) uses. On rare occasions I may I get large DOAs, but the dead count usually is never enough for a cause of concern. If I do get a...

I am writing this post to share my journey, of shopping around for a custom enclosure. I searched, reviewed, and spoke with several companies in the United States that make enclosures from all kinds of different materials. Most of them generally led me to find a lack of good reviews (or no...

We live in an apartment and our downstairs neighbors moved out, to which now they're re-painting that unit. For the past 4 days now, we've come home to our apartment smelling like paint fumes, even though they've got the patio doors and windows open downstairs. After being in the apartment for...

So Smaug's new 4'x2'x2' enclosure will likely be shipping out this upcoming weekend (Yay!). Of course with a new pad, must come new furniture. I've done quite a bit of searching online (primarily on Amazon) and it just seems that there isn't a TON of options out there for reptile decor, more...