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UPDATE: Well! It's been a wild week. The antibiotics did squat. I took Javi back to vet #2, who had just returned from a trip/assignment. Vet #2 attempted a biopsy, which vets #3 and #1 were unable and/or unwilling to do. Each attempt drew only blood. That, the fact that Javi's eye...

UPDATE: Great news! The contrast CT results were consistent with infection (the masses are diffuse). I was taught how to inject a lizard. I will be administering IV antibiotics, calcium (oral), and an eye drop over the next week and a half. The ovaries/eggbound situation persists, and there's...

UPDATE: Javi actually looks better today. She is more active and mischevious. Her other eye (not the original "problem" eye) looks LESS swollen today, somehow. It's baffling. My friend saw her too, and confirms that the eye was worse yesterday. The main "problem" eye is unchanged, though. She...

UPDATE #2: Javi refuses to hunt. Not even a hornworm! I think she's lost some vision. Also, she was doing some odd/violent head thrashing before. Just a few seconds, but noticeable. She's puffing, with little bubbles emerging from the mouth. I am now concerned that she won't make it to Monday...

UPDATE: Javi's other eye continues to swell. It's noticeably bugging out, and leaks a clear, viscous fluid, in addition to brown crusty gunk along the eyelids. Steaming and cleaning (with or without honey) cleans the area, and her eyes open up, but within a few hours, the gunk returns. She...

Speak of the devil! I just picked up some honey. I figure it can't hurt, lol. Part of me wants to call vet #3, and tell them Javi's other eye is increasingly swollen... but I don't think we'll make any headway until Monday. Ayyyy.

UPDATE: The other eye is now swollen and crusty to the point of being shut. Hooo boy. There was no sign of respiratory infection. Sadly, I don't have the blood results... all I know is that she was hypocalcemic and anemic. This was attributed to her being eggbound. They don't know what the...

I don't use substrate, only mats (you know, the green/brown mats from PetCo), because Javi is a sloppy eater. Her idea of "hunting" involves smashing the prey into the ground, repeatedly. Inevitable impaction! Javi will only eat hornworms and silkworms. She will never, ever eat a cricket, not...

Hi all, My beardie, Javi, is about 3 years old. Beginning in mid-December, her left eye has steadily swollen to epic proportions. I have been to three exotics vets, who have run pretty much every test imaginable - sonogram, blood cancer test, X-rays, even a CT scan... And still, there's no...

Update: she looked like she was suffering, so I ran to an emergency vet. They suspected constipation. Although the X-ray did not show a "gross" blockage, they hydrated her and gave her meds. She seems much better now! No more squirming, and she cuddled with me all the way home. I think she was...

Hi all, I've had my female beardie for six months now. I think she's about 6-7ish months old. She's always been extremely cuddly and friendly. She loves to just sit on me, play in my hair (yes, *in* my hair), and so on. She has never ever been cold, much less aggressive. I hand-feed her...

Thank you so much! Sadly my baby is incredibly picky about food. Until a few weeks ago, she would absolutely refuse to eat anything but the mutilated crickets and mealworms. It took me a long time to get her to try the waxworms at all. I think I will go with the silk and phoenix worms, then the...

Hello, This is my baby! I've had her for about four months now. She's very active and affectionate. I'm curious... is she too chubby? I notice that she has a belly, and I'm not sure if it's an "acceptable" size. She eats crickets, but only if they're very dead. She's terrified of live ones...

Hi all, My beloved Henry has been with me for a little over two weeks now, and in that time he's grown immensely. He's perpetually shedding; yesterday he "lost" this big chunk of skin from his neck and belly. He has entirely new patterns and colors on his head, plus white patches under each eye...

Hai gaiz, Here's some more pics of Henry! Very interesting to hear that the tops of their heads are sensitive... he really loves to get cuddles there. In particular he likes it when I hold his head between two fingers (i.e., one under the chin, and one over the head) and give him simultaneous...

Honestly, I'm not sure. The man at the pet store told me he was a "baby," but not much else. I've never had a bearded dragon before, so I'm just assuming he's over 2 months old (the safe minimum). I'm so happy with Henry! He's unbelievably sweet. He loves for me to rub his head, mouth, and...

Hello all, This Monday I fulfilled my life-long dream of owning a bearded dragon! His name is Henry and he is really really mad cute. He's very cuddly and loves to just sit in my hand or cling to my chest. I can do all sorts of errands and he'll just hang on there, with his eyes closed. He...