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I got Bandit in August 2017. He was sold too-young, around 8 weeks, and kept too close to a UV bulb so had keratitis (snow blindness). While semi-blind he stopped eating altogether, but I nursed him back into eating crickets and phoenix worms. He refused to eat greens and vegetables, however...

Hello. My boy Bandit is a leatherback, about 6 months old. I took him to the vet when I first got him; conjunctivitis, because he'd been kept too close to his UV and was essentially snow-blind. He had mucus in his eyes and struggled to catch prey because he couldn't see very well. He made a good...

(Apologies if this should be in the Enclosures forum!) My little Bandit still has stress lines, almost four weeks after bringing her home. (S)he is a leatherback, around twelve weeks old, and was kept on loose substrate in the pet store where I got her. Now I have her on dark green Komodo...

Hi all. Today my mother picked up a potential new basking bulb for Bandit, but I've come here first to check it's suitable. It's a TCP SmartLED Two Tone bulb. 470 lumens, 7 watt (40 watt equivalent), non-dimmable, mercury-free. You switch it on once and it's a "warm white" 3000 kelvin, but if...

Hi, not sure if this is the correct subforum, but- I bought a new cricket keeper recently, My old one had a bunch of cracks in it, and I didn't want it to shatter and throw bugs everywhere. It's a small Exo Terra cricket pen. Every day since set-up, I've found at least one bug crawling free...

Hi folks, nice to meet you. :) Just a quick post to meet and greet, as it were. I've owned beardies for many years, and have learned from my mistakes. Currently getting used to a new dragon, a leatherback named Bandit. (S)he seems to have an eye infection, and has gone off solid food, so we're...