Beardy not looking good

[Akire]

let me get this straight. these are desert animals but sand is harmful to them.?

Desert doesn't mean sand. Antarctica is classified as a desert. A desert is defined by the amount of precipitation it receives over a course of a year. The common pet bearded dragon is native to central Australia… most of which ranges from arid to semi-arid (or desert - as it receives only 150mm of rain annually). Central Australia is not covered by massive sand dunes, rather by hard packed soil which may be lightly coated in a fine grained dust (very fine). Click here for more info

Please get rid of the crushed walnut ASAP. It has been responsible for many deaths. Why risk it?

I'm so sorry that she passed away.

 

[kingofnobbys]

let me get this straight. these are desert animals but sand is harmful to them.?

I can tell you from personal experience (living and traveling and working) in the natural range of central bearded dragons , there is very little sand in their natural range.
What sand there is occurs in very restricted areas see table below.

Their habitat is principally tropical dry woodlands and tropical savannah (grasslands == actually mostly a very hardy grass called spinifex).
The soil is very ancient highly weathered clays that sets hard as concrete when dry (which is nearly always).

The habit is dry - desert like , BUT not like you expect - very little of their natural range is sandy (maybe 5%).

This will help put the range of habitats in the natural range of central bearded dragons (and Rankins) into context .

Very little of it is sandy (like the Sahara) and none of it calcium sands.

Mostly the soil is ancient highly weathered clays .... known as bull dust. Dry it's like concrete.

 

[kingofnobbys]

that is very unfortunate of that.. do some bearded dragons do better with that stuff then others. the big male is doing great with walnut sand poops alot and eats everything

No they do not .... any dragon living on the stuff will have it in it's GIT and it's only a matter of time before things go bad. Its a particularly nasty way for a dragon to die too.

Please don't fool yourself.

 

[AHBD]

Did she pass away ? I'm so sorry. It may have been impaction, may have been a combination of other things. I could tell in the pic she was near the end. My condolences + sympathy to you, I know your heart is heavy.

And yes, good to just keep them on a solid substrate, you can use non adhesive shelf liner from the Dollar store or Walmart. It's very easy to clean, too. And if you have any problems in the future with your dragons, post here or p.m. one of the mods. [ like Drache613 , you'll see her on a lot of threads here ] or myself before things get too bad, we'll be glad to try to help.

 

[Boosted]

Well I hate to say it but when I got home from work last night she did pass away! ?? it sucks. Now my question is what do I do with her out of respect? I have her nicely placed in a box between a bunch of tissue. I don’t really have a place to burry her that I would like

 

[Akire]

Well I hate to say it but when I got home from work last night she did pass away! ?? it sucks. Now my question is what do I do with her out of respect? I have her nicely placed in a box between a bunch of tissue. I don’t really have a place to burry her that I would like

I'm very sorry. You could hike out somewhere and find a nice spot to bury her. You could also get a pot and bury her in soil. People do that with pet rats quite commonly. Add some nice flowers to it or plant you like.

I know you're upset, but please do get your male off the crushed walnut if you haven't already.

 

[Boosted]

Here’s THOR

 

[AHBD]

You're right, Thor is a big + healthy looking guy. Good job on changing out the flooring to a solid one. That's a cool little basking ramp, custom made, huh ? Does he have any other stuff to climb on ? If not, you can add a nice small log from outside , I collect most of my cage decor outside. Nothing piney or sappy, I pop it in a preheated 250 oven for about an hour [ making sure it doesn't touch the heating elements ] and that kills any possible pests lurking in the wood.

 

[Boosted]

Ya I made it. He has a brick on the cooler side of the tank. I wanna get him a hammock

 

[Esther19]

I'm so sorry for your loss. You could have her cremated if you have no suitable place to bury her.

 

[Boosted]

Ya that’s what I wanted to do. Is it wrong to do it on my own lol. My lady says that’s messed up !