My aunt just got a baby beardie from the pet store after taking care of her sister's baby beardie for a week. I love my aunt very much but she seriously frustrates me! She listens to everything the pet store tells her and when I tell her they are wrong she doesn't listen to me 
She only feeds him 24 crickets a day (the pet store told her 12 a day) and that's after I told her he needs to eat as many as he can in 10 min 2x a day. She complains that he only eats his veggies at night but she leaves a blue bulb on for him at night (because the pet store said she absolutely has to) but then complains that he's not pooping. I tried telling her its because its too cold for him to digest at night and she says "but he has a light" :roll: I also told her she doesn't need the light at night (her house stays above 75) and that its not helping him sleep at all but of course she doesn't listen to that either. She got a UVB light for him but its a reptisun and she didn't put it over his basking area, its on the other side of the cage. I told her that those bulbs aren't any good and that she needs to move the light over his basking area and she says "This is what the pet store told me to get". Because the pet store is never wrong :roll: The only thing she listened to me about is not to use any substrate even though they told her it was ok and that crushed walnut shell or calcium sand was best. She uses repti carpet instead.
We went through this exact same thing when she got her turtles and she didn't listen to me then either. Then when something happens and they end up sick she asks me to take them and make them better!
Do you ever just get frustrated when people ask you for advice and then don't take it? When I brought Emerson home I spent days reading and researching everything I could about beardies to try and give the best home possible and she knows that. I give up!
She only feeds him 24 crickets a day (the pet store told her 12 a day) and that's after I told her he needs to eat as many as he can in 10 min 2x a day. She complains that he only eats his veggies at night but she leaves a blue bulb on for him at night (because the pet store said she absolutely has to) but then complains that he's not pooping. I tried telling her its because its too cold for him to digest at night and she says "but he has a light" :roll: I also told her she doesn't need the light at night (her house stays above 75) and that its not helping him sleep at all but of course she doesn't listen to that either. She got a UVB light for him but its a reptisun and she didn't put it over his basking area, its on the other side of the cage. I told her that those bulbs aren't any good and that she needs to move the light over his basking area and she says "This is what the pet store told me to get". Because the pet store is never wrong :roll: The only thing she listened to me about is not to use any substrate even though they told her it was ok and that crushed walnut shell or calcium sand was best. She uses repti carpet instead. We went through this exact same thing when she got her turtles and she didn't listen to me then either. Then when something happens and they end up sick she asks me to take them and make them better!
Do you ever just get frustrated when people ask you for advice and then don't take it? When I brought Emerson home I spent days reading and researching everything I could about beardies to try and give the best home possible and she knows that. I give up!
She just kept saying: "Well I don't understand what the difference is. All I know is that they need UV. Maybe I'll have to do some more research". Ugghhh. I pointed out some of the UVB bulbs to her, but I just couldn't get through to her! She still bought a blue day bulb. :roll: I tried and tried to explain things like how they needed it to absorb calcium and vitamins, the danger of metabolic bone disease, etc. It pretty much went in one ear and out the other. I dropped the argument when she said "My two turtles and my anole never needed UVB. They just had UV. I don't understand the difference." Reason I dropped the argument? Her anole died after less than a year (Life span 3-4 years on average, 8 if properly taken care of) and her red-eared sliders died after less than two years. (Life span can up to 20-50 years!), Hopefully she gets her poop in a group before bringing home a tortoise! So yes, I do get frustrated. 
