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How common is it for bearded dragons to have eggs in the winter?
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[QUOTE="lizdragon, post: 1979487, member: 103877"] Oh wow! I've never spoken to anyone else who had a similar experience raising a special needs dragon on Liz's level. I'm so jealous of people who can make fun elaborate tanks for their beardies and don't need to worry about them flipping over and getting stuck. It sounds like you took amazing care of Lexi. That's so sad to hear she was mistreated for so many years, but I think she would thank you for saving her life. Liz was bought from Petsmart back in May 2016 by my family as a gift for my 7 year old sister's birthday. Now we realize what a horrible idea that was. Liz definitely was not receiving the proper care but to be fair, my family was following the instructions that the pet store gave them. They should have done more research though. I was an adult so I was not living with them or involved in her care back then. She had a UVB, but it was only a spotlight and her diet wasn't great either, so overtime her condition got worse. I went over to their home one day and saw that she couldn't walk properly. I took her to the vet and she was diagnosed with MBD which is when I asked if I could take her from them even though I had no experience with reptiles. I have learned a lot in the past few years! But it makes me sad when I remember how easily Liz could move around back when she was a baby. Her tank sounds similar to the way you had Lexi's--she has a felt mat as her substrate and a sock she loves to rest on, and her basking spot is a low ramp with a t shirt inside of it. Generally she's okay to leave alone as long as she's not laying eggs, but never for very long periods of time. So on Christmas we just went to see my mom, who lives nearby. I bought a google nest camera so I could watch Liz at all times and she did flip once, so my husband drove 5 mins back home and saved her. Not ideal but we're hoping she never has eggs on Christmas again. I can 100% relate about their care being too complicated for anyone else to understand. My husband and I are likely going to have to go to California in late 2022 and I'm already stressing about how she will do with someone else watching her. She doesn't need constant supervision when she's not laying eggs, but now that she seems to lay eggs at any time of the year I don't know when it's ever "safe" for me to leave her with someone else. I thought winter time was fine to be away but I guess not. I may pay for her to be boarded at a vet's office, but I'm even a bit nervous to do that. Anyways, sorry for the long comment. Actually I might PM you in a little bit because I would love to hear more about your care for Lexi. I really want to see if there's anything I can do (going back to liquid calcium, for example) to improve Liz's health. [/QUOTE]
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