purpleangel
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Hi i'm Sam - my beardie is a male called Dave.I was a complete novice when I took him in after his PO could'nt look after him anymore. He was about 1 yr old when i got him, he wasn't in great condition, and he's had some health problems but recovered really well. He had MBD a few months after I had him, but i found a vet that specialised in lizards and we got him back on track.
His viv measures 3ft wide x 4ft high and 2ft deep. I use Reptiglo 10.0 and a 75w heat bulb during the day and use a 50w moonlight bulb at night. I found that this provided just enough heat for the night temp.
Dave has a great personality, he strops if you move things in his viv and when i used to take him to my friends to stay while i was on holiday he would sulk til i got back. He loves the Sugarbabes and Lorraine Kelly , he head bops and puffs his beard up whenever they're on tv.
He loves apricots, beetroot and passionfruit. I also found that physillium seeds added once a week adds extra roughage to the diet and helps to keep healthy bowel movement ( he was once very constipated for about a week, the day after he had these he was MUCH better! ) and he doesn't even notice them cause they're so small.
He also likes to go in the bath - his PO had bathed him so i continued with it and now he loves nothing more than swimming lengths of the bath.
I've joined up cause even though I've had him a while sometimes i could still do with some advice especially as i dont really know anyone that has beardies. I still can't get him to drink water properly. he used to drink from a dish with a bit of crushed berries in it, then stopped. Then he drank from a syringe but now very rarely drinks from it, Ive seen the vet who says he's fine but i still worry that i'm doing stuff wrong sometimes. I'm starting a degree in animal science and health management that covers exotic species, so will hopefully learn lots more and be able to pass the info on.
Well thats the big intro done, i look forward to chatting to everyone! :wink:
His viv measures 3ft wide x 4ft high and 2ft deep. I use Reptiglo 10.0 and a 75w heat bulb during the day and use a 50w moonlight bulb at night. I found that this provided just enough heat for the night temp.
Dave has a great personality, he strops if you move things in his viv and when i used to take him to my friends to stay while i was on holiday he would sulk til i got back. He loves the Sugarbabes and Lorraine Kelly , he head bops and puffs his beard up whenever they're on tv.
He loves apricots, beetroot and passionfruit. I also found that physillium seeds added once a week adds extra roughage to the diet and helps to keep healthy bowel movement ( he was once very constipated for about a week, the day after he had these he was MUCH better! ) and he doesn't even notice them cause they're so small.
He also likes to go in the bath - his PO had bathed him so i continued with it and now he loves nothing more than swimming lengths of the bath.
I've joined up cause even though I've had him a while sometimes i could still do with some advice especially as i dont really know anyone that has beardies. I still can't get him to drink water properly. he used to drink from a dish with a bit of crushed berries in it, then stopped. Then he drank from a syringe but now very rarely drinks from it, Ive seen the vet who says he's fine but i still worry that i'm doing stuff wrong sometimes. I'm starting a degree in animal science and health management that covers exotic species, so will hopefully learn lots more and be able to pass the info on.
Well thats the big intro done, i look forward to chatting to everyone! :wink: