franklinsbiggestfan
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- Beardie name(s)
- Franklin
Hello!
I adopted a bearded dragon a few weeks ago. She was given to PetSmart because the previous owner was unable to take care of her. They had her in the back room in a 20 gallon tank next to a cage of birds. When she was given to them, she had a case of mouth rot. She went through two rounds of antibiotics, but it seems like after I adopted her it was not completely healed. She has the habit of bumping against the glass when she is stressed, I imagine that is why her mouth infection didn't fully heal. I wish I would have been more prepared when I took her home, but I couldn't have imagined leaving her in that tiny tank where no one was going to take care of her the way she should have been.
Now that she is with me, I have become an insane lizard person. I am already very in love with my little lady. But with that comes extreme obsession over her. Every time she moves I'm googling if it means she's sick or scared or whatever you might have it. I wasn't sure if it was normal to go to such extremes? I understand that bearded dragons are quite resilient, but I never want to put her in a position where she will be neglected like she was previously. Hoping for a little bit of reassurance that I am not losing my mind... I have a vet appointment scheduled this week which will hopefully provide her with more antibiotics and tell me if there is anything else I should look out for. Her mouth has improved since I've had her, but there is still a bit of scarring around the mouth.
Anyways, I'm sure I will be asking plenty of questions on this forum. I attached a picture of her, which you will probably be able to see her infection in.
If anyone has some first time bearded dragon owner advice I would love it! I'm also not sure if anyone could give me a better estimate of how old she is. I figured about 5 months, but maybe someone knows better than I do.
I adopted a bearded dragon a few weeks ago. She was given to PetSmart because the previous owner was unable to take care of her. They had her in the back room in a 20 gallon tank next to a cage of birds. When she was given to them, she had a case of mouth rot. She went through two rounds of antibiotics, but it seems like after I adopted her it was not completely healed. She has the habit of bumping against the glass when she is stressed, I imagine that is why her mouth infection didn't fully heal. I wish I would have been more prepared when I took her home, but I couldn't have imagined leaving her in that tiny tank where no one was going to take care of her the way she should have been.
Now that she is with me, I have become an insane lizard person. I am already very in love with my little lady. But with that comes extreme obsession over her. Every time she moves I'm googling if it means she's sick or scared or whatever you might have it. I wasn't sure if it was normal to go to such extremes? I understand that bearded dragons are quite resilient, but I never want to put her in a position where she will be neglected like she was previously. Hoping for a little bit of reassurance that I am not losing my mind... I have a vet appointment scheduled this week which will hopefully provide her with more antibiotics and tell me if there is anything else I should look out for. Her mouth has improved since I've had her, but there is still a bit of scarring around the mouth.
Anyways, I'm sure I will be asking plenty of questions on this forum. I attached a picture of her, which you will probably be able to see her infection in.
If anyone has some first time bearded dragon owner advice I would love it! I'm also not sure if anyone could give me a better estimate of how old she is. I figured about 5 months, but maybe someone knows better than I do.