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Power outage - new baby beardie 😓
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[QUOTE="magicmagni, post: 2037577, member: 72652"] This is great news I've had great success with my leopard gecko and Osolated Skink when I switched them to sand soil/ bioactive even. Lived over 15 years and 30 year respectively. I expect the same with my BD as well. My breader wouldn't even sell me my little guy until he hit 20 grams and about 6".. A lot of that had to do with being strong enough to survive transport, they are more delicate when so small. It's to the detriment of the hobby that we have these "bad actors" that want to make a quick buck and sell substandard animals that put people "often beginners" at a disadvangage right from the start. For this I always advised people start with an adolecent.. especially beginners Obsolutely :-) Guidelines are just guidlines.. not set in stone.. If the bugs are smaller than the width between the eyes then more number of bugs is needed to get the same amount if that makes sense? Dubia.com makes getting feeders very easy and affordable.. I really recommend them. Variety is key.. Dubias and crickets good stables.. I add in Hornworms and occational mealworm too. Always dusted with calcium. I watched an interview with Dr. Howard aka "the Beardie vet" who was recalling his study on BD in the outback noting that the animals were growing way slower in the wild then in captivity. Often in captivity he was noting dragons hitting adult sizes in only 8 months to a year ,but in the wild they often take up to 2 years to reach same size! In his practice he is seeing a lot of complications because of this, thus the recommendation to just back off on the protein and slow down their growth. He was saying that slowing down the growth seemed to yield healthier results in his experience since the animals isn't growing faster than the calcium it can obtain through supplementation and diet. I liken it to driving a car.. You can drive 100+ mph to the supermarket, but there is a good chance you crash and don't make it compared to driving the speed limit. Both ways you make it to your destination, but the faster way may not get you there at all or if it does with some extra wear and tear maybe a fender bender etc.. ;-) That's awesome. Experience is so valuable. Can you believe the advances in husbandry since the 90's? It's so much easier now than when I starting this hobby in the 80's I think the biggest challenge is all the information out there.. and old outdated stuff too, but it's great to see things evolve and the welfare of our animals increase as we learn more and try new things and grasp new concepts and ideas. That's what it is all about. [/QUOTE]
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