- Beardie name(s)
- Drogon <3 RIP 2019- March 11, 2024 Lily: new girl in the house/ 5 months old
Thanks for the quick reply! How much are they?You could get with @Drache613 for a adv test kit and test it before you bring it home
Thanks for the quick reply! How much are they?
Can I also ask for your opinion? I just contacted the owner for pictures. Unfortunately he was very sick in the hopsital, but the tank pictures... my God, it was covered in ****!!! He insists he usually keeps the tanks clean, but I just dont want my beardie to catch anything. What's the best way to go about adopting in a healthy, safe way for your current beardie?
I wouldn't bring a new one into your home unless you have a quarantine room and follow a procedure where you isolate one of them and then transfer him to the room once you get the new one & he's healthy after testing.Hi Everyone!
I'm looking to adopt another dragon, especially since there are so many dragons out there that need good homes. I recently asked an owner if their beardie had adeno, which I know is very contagious and don't want to compromise my healthy male (no intention of breeding).
What are some questions I should ask? And how can I prevent bringing a potentially adeno-positive dragon into my house?
So far, I asked, if she's definetly female, about recent checkups, any egg laying issues, the breeder's name that they bought her from.
Thanks!
What do you mean.?Oh, not to mention she had a history of an upper respitory, which is concerning
Separation of the beardies.Thanks for the quick reply! How much are they?
Can I also ask for your opinion? I just contacted the owner for pictures. Unfortunately he was very sick in the hopsital, but the tank pictures... my God, it was covered in ****!!! He insists he usually keeps the tanks clean, but I just dont want my beardie to catch anything. What's the best way to go about adopting in a healthy, safe way for your current beardie?
I'd check with @Drache613Yes! I plan on separating and I do have a safe room for quarantine. I've also read that when an animal is in quarantine you handle their food/clean up last. Lots of hand washing. What I meant was the owner told me she had a respiratory infection at one point, which was kinda red flag to me. What's involved with the kit? Isn't that a vet only thing?
I'd check with @Drache613
I'm not 100% sure about the respiratory infection.
And Tracie runs a website with the kits & directions.
Yes! I plan on separating and I do have a safe room for quarantine. I've also read that when an animal is in quarantine you handle their food/clean up last. Lots of hand washing. What I meant was the owner told me she had a respiratory infection at one point, which was kinda red flag to me. What's involved with the kit? Isn't that a vet only thing?
Respiratory infections are much more difficult to treat if given the proper breeding environment for bacteria and moisture in the atmosphere.From what i gather it's a swab for their cloaca. The other option would be to drop a fecal sample at a local vet. Price check them though, I've seen post of vets trying to charge well over a hundred bucks, the most I've ever paid is 48.
As long as the R.I. has been treated and resolved that shouldn't be an issue, but if the dragons habitat was not clean, parasites really could be. Some like Coccidia is extremely hard to treat, i would absolutely get a fecal before i brought it home.
In the mean time if you have access you could clean up it's habitat and start getting it ready before you bring it home.
P. S. I'm rooting for the dragon, it sounds like it really needs help.
The kit is for Adenovirus.Yes! I plan on separating and I do have a safe room for quarantine. I've also read that when an animal is in quarantine you handle their food/clean up last. Lots of hand washing. What I meant was the owner told me she had a respiratory infection at one point, which was kinda red flag to me. What's involved with the kit? Isn't that a vet only thing?
I've run into problems where it's like I was sent a sick dragon.HI Everyone!
Thank you for your info so far. my gut feeling is telling me don't buy that dragon. I can just see problems down the road.
Anyways, I updated my boy's enclosure today, so feel free to check it out
Check out the upgrade!! | Enclosures
Hi Everyone :) Drogon is a big boy, so I wanted to give him more room. This is a dubiaroaches.com enclosure (120 gal) with their 3d background wall! Drogon's t5 reptisun 10.0 lamp was also mounted inside for optimal UV exposure! He especially loves the ledges and chilled up there for hours...www.beardeddragon.org
Hi Tracie!Hello,
Are you wanting to bring a new dragon into your home? If you would like to test that one, you can
sign up on my Adeno page at:
www.thepats.info
The test for Adeno is $21 so very affordable! It is easy to do at home & non invasive as well. It
is simply a swabbing that you do on the stool, so no need to even have to touch the swab on him
at all. There is no stress involved at all.
Have you brought the dragon home yet, or are you still deciding?
Tracie
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