Why does every Beardie I bring home get "sick" : (

[Malibubare07]

We went to Petco and the beardies there were 8 inches, instead of the 4 inches we found at Petsmart. They were fat nice fat store in their tails. We quized the helper there and he knew exactlyw hat he was talking about. He said he feeds them 30 each every day, etc. (Petsmart only gave 1 - 3 per lizard and only THREE days a week!!!) I was allowed to handly the lizard and also he offered to feed them in front of us so we could see how they react to food. He dumped in like 40 lol. We were so happy that our particular Petco took such great care of the beardies. So we brought home the biggest fattest one he is 8 inches. He is doing so much more than the two from petsmart ever did, they were jst mink weak tiny little things, this guy is twice the size and just looks more older and stable. Will update everyone in a few days. : )

 

[snazzyglasses]

Yay!!

 

[Malibubare07]

Ok guys so as I mentioned the other day our 3rd attemp at being a beardie owner we went with the little guy from our Petco store because the worker actually had beardies of his own and took care of the ones at the store very well. We are on day 5 I think and he is still kickin it. The guy likes to lick EVERYTHING all day long he licks everything he walks buy, he licked the vet, and the scale etc. He also had his first bath due to shedding already he drank up all of his bath water and swam around happy, he also hung out with me as we basked in the sun on our nice chase loungers : ) He did a full shed in 2 days and really only wanted to eat 5 crickets or less each day, and stayed black all day but today his shed is done with and he is back to eating everything in site, think he on his 15th so far today and he still has two more feedings to go.

I just can not believe the difference between him and the other two, when we returned the 2nd one the lady at Petsmart was yelling at me for killing it but the truth is....they dont take care of them right which just kills their immune systems. I put that lady in her place in front of everyone in line at the store because she was being so rude to me ...and she knew I was right. Feeding them 1 - 3 each and only 3 days a week is so wrong! So ar ethe temperatures, because there is no bask light, just a uvb tube (Im hopeing it is at least a UVB and not just a reguler tube light) so so much wrong.

So to everyone, you hear how important it is to see how they are taken care of, well it really is important. It is hard because you get so excited to buy one and we went to 7 pet stores and 6 of the 7 were taken care of the same bad way, it is hard to wait and look around when they are for sale every where you go. Just because you will bring it home and spoil it does not mean it will be healthy if where it has been living (the pet store) has not been spoiling it. weakened immune system means its harder for them to survive the huge levels of stress they get when going to your new home.
I suggest to all to take your times, go to every store in your area and also look for local breeders, make notes and speak to staff on how they take care of them there now, then make your decision, i would even suggest adopting a young adult which was going ot be my plan C.
We have a keeper now! He is SO healthy. We bought him a 75 gallon tank actually that we are getting ready. Waiting for him to grow 4 more inches first. : )

Thanks to all.

 

[emilybortz]

I'm so sorry about your loss
I went through a very similar situation with two Petco babies that I tried to rescue that both passed within a week or two. I know you'll find your new baby soon. I finally decided to purchase Bean from Bloodbank Dragons and received him as healthy as all heck