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For those who have had a bearded dragon with stress symptoms: How many days did it take for it to start eating again?
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For those who have had a bearded dragon with stress symptoms: How many days did it take for it to start eating again?

hacé una semana y poco más expliqué mi situación con Kaido, el cual había sido medicado por unos parásitos lo cual le causó un cuadro de estrés bastante fuerte, al punto de no querer comer por una semana. Pasada la semana, decidí llevarlo al veterinario de nuevo (lo llevé el jueves pasado) y le inyectaron vitaminas, antibióticos y desinflamatorios con el fin de estimular el apetito. Kaido a día de hoy ya no tiene la barba negra, pero sigue sin comer y cierra los ojos cuando me acerco al terrario a ofrecerle comida. Qué puedo hacer para estimular su apetito? o cuanto puede llegar a durar el tiempo en el que no quiera comer? He visto casos en los que los dragones no comen por mucho mucho tiempo, pero aún así me preocupa que no quiera comer

Update: The child only wants to eat poppies; he rejects vegetables and insects

u/sholincito — 5 hours ago

Classroom Recommendations

Hello! I am looking for salad/veggie chopper recommendations.
I have put in for the Pets in the Classroom grant in order to get a bearded dragon for my classroom. And I am looking for a good salad chopper that would be easy for students (8-9 yo) to use, but would also have the option to cut finely enough to accommodate it while it is still small. I figured that a salad/veggie chopper is not only convenient, but a safe way to get the kids involved in caring for the animal.
Also, if you have any other safe tool suggestions that would increase student responsibility/involvement, please feel free to drop those as well!

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u/bnh541 — 9 hours ago

Bearded Dragon 🐉

Hi everyone! 👋
I’m hoping someone can help me identify what breed or morph my bearded dragon is. I’m still learning and would love to know more about them!
I’ve attached some photos. Any ideas on what morph or species they might be? I’d really appreciate any advice or information. Thank you! 🦎💚

u/TT2001x — 5 hours ago

Rest In Peace, Biscuit <3

My baby boy, Biscuit, has unfortunately crossed the rainbow bridge. He was 6 years old, and I wish I had more time with him.

It was a very unfortunate situation, as I was away for the night to attend a concert. When I got home the next morning, I went straight up to my room and found him in the corner of his enclosure. I’m heartbroken, but fortunate that my family was able to help me through the situation because I don’t think that I could’ve picked him up; does that make me a bad beardie mom?

I miss him so much, he was such a well tempered boy and I know that this is going to hurt for a while. I’m getting him cremated and bringing him in today, I want to look/talk to him one more time, but I’m nervous because I know he won’t look or feel the same. The fact that he’s in my freezer, alone, literally kept me up all night. I’d appreciate any prayers or kind words, maybe some advice on how to deal with this?

I added a few of my favorite pictures of Biscuit (Kit) from throughout the years. He was my son, I know all of you beardie parents can relate. See you in the next life, bud! 🕊️🤍🦎

u/plutoproj3ctor — 10 hours ago

Limp and unresponsive for hours

I was tasked with watching my partner's bearded dragon while they went on vacation. All has been going well. She pooped yesterday and ate some greens and bugs earlier today. I took her outside because it was nice and sunny and I know that she likes that. In our first hour outside she walked around the yard and basked in the sun happily. Maybe 30 minutes before we came inside she stopped moving, but still had her eyes open so I figured she was just soaking up the sun. (Normally if she gets too hot or wants inside she'll walk towards the shade.)When I picked her up to bring her in she was completely limp. I tried to wake her through movement, I soaked her in warm water (she normally hates water), I tried to give her water by syringe to see if her tongue would move. Nothing, totally unresponsive. Its been about 7 hours since I noticed she was unresponsive. I called my partner in a panic when it first happened, I had already called a uber to take her to the emergency vet. They told me not to take her, just wait it out, even if shes gone there wont be much they can do for her. She's around 8, maybe older, and has other medical issues that require her to be given medication daily (the vet has said before she's lucky to be alive). She is still warm, I tried to watch for her breathing and to feel her heartbeat but I genuinely can't tell. Her body is still extremely loose and I have noticed no rigor. But, her eyes are sunken in and within the last 3 hours or so she has developed a black ring around her mouth. Do you think she is gonna be okay? This is really weighing heavy on me.

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u/ezrahatesyou — 18 hours ago

Charlotte

Here's my newest family memeber, a rescue dragon named Charlotte, who's 'probably' 3 or so years old, Id like everyone to see her! Here she is watching her big sister Artemis try to say hello to the Click on the TV screen! Image of that going on in slide 2, Artemis is my first lizard, an Iguana I got as a half dead rescue hatchling, she's 7 years old now though, and 7 feet long! theyre both free roaming right now (they fell asleep since taking the pics)

u/WishSong0823 — 24 hours ago

I’m looking to get a bearded dragon

I know that petsmart and other chain stores are the best way to go, but there are few juvenile and hatch lanes that aren’t in the best condition and I’ve really wanted a bearded dragon. I’m wondering what size tank I should get for a baby/juvenile as well as I know most of the care techniques with the gut loading and all of that, but do y’all have any advice to help get me started? and ensure that i can provide them the best life so they aren’t living in a tank that’s too small or overwhelmingly large. They are about 3-6 months based on the size.

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u/Upset_Accident1275 — 23 hours ago

Tank build failure 😭

So I recently got a 120 for my dragon. Spent over a week building and customizing and doing a lot of trial and error. I’ve never build a custom enclosure and it was a lot of work but I was really proud. I had incorporated his hide, built him a ledge to hang out on, and built a small drippy water feature.

I did a lot of testing with the water feature. Worked perfectly just not super pretty. Added it to the enclosure and sealed everything. Tested again fully installed and it was perfect.

Finally added my dragon after everything cured and turned on the water. Didn’t seem super interested at first. Kind of ignored it but then later I caught him playing in it. Splashing in the little pool and putting his head under the drips. Seemed super happy. Problem is he dumped a ton of dirt into it and killed the pump.

Today he seems upset that his brand new fun water thing isn’t working. Extra side eye. Extra dragon attitude. And he even smacked the glass when he saw me like he thinks it’s my fault lol.

I knew adding a water feature was risky but hear me out. It’s small and slow flowing. My home is decently low humidity. It was on a timer with his lights so it wouldn’t run while his tank wasn’t as hot. And I’ve been monitoring it while it was running and the humidity never got super high. Like right next to the water was like 49% but the rest of the tank was like 30%-40% max.

I’m just upset because I put so much time into it and he loved it and it didn’t last and now he’s upset 😭 I can’t just replace it because it’s power cable and tubing is built into the foam. The whole thing I made removable but I really really don’t want to build and shape and decorate a whole other fountain 😭😭😭

Also I know the tank isn’t the prettiest but it’s the first one I’ve ever built from scratch and my dragon doesn’t seem to care plus I’m planning on adding more succulents to fluff it up a little

u/ThatFurryWeirdo — 1 day ago

My boy always finds me just to cuddle.

Hes the most affectionate beardie ive ever had. He requires cuddles on a nightly basis. Hes happiest in our arms

u/Funny-Werewolf-5957 — 1 day ago

Help! Flailing/spinning??

Please help! My 8 year old beardie started doing this in his enclosure, I moved him to his bathtub so he didnt fall off anything of his enclosure and hurt himself. It was a lot faster and more violent in the enclosure. Hes clamed down now, ive sent an email and this video to his vet but they are closed due to the holiday.
Any advice/experiance?

u/BearS59 — 1 day ago

Just setup a new 120 gallon tank, anything else I should add?

I just recently setup my new 120 gallon and im wondering if there's anything else I should add to make my beardy happier 🤔. Im not sure what plants to add because I dont want to make it too humid in there either. Ive got a the basking bulb, 12% desert uvb and led grow lights to brighten everything up already

u/Big-Job6653 — 1 day ago
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Who's the prettiest queen?

She actually didn't kill me for putting the skirt on her (I expected that), she kinda slayed and her vet loved her look.

She took a shit on it later though.

u/bubblegumbitch1213 — 1 day ago

HELP!! What to do in a power outage?

Hello!! I’m in the Midwest and we’ve been getting real bad storms, power went out about 23 hours ago and won’t be on for another 34, what do I do to keep my beardie warm? The temp outside is about 85 degrees

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u/No_Brick9583 — 1 day ago

Why is my beardie always sitting like this??

My beardie always puts his head against the wall, even when I let him free roam, he finds a wall too put his head against. Is he okay? Is this normal?

u/Sea_Season6389 — 2 days ago

Breathing worry

Hi all, just got a question in regards to my bearded dragon breathing this morning. This is my first bearded dragon and know there can be issues with breathing.

We’ve had her around 3/4 weeks now and she has just done this morning a couple of times. I know they can do it in the morning as a yawn. But just wanna make sure it’s not a respiratory issue.

u/EasternMammoth226 — 1 day ago