r/BeardedDragon

Hello, y'all!

I have recently been looking for a BD, and while looking online, I found this woman trying to sell a BD with its entire enclosure for a steal. She told me he's recently been taken to the vet, he has all his paperwork, and she sent me more videos. However, this is the clearest video I have of the BD.

As someone that is still learning, but is trying to recognize when a BD is struggling/sick, does this little guy look unhealthy? This video was taken in the middle of the night, so I was surprised he was up, but yeah.

I have another video I can send people if they want another angle. Any and all advice is welcomed.

ALSO, unrelated but very related, I'm terrified of roaches. I know crickets, I'd have to feed a BD a lot to suffice. I've heard silkworms in certain other worms can be used in place, is that okay? I would hate to get a BD and not be able to take care of it the way it needs to be.

I got this baby for free today. He’s 4 yrs old and was a school pet. He’s not too happy with the beard obv, but I don’t know too well his condition before. He’s on the skinnier side. Why is he doing this?

I’ve had my beardie for about 3 months now and I have yet to hold him. I pet him almost everyday but he won’t let me hold him. How can I get him used to me to the point where I can hold him?! 🥹

Would love some comment and advice on what to do. My beardie is about 10 years old now, last year and a half she has had gradual reduction in apetite, lately basically 0 in last 2 months. I think ive managed her to ear less than pinkys worth of greens, one roach and 3 supers since march. Not a sudden change, since start of last year she has gradually startrd eating less.

She still moves a bit, poops a bit, drinks a bit, but she is basically skin and bones at this point. No black beard or stress indicators, just seems to have slowed down gradually.

She doesnt look bad besides the very obvious 0 fat pads left in neither the tail or the head, just reminds me of my 95 yo grandma before she passed away earlier this year...

Not quite sure what to do here, exotic vets are not a thing nearby and im not sure how many 1-2 hour trips she can survive just for a normal check up, if that is even the choice here.

Any advice would be appreciated.

i really don’t know how to bond with my bearded dragon i hand feed her everyday and i try and take her out but i can’t because she WILL NOT let me hold her. more recently i feel like she’s been getting more aggressive. she used to give me kisses and now she gets flat and puffs her beard the second i put my hand in the tank. she has never actually bitten me or rlly even try to, but when she puffs her beard i don’t want to stress her to much so i just leave her alone. What should i do to help with this and more bonding exercises?

These guys NEED a new safe home asap. I don’t have any room and can’t afford to pick them up but I refuse to stand by and hope someone will come across the post

From what I can tell there is 2 juvenile bearded dragons and 1 adult bearded dragon all together in a 20 gallon tank.

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP THEM

Hey, y'all. Is there anything wrong with the fact that my daughter's bearded dragon never uses his hides? He has a warm-side and a cool-side hide, the warm-side is resting on a flagstone floor and the cool-side is a burrow with an 8-inch substrate floor (mix of 40% soil, 30% sand, 30% excavator clay.)

At night, he seems content to pick a random spot of the enclosure to sleep, either on a branch or against the wall vertically after climbing some of the backdrop. But ever since I built the enclosure, he hasn't once tried either of his hides. I think he *once* went into his warm-side hide to briefly look around and then came back out within seconds.

His hides are both to proper spec, with a 6" wide and 4-5" tall opening that leads into a 10-12" diameter hide with an internal height of 6".

He is very active, constantly running around his enclosure or alternately basking on his perch stone. He is about three to four months old and seems healthy?

Not sure if I should be concerned. I very rarely see his beard turn even turn dark grey, let alone black. This is what I came home to. Should I be concerned? He ate greens the last two days and about 10-15 crickets the day before.

Also went to crumbl and I can't just leave him in my car sooo he came in with me. Wasn't until I was about to leave that another customer said omg he's real??!? I thought he was part of your shirt!

Really goes to show how chill/kinda lazy my guy is lol

Went on a walk with him on my shoulder and by the end of it I was practically cradling him because he was absolutely clocked out fast asleep

In all honesty sometimes I get worried he's "too lazy" but even in perfect temperatures he really just prefers to sit and give everyone his iconic judgment face

This is Carl!!! My beloved dragon

Since ive have had him now (around

7-8 years) he has always been much more connected to me than others, he's pretty much bitten everyone in my family but me haha

He's always been super cuddly with me too, not so much with other people but there's definitely been a few times in the past I accidentally fell asleep with him.. I usually wake up with him passed out in the same spot

I love him!!!!

I also feel like he's a bit special since in bad circumstances we moved out together.

He was originally my dad's dragon, then me/ my mom took over care, but all the while I was virtually the only one taking him out and hanging out with him /making him chase bugs on the floor.

He for some reason absolutely despises my mom, if she even enters the room he's in he starts black bearding and I'm genuinely not sure what could have happened to make him so spiteful of her lol

My parents were planning on getting rid of him but I just couldn't let that happen, I actually was forced into bit of an ultimatum, I had to re-home all of my leopard geckos in order to keep Carl as mine... So I did that and when push came to shove and I got kicked out, Carl came with obviously...

I have this 190x60x60 enclosure, am I forgetting something; should I add something to his enclosure? I have this feeling as if it’s missing something, could just be me tho. What do you guys think?

Hoy bañando a mi dragón barbudo que rescate de otra casa hace 3 meses me di cuenta de que tenía un bulto bajo el cuello y no comía mucho, tiene las patas algo hinchadas y algún espasmo que no sé si es de dolor o porque es MUY territorial

he is almost full grown we found out recently that he is a Blue barred citrus red monster

My girl is 8-9years old and I’ve noticed her slowing down a bit, and looking a little skinny around the hips. Is she just getting to the end of her life?

I take this goober out for a bit to get some exercise and he does this…. Next he jumps on the sofa onto my blanket and claims it for himself😂

On Wednesday of last week I posted for advice here on a rescue beardie I would be picking up later that day. Nothing really prepared me for what I was picking up. This is mostly a vent post. I am experiencing so many emotions right now and I know this will be a sad read. Viewer discretion is advised I guess.

He was very sick and that was clear from the beginning. I held him the whole drive home. I didn’t really understand at that point the state he was in. I gave him a warm soak to no reaction. He didn’t attempt to drink, couldn’t hold his head up. I had to do that for him. In the morning I drove him to the vet. There was no denying that this animal had been severely neglected for a very long time. His calcium, his blood glucose, his blood cell count, all of it was low. In fact, his blood cell count was an 8, it’s supposed to be 30. 30% of a bearded dragons blood is supposed to be blood cells, his was 8%. He had impaired kidney functions from severe dehydration. Still I decided to try, the vet saw a small chance and I wanted to believe in it. I told myself if he showed no improvement, that I’d schedule his euthanasia for Monday. It was the humane way I could go about it.

I syringe fed him a diluted meat based baby food on the vet’s orders. Gave him calcium shots every morning. A warm soak, even if he wasn’t drinking. When I wasn’t there to thermoregulate for him I left his tub at an 86. Everything according to the care guide laid out by the doctor. And for a bit, he seemed more active. He stole my heart. After his tub time I would cuddle with him to make sure he didn’t get cold. He would cuddle closer when I would try to move him. He even had a bout of what I can only assume to be his version of post poop zoomies after he pooped on my hand. I had allowed myself to have hope. I even made his appointment for Friday so he could get his second iron shot.

This morning he seemed more drowsy when I went to feed him and give him his shot. I thought nothing of it, went about my day. I came back later and he was gone. I am a soft person, I pour myself into all I try to do. And I tried, at the end I hope he knew it.

I wish I had a good update. I wish I could have done more. To Cleophus, you stinky bastard… I miss you. I hope you know at least one person cared about you. I knew this was a possibility but I’m sorry I wasn’t right next to you, comforting you when you passed on. I’m not cut out for rescue but I’m glad I tried for you. I’m glad I got the privilege to hold you for the briefest moment. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I love you.

hi guys! i’ve had my baby for about a month now and im still adding things in his enclosure to make sure he has enough enrichment and proper husbandry! i just want some opinions and tips if anything looks off and some more ideas of things to add!!

also do you think i need to mount the linear uvb inside the enclosure or does enough uvb come through the mesh??

ps: he has proper lights and his temps are perfect!

thank you in advance!! :)

Hi! So I’ve had a beardie for about 3-4 years now, and since I’ve been away for a while in graduate school, I’ve had others watching her an doing the feeding as I don’t live at home during the year. When I came back I noticed that her chin/neck skin was very droopy and loose and I’m worried about what that could be. It looks to me that she’s quite overweight, so I have her on a better diet. That I’m asking be maintained while I’m away as well. Does this look like an issue from weight, or do you think this might me something worse? There’s so abnormal masses or anything in there for the record. Also yes, her enclosure is the correct size and lighting/temps are good. She has UVB, and gets calcium regularly as well as multivitamin about once per week.