r/BeardedDragonCare

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

He is a juvenile around 6 to 7 months old. I’m trying to order these but want to make sure I’m not over ordering or something. How long should these last him? I’ve only been giving him crickets and want to do a complete switch for his diet!. How many should I feed him a day of both the Dubai’s and the super worms? Thankyou!

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.

this is beans. i adopted her about 2 months ago and took her to the vet on May 29, where they told me she had 30+ eggs. they said to expect her to lay within the next few weeks. Since it’s now been about 5 weeks since they said that, I’m getting really worried about what to do. they gave me calcium to give her daily, but she doesn’t do much with the laybox I gave her (it’s a bug plastic tote with 50/50 plays and and coco) I revisited the vet a week ago and they said the eggs had grown a bit and to wait it out. I’m just worried because I don’t think I can afford a surgery for her if she can’t lay.

Any tips to help? I try to avoid holding her for a long time because I don’t want to bother her right now, and when I’ve given her baths she just poops and continue to strain for another 10 minutes.

More outdoor time? More taking her out of the cage? More baths? Just looking for some who may have had a similar experience and have some tips. I’m anxious from just sitting around not doing anything to help her :(

Hi all, I'm new to owning a bearded dragon, I've got a 4/5 month old that I've had a few of weeks now.

I'm currently feeding her once a day, around 5/6 bugs every day, but since I got her she's gone from 53 grams the day we got her. To I measured her recently and she's now 68 grams.

I'm just worrying cause I don't want to be over feeding her. She doesn't look fat or anything. I know I'm probably overthinking it but don't want to be harming/killing her without knowing it.

Any help would be appricated.

My guy link started shedding for the first time since we got him. Just wondering on how often they do, and if there's anything I can do to make it easier for him. Obviously not helping shed just care wise.

Bonus anyone wanna guess the morph?

How many times is a 9-10 month old beardie supposed to shed? And is there anything I'm supposed to be doing to help her? Like with her diet or something? Because the last time my little girl shed was in the beginning of May. I'm not sure if she's typically supposed to be going through another one. Thank you in advance!

3-4 month beardie, active and healthy and alert. Loves roaches and tolerates crickets. Every morning when the lights go on for him I give him a bowl of fresh salad (usually collards with occasional skinned and grated zucchini and a tiny bit of red bell pepper every few days.

He snubs it. I put all the scraps in with the roaches to help gut load but I have never seen him eat the damned greens. How can I convince him to eat them? Take away his phone privileges? Ground him?

Don't mind the terrible picture.

I am requesting the advice you would give to a first time pet owner rescuing an older bearded dragon.
Setup, feeding, everything you’ve got tbh. Links to proper research, links to products I should buy for him for a new tank. Everything I see online is all contradictory and it’s been really stressing me out. I’m just about ready to assume everything I know is wrong and that his setup is 0% right in any way. My bf’s parents agreed that I can start to upgrade everything when I get a job but I want to get a list going. Affordable options would be extra appreciated. I just want what’s best for him but I don’t have much money right now :(

RAY
He’s at least 9 years old. They got him from a coworker 8 years ago who said he was already 2-3 years old but from photos he looked much smaller, more like >1 year, or at least incredibly underweight. They say the cage she had him in when she gave him to them was like half the size of the one he has now, which is fucked. He definitely still needs more space. The best I can do is a 150 gallon tank. I’m looking at this one:

Chewy 150 gallon tank

I know Ray’s setup is absolutely fucked. He’s been physically fine like that for 8 years I guess, other than being incredibly depressed. Now he’s struggling to shed (it’s been at least a month and a half with little to no progress) and I’m seeing that it’s even more urgent than I thought.

I tried to convince them to rehome him, which is what my boyfriend wants to do, but his dad really doesn’t want to.

TANK UPDATES SO FAR
I have so far replaced his flooring (carpet -> mat with paper towels bc he kept ripping his nails on it), his nighttime bulb (red light heat emitter -> 40W ceramic heat emitter, planning to get a stronger one), and a few other items (bigger hide with a basking platform; new thermostat and humidity checker(?)).

I think he needs different food- he eats this dry veggie/bug mix but I was told by a petsmart employee (said she has beardies) that at his age they usually eat more veggies. I started mixing in calcium powder a month ago and got Ray live mealworms but he didn’t really seem interested in them and struggles to catch live crickets :(

I think his basking lamp is fine but I need to get him a UVB bar.

DISCLAIMER
Please please please do not hate on me or my boyfriend’s family. That’s not to say you can’t comment on the husbandry obviously, but they are genuinely good people. They’re just uneducated on the care that Ray needs.

I just want help with his setup - I don’t want to have to defend myself or his family. Trust me, I’ve gone through it all in my head already.

EDIT: Minor changes to text if incorrect + text below
I told my bf’s family that he’s sick and needs tank upgrades ASAP, and they agreed to make changes.

Going to petco today!!!! Getting a UBV bar, a heat gun, and a halogen basking light (his is a colored light I guess, I had no idea or I would’ve replaced it with the night light). I need to make a list based on comments still. We’re going to get greens next time we’re at Wegmans but for now I’ll try to figure out if we have any reptile safe veggies on hand.

I’m going to give him a bath for his stuck shed and take him outside for a bit in the meantime (hoping to find his harness but if I can’t I’ll just keep him on my legs or something). We can’t take him to the vet just yet, but if he doesn’t make any progress over the next month with greens, proper lighting, and engagement we’ll definitely take him. Nobody wants him to be in pain :(

Otherwise though, I was serious about not replying to hate comments. I’m 10000000% open to any advice on care, but comments about my bf’s family will be ignored from now on. I know his care is inexcusable. I don’t have the energy to argue about it when I also just want him to get better. They’re going to pay for everything that goes in the tank, I just need to buy the new one. Living with them is currently my only option besides living with my abusive mom or being on the streets. So that being said, I don’t want to think about how awful they are for treating him this way.

Hey everyone!

My 4 year old beardie recently has had so much scale damage and it is really worrying me. I have a vet appointment the July 15th but I am wondering if anyone has any advice on what could be causing it and if I should be as concerned as I am. He also went to the vet a couple weeks ago and they didn’t seem concerned about the damage but I think it’s getting worse. For context he is in a 120 gallon tank with a 50/50 mix of play sand and reptile soil for his substrate. His enclosure also has rocks and wood to bask on. His also spends lots of time outside of the tank exploring. His behavior and habits also have not changed at all and he is full of energy as always. I am open to any and all advice :)

I got my bd a week ago and he’s shedding already is that too soon or is he ok?

Anyone know what kind of beardie this is? It gets really dark on the cooler side, almost black.

First time beardie owner. I have only had him for a couple weeks so I’m not sure what his “normal” behavior is but he has recently not been moving to his heat perch after morning lights come on. He just lays under his rock or in his hide. After a couple hours I will get him up to warm him and put him on his perch. He will lay there, warm up and then eat normally but it’s freaking me out. My husband says I’m over reacting but I don’t want to fail him. He has the right lighting and temps are good. I feed him his greens with some veggies along with crickets, roaches, calcigrubs (bfl) along with an occasional tiny hornworm. I shake his bugs and worms in calcium powder and once a week in calcium powder with D3. He’s obviously shedding so I’m not sure if this is a side effect from shedding or signs of something more. How long do they go through the shedding process? Is there anything I can do to help him?

Just walked in on her doing this and I've never seen her do this
Is she okay? Dies she need something?
Shes about a month and a half been with me for two weeks now
I'm a first time owner trying my best😅
Anyone else had this when their beardie was a baby? is she too hot? or hungry? or annoyed?

Just want to know if there’s anything I should improve or be concerned about.

I’m embarrassed to say this but I think one of my boys (he’s 6) broke a finger and I didn’t notice until today and have no idea when it happened.

He’s clumsy and slightly off balance since the cataract in his left eye effects his balance and depth perception. I wanna assume he stumbled while climbing or jumping in his enclosure and messed up his middle finger.

I’m also guessing it healed crooked because he doesn’t show signs of discomfort when I touch his hand or move it. He’s running and eating and basking, everything normal. I feel stupid guilty for not seeing this sooner.

He has a regular check up with the vet coming up in a month and I’m not sure if I should move it up and try to take him sooner. I’m not sure anything can be done.