Please eat her order crickets or Dubai roaches I do know what you mean thought. Websites are so much cheaper than pet stores and save you a ton of money
Hear you on the winters. This is my guy's first winter and it's been harsh here, too. We've lost power a few times already and one lasted for 5 days. Know how you feel fretting. Hopefully vet finds nothing too serious or something that can be cured quickly.
Hi, how is your beardie doing? Have you been able to take him to the vet yet? As previously stated, your beardie is showing classic tell-tale signs of being incredibly ill, but stay positive and try your best to fix this! It's definitely not brumation. It's important you get him checked out right away. It's also vital that you change your set up. Coil lights are one of the #1 contributors of death of our beardies caused by MBD (metabolic bone disease). BUT, if this is correct, it seems like everything can be reversed along with the help of a *professional*, which I doubt any of us are and you need that ASAP. Back to the coil lights, you need a linear light ASAP. I use a T5 HO ReptiSun 10.0 (it's placed on top of the mesh about 13 inches from her basking spot) and your vet can confirm but if you're going to house it inside, you might want to look into a t8 I think. Idk, you'll have to research what's best for you but you *need* a 10.0 reptisun linear light and if you have a knowledgeable vet, they'll be able to confirm the dangers of a coil light (mine did). Good luck and God bless your beardie! May he return to full health!
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This is NOT brumation he needs a Vet asap!! Sounds like ADV &/or he needs proper UVB!! Remove any and all colored or coiled bulbs ASAP. Colored and cooked burns their eyes!! Get a zoomed clear basking bulb for Heat and the Reptisun 10.0 T5 for UVB!!! It’s a long tubular bulb; The length u order needs to cover 70 percent of the cage. U order from Amazon or go to a specialty pet store also he needs a hideaway to get away from the uvb get a hammock and place a soft terry cloth towel over it so underneath is his hideaway!! When u feed him crickets do it out of a large ziplock bag dusted once per day with repcal 4times a week. Sprinkle the calcium powder shake the ziplock and feed him the crickets!! Also if he’s not warm Enuff he won’t. Eat wait 1-2 hours after basking to feed him also akways. Plate of fresh veggies and greens. Rite now the uvb and heat ans remove colored or coiled bulbs it burns their eyes and a vet asap to test from ADV which is deadly and contagious!!
He is beautiful! Please listen to Sadie on the reptile vet immediately & the correct lighting asap so this beautiful baby has a chance at recovery.
Yes! Reptilian arts is the best pricing I've found & shipping time is very fast!
You mention Terry cloth but can it be fleece? Fleece would prevent claws snagging & mine loves his lil blanket.
Five days? Oh my! What did you do?Hear you on the winters. This is my guy's first winter and it's been harsh here, too. We've lost power a few times already and one lasted for 5 days. Know how you feel fretting. Hopefully vet finds nothing too serious or something that can be cured quickly.
I'd order supplies online if you can. My pet store (30 minutes away) recently ran out of dubia a while ago and when I went today they are out again. Argh! I finally have everything I need to start my own colony except some breeders (I've been scoping them out online) so I won't have that problem once it's established.
Pet store also doesn't carry the UV lights I need so I order those online. Might be the way to go with the shortages you're experiencing. You can get everything you need with the touch of a button or two and there are some pretty reliable sites you can order from.
Yeah, five days of stressing. lol
Might not be a bad idea with as many outages as we have up here. We can even get them in the summertime if the winds are high enough. Sigh.Fleece is amazing!! And u can get him soft teeny pillows like a donut or bone shaped from petco they like to prop on it when basking or when sleeping they like their heads to be elevated. I use terry cloth as the substrate so it’s easy to clean the poop; u gotta jeep the cage super clean so they don’t get Coccidia. ADV is deadly it’s basically star gazing; there’s no cure but they need lots of water/vitamins & a veg & the cause is poor living conditions, improper breeding, & fecal matter of an infected dragon. Google it; it’s very sad. Also, always do a fecal sample of your Beardies poop; it’s only $50 at a reptile vet if the poop is runny or smelly, then he has a bacteria or lighting is off and he’s not getting proper basking heat.
