Recent content by SHBailey

Sounds like Broly is doing pretty good for his age. And I've noticed that they seem to do a better job staying out of their own poop when they're younger. I think our snake did a better job at that than the beardie did too. As I understand it, most reptiles keep growing throughout their life...

Glad to hear Broly is still doing well, and that you're not having any more problems with the cyst. And even though they say that bearded dragons are supposed to eat greens, I don't think it's the end of the world if they don't. Puff would rarely eat any greens and he lived to be 10 years old...

Cute little thing -- he looks small in the tank. Looks like he has a nice big one with lots of space.

Wow -- Jamie's getting up there. She's already outlived Puff. Our vet said that beardies are usually getting pretty geriatric by the time they get into the double digits. I think Puff had arthritis too in the last year or two in his life. He dragged himself around by his hands but didn't...

Always nice to have a spare. We had two sets of towels for Puff too so we could have one set in the tank and one in the wash. Glad to hear that you can get calcium into Broly so he won't get MBD. Puff used to have red poop and I was told it was some sort of chemical reaction and nothing to...

Happy to hear it isn't cancer. I would agree surgery might not be necessary to remove a cyst as long as it's not causing him any pain. It's probably not going to be much fun cleaning up after him when he poops... He looks good in the picture.

Sorry to hear that Broly's having so much trouble. At least he doesn't seem to be in pain -- that's one good thing. We were afraid that Puff was in some pain before the end because his beard was black/grey, but the vet said that wasn't necessarily an indication that he was in pain. It's good...

Hi. Always good to hear from you whenever you get around to it. Maybe you will eventually get used to the noise from the CPAP machine and be able to sleep with it. Are you going to need it for the rest of your life or do they think they can "cure" your sleep apnea somehow? If I had to use...

Tornadoes?!? I'd be scared to death. You don't usually get them in your area, do you? I remember one in Inglewood, California when I was in the 4th grade. (loooong ago and far away in another time and another place and another life) We all did duck and cover under our desks for real -- just...

Hi... Haven't heard anything about the turtle coming to live with us lately. My niece is supposed to leave sometime next month, so we'll see. Ants were a thing in California. Anytime you left food out they'd be all over it, so you had to be careful. Not too much of a problem in Alaska...

I hope you can figure out the mystery with Broly's beard -- must be frustrating. "Grumpy" is as good an explanation as any, I guess. I hope it's not causing him pain, at least. Sounds like he's still perky though. That's a lot of crickets for one meal! (unless they were little ones) I don't...

Glad to hear that Broly seems to be getting along ok. Puff was "army crawling" at the last -- pulling himself around with his hands. I don't think he had enough strength left in his legs to stand up and walk anymore. Hopefully it's temporary in Broly's case from missing the serrapeptase for...

Hi... That's weird about Broly's beard. I hope you can figure it out and that it doesn't turn out to be anything serious. Puff's beard was dark near the end of his life so I hope he wasn't in too much pain, but I'm afraid that's probably what it meant. In Broly's case, if he's running around...

Hi... Glad to hear that Broly is still plugging along with no major problems. We had to surround Puff with soft stuff too -- pretty early on in his life because he was a klutz from the get-go. We used wads of towels. We kept him in the large tank though (125 gal) but he probably could have...

Yep. We've kept this thread going for a looooong time.