A female that was digging frantically yesterday and is lying flat and unresponsive today is not resting. Bearded dragon egg binding is the inability to pass eggs that have already formed. It is the reproductive emergency that kills more captive females than almost any other condition. The window between “concerning” and “critical” is measured in…
A bearded dragon runny nose is one of the most common things owners message forums about at midnight, and the responses they get are almost always the same: respiratory infection, antibiotics, vet immediately. That advice is sometimes right, and sometimes it sends owners to a vet for a problem that needed nothing more than a…
Bearded dragon glass surfing is one of those behaviours that looks alarming the first time you see it. Your dragon is standing on its hind legs, belly against the glass, legs paddling frantically like it is trying to climb through the wall. It is almost always communicating something specific. That “something specific” covers a range…
A dragon that reached seven years in good condition is one that was kept well. That is worth saying plainly, because a lot of owners arrive at senior territory feeling anxious rather than satisfied. They watch their dragon slow down, eat less, shed differently, and wonder which changes are normal aging and which ones need…
Bearded dragon digging is one of those behaviours that looks alarming the first time you see it, especially when it starts suddenly and with real intensity. Most of the time it means your dragon is responding to a biological signal, and the digging is the outward sign. It is rarely random and almost never meaningless….
Bearded dragon atadenovirus is one of the most common viruses in captive dragons and one of the least understood by owners. If your dragon has just been diagnosed as ADV positive, or you are watching a young dragon tilt its head and stare at nothing, a positive result is not a death sentence. It is…
Bearded dragon cloacal prolapse is when internal tissue slips out through the vent opening and cannot return on its own. The cloaca is the single exit point shared by the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems, so the tissue type you are looking at depends on what is happening inside the body. What it looks like,…
The first thing most owners notice is that the dragon seems completely fine. Eating normally, moving around, basking in its usual spot. Bearded dragons do not pull away from heat the way mammals do, and a dragon will sit on a surface burning through its belly for hours without showing any sign of distress. Bearded…
A swollen belly sends most owners straight to the worst-case scenario. I understand why. But in my experience the most dangerous moment is not the panic — it is the wait-and-see period that follows once the panic passes and the dragon still seems okay. That is where things go wrong. A gravid female that looks…