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 alert…
Caught early, bearded dragon dehydration resolves at home in most cases without a vet visit. Owners who miss it usually do so not because the signs are subtle, but because they do not know which specific things to check or what normal actually looks like by comparison. Bearded dragons are adapted to survive on very…
A bearded dragon not basking is one of those problems that looks more complicated than it usually is. The setup is almost always responsible. Temperature is wrong, the basking surface is wrong, the lights are in the wrong position, or something in the enclosure is making the dragon unwilling to sit out in the open….
Swollen, closed, or weeping eyes in a bearded dragon have several different causes, and only some of them are a true bearded dragon eye infection. That distinction matters because treating the wrong cause either delays the right fix or makes things worse. A dragon rubbing its face on the glass with one eye half-shut is…
A new bearded dragon not eating in its first week or two is one of the most common things new owners panic about. Most of the time it comes down to relocation stress, a setup that is not quite dialled in, or a feeding approach the dragon does not recognise as food. Most cases resolve…
A bearded dragon sitting completely still for hours is one of those things that sends new keepers straight to the search bar. I remember panicking the first time my juvenile beardie didn’t move for half a day. Nine times out of ten, this stillness is completely normal. Beardies spend a significant portion of their day…