Your dragon spots the strawberry before it hits the dish and practically climbs the bowl for it. The greens you put down an hour ago sit untouched. It is tempting to give in and make fruit the daily reward, because at least then something gets eaten. So can bearded dragons eat fruit every day? Not…
Vomiting in a bearded dragon is one of those things that looks far worse than it sometimes is, and far less serious than it sometimes should be. A bearded dragon throwing up after a big meal or a warm bath is often nothing. The trouble is telling that apart from the kind that needs a…
A bearded dragon that skips a meal or two is not a dragon in trouble. A healthy adult can go a week or two without food and stay perfectly fine. A baby that misses two days needs your attention. How long bearded dragons can go without eating depends almost entirely on age, body condition, season,…
A head cocked sideways, locked at an angle that looks wrong, sometimes lasting hours and sometimes vanishing the second you walk over. A bearded dragon head tilt sits in the most uncomfortable spot in symptom-watching. It might be nothing. It might be the first visible sign of something serious. What else is happening alongside it…
A bearded dragon swollen limb is one of those findings that sends most keepers straight into panic mode, and that reaction is usually correct. Limb swelling is almost never cosmetic. It means something inside the leg is wrong, whether bone, joint, soft tissue, or circulation, and the cause ranges from a slow-building calcium deficiency to…
A bearded dragon that changes colour in front of you is doing one of the most misunderstood things in reptile keeping. New owners see a dark belly or faded back and assume the worst. Seasoned keepers read the same colours as a running commentary on temperature, mood, shed cycle, and health. The skill is learning…
Three days without a bowel movement and you’re already searching. A bearded dragon not pooping can mean twelve different things, most of them fixable at home. The one thing you should not do is reach for home remedies before ruling out the causes that actually need a vet. Working through the causes in the right…
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…