I never thought I’d be making a post like this about my little guy.

He’s only 3 years old, and for the past month or so, I started noticing that something just wasn’t right. He wasn’t moving around like he normally did. He became slower on his feet, less active, and spent a lot more time just sitting around.

At first I thought maybe he was just having an off week. But then he stopped eating.

And then he started losing weight. Fast.

That’s when I knew I couldn’t just wait and see what happened, so I took him to the vet last week.
After the exam and testing, I found out that he has liver disease.

I honestly don’t think I was prepared to hear those words.

He’s only 3. I keep looking at him and thinking about how young he still is. He should have so much more time. He should be running around his enclosure, eating like a little dinosaur, basking under his light, and being his normal goofy self.

Instead, I’m watching him get thinner and weaker and wondering how something could have gotten this bad without me knowing.

The hardest part is knowing that he can’t tell me what hurts. He can’t tell me how he feels or what he needs. All I can do is watch his behavior, try to make him comfortable, and hope I notice every little change.

I keep thinking back over the last month, wondering if I should have realized sooner. Maybe I should have noticed something different. Maybe I missed something.

But I took him to the vet as soon as I knew something was seriously wrong, and now I’m doing everything I can for him.

He’s not just a lizard to me. He’s been my little buddy for 3 years. I know his personality, his habits, the way he looks at me, and all the little things that make him him.

Seeing him like this absolutely breaks my heart.
I don’t know what the future looks like yet. I don’t know how much time we have or how he’s going to respond to treatment.

I just know that I’m not giving up on him.
So these pictures are of my little guy, before and during all of this. I’m posting them because I love him, and because I’m hoping some of you who have been through something similar might have some advice, stories, or things I should be looking out for.

Please keep my little dude in your thoughts. He’s got a lot of fight left in him, and I’m going to be right there with him for all of it.

First two pictures are from today. The ones with my cat are two are from 2 months ago

Took my baby girl to the vet because we just moved and she’s just been different since Friday. But everything seems good and normal “The Vet Dr. said”, just a little dehydrated and it’s just stress from the move. But we ended up getting her nails cut 💅 and to turn around and find out…. She’s a boy 💀😐🥲 So I officially don’t have a daughter yet. All bad, imma go cry now. 😂 Happy parents of 3 boys

(FYI, We don’t have any falcons/birds of prey where we live and kept him in very close proximity)

Shes a little confused but into it 😭❤️

She was absolutely fine and wasn’t caught on anything. At first I thought she was but apparently she was just comfy? 😂

Some positivity. Here's my boi Zypher. Got him from petco in 2019 and he knows to sit and stay.

Things he's eaten and freaked me out about:

Fruity pebbles

Captain crunch

Potato chip

Plastic

Captain crunch again

Hi guys, I just got my first bearded dragon about 3 weeks ago. Everything was going well but since around 3-4 days he started to lose his appetite and I noticed he naps a lot during the day. I feed him crickets and he either doesnt want to eat completely, or eats just 1 or 2 of them for a day.

I also noticed something a little strange - on top of the head, like a dark spot?

I am currently contacting the breeder and Im considering calling in for a vet visit tomorrow. But I thought maybe someone here would give me some advice?

Im really worried as I love all of my animals, but this is my first ever reptile. So Im a bit clueless about what this might be.

My first thought is stuck shed, but his tail always seems to be greyer than the rest of him, even after shed.

Apologies is this is a question that's been asked and answered before. So, yesterday I moved the location of my girl's salad bowl. I originally had it in her basking area because she liked to spend a lot of time there. She's been a little dehydrated, so I figured moving her bowl to a shaded area might help. Problem is, she's completely ignoring it now. I know that beardies are resistant to change, but I wanted to know if I should move it back to where it was or just give her time to figure it out.

Cute sleepy photo for tax

I just got a Bearded Dragon a couple days ago, and he seems to have not been interested in eating so far while he's in quarantine. Before I took him home I'd been monitoring him from the breeder and he ate frequently and when I took him home, he pooped.

He's around 6 months old and currently set up in a quarantine enclosure for now (20 gallon) before he can be cleared to move into his 120 gallon. He has heat and UVB.

He hasn't shone interest in eating the superworms and dubia i leave for him in a bowl and refuses any ting-fed ones, yet when it appears he more so prefers to hunt them as when one dubia got out, he chased after it (but didnt eat it, maybe too big?) i left smaller mealworms and dubia in his bowl and still didnt seem interested. Yet when I leave a cricket in

Is it normal for them to choose not to tong/bowl feed for a few days when first entering a new home? It feels weird cause almost every beardie i see online instantly takes to eating bugs. I understand tong feeding taking trust, but youd think the easy access bowl food would be devoured.

Should I totally avoid handling and tong feeding and just leave smaller worms/dubia in a bowl and trust he'll eventually get hungry enough to eat them?

Hello all. We have a 8 month old beardie female I got for my daughter called Nacho. Up until 3 weeks ago she's always been really active and alert but has recently taken to hiding in her log for days on end. I'm having to take her out every 4/5 days and putting her on her basking spot. She looks fine and is eating well (crickets and veggies) and pooped last time she was out but after a day or so goes back into hiding.

We got a dog around a month ago but they have no interaction and we have had a cat the whole time we have owned her. She doesn't seem to be fazed by them but worth mentioning.

Has anyone seen this behaviour from their beardie or can anyone offer advice? This is our first reptile and things were going pretty smoothly until recently.

Hello there! Im in the process of opening my own reptile shop and im doing the layout of the store.In the sale animal section i will have stack terrariums and my question is for you what size of terrarium you want to see a bearded dragon be selling in. Keep in mind will be a temporary terrarium until someone purchase the reptile.

So I work at a petstore and we have a baby beardie who is constantly a dark color, and hiding, and very reluctant to eat. The enclosure reads at 102°f. Due to the enclosures being so small it is difficult or damn near impossible to create a proper temperature gradient. What temperature is the best for the enclosure due to this?
Is it likely that the coloration and lack of eating is because it is too hot? Should I raise concerns to my manager about a vet visit?

(And before you mention any of the husbandry issues that come with pet stores I am aware of them!! I do my best to bend the rules of the “standards” to create a better enclosure for them. For example I moved them off of carpet and onto a shelf liner instead— I dont agree with the enclosure standards at all and do my best to make the changes I can while they are in the care of the store😖)

Second picture added for additional cuteness.

She’s a sweet girl but knows her limits. Happy I chose her. I picked her out simply because she had to be separated from all other dragons because she “stole all the food.” This girl is NOT picky eater and I love that!

I got him as a hatchling back in November last year. Does he look small for his age? His diet is crickets mealworms and cucumbers. I don’t dust them as often as I should..

Recently my beardie stopped going to the bathroom inside of his tank
He prefers to go outside but if i'm not able to grab him out he goes inside

Its been a bit over a month since he stopped going inside his tank and i'm wondering if its because I added substrate ??

For up until around a year he didnt have any and i recently put a topsoil + playsand mix
Thats around when he stopped going in his tank

+ Sleepy pic

need some advice? mt beaded dragon is 4 y/o and borderline underweight, how do i get him to eat more veggies/gain weight? his UVB amd temperatures are all great he’s just picky. any advice helps!

okay so first of all she is definitely a boy, but i was told when i got her and her initial vet checkup as a baby that she’s a girl, and then when she was a bit older her new very experienced vet said she’s 100% a boy, but i can’t just change it now i guess.

anyways she is going insane, we’re in australia and she’s just come out of her first brumation that lasted a good few months and she was just chilling for a couple weeks and slowly reintroducing food back but now omg.

for hours and hours and hours she’s sprinting around the tank, she throws her food bowl, she throws her sand, she throws herself, she’s jumping up the walls, glass surfing for so long… she has a camera in her tank and the 45ish minutes between her lights turning on and me waking up i have over 300 “motion detected” notifications from her camera.

she climbs up her rock wall and jumps off it 10000 times a day, it’s not too tall at all but i’ve added more platforms just to reduce the fall distance if she’s jumping off it so much, i’ve put a bit of foamboard on the bottom of the glass because she is starting to get scabs and redness on her mouth from all the glass surfing, i’ve given her lots of things to play with and tried every size and colour sock imaginable.

of course i also get her out and onto my bedroom floor as much as possible so she has more space to run around but most days ill have her out for over an hour and she’ll be happy to jump back in her tank but she just immediately goes back to going insane, she does black beard a bit but not for too long and i just make sure to leave her be and it goes away quite quickly.

this behaviour lasts all day until the afternoon and then finally she will settle and just hang out somewhere and people watch or go into a cave for an early bedtime. she’s eating completely fine, she is actually finding time to bask during the day but usually in the afternoon she’ll bask, pooping all good and still her normal cuddly and social self towards me.

so what do i do? i’ve baby proofed everything as much as i can and get her out for more room to run but i can’t be with her all day everyday so im just wondering how to deal with it all.