Trog was diagnosed with heart failure back in July, we have put her on a higher dose of Lasix and she has gotten her quality of life back. She will never fully recover, and eventually she will decline, but thankfully the Lasix is working wonders right now. We have no idea how long she has left on this planet but I promised her to let her go peacefully when the time comes but for now I get to spend some good days with my girl and I’m so happy so we celebrated her third birthday the other day, she got a tiny cake made from grub pie gel, some bee pollen and some special treats. 🥳❤️

We were just cuddling and enjoying each other’s presence when he decided I’d make a good litter box. Of course I’m honored that he trusts me enough to pop on me especially since I got him a month ago but unfortunately it stank and slide down my stomach onto the bed. A new rule was implemented today that the lizard can’t go onto the bed until after he’s pooped.

My beardie had two spots that the vet biopsied. one on his tail and one on his lower eyelid. we go to a university vet hospital on thursday for a consultation.

the vet said they had good margins on the tail but not the eyelid. what could the prognosis be? best case and worst case?

what could treatment options be?

he is only 5 years old so i would sell my soul to afford his care. i just want my baby to be okay.

After months of research, commissioning a custom 4x2x2 enclosure, and lots of reading on this sub, I finally got him!! Basil is from Dragon Smart, and has had his tail deformity (3rd pic) since birth. I saw him 3 months ago and haven't been able to get him off my mind. I love him so much already, such an inquisitive gentleman♡

We often take the dogs to grandma and grandpa's house during the day while everyone here is gone or to run in their big yard. When they aren't around she has free (supervised) run of the house. She's figured out what doors are and will often sit there and pout if she can't leave my daughter's room, especially when the dogs make a lot of noise.

Our 1,5 year old baby Ophelia developed a lump in her tail. It was small and we thought it was a stuck shed (last shed wasn't complete, it stopped at the base of her tail). She was happy and unbothered, we upped her calcium a bit to help with the shed. A month later she stopped eating and the lump grew, so that week we took her to the vet. We have a regular vet who sees and treats reptiles but also have a specialist on speed dial. They all thought it would be a lump full of fluid, so they went to drain it. Unfortunately, what came out of Ophelias tail was more like raw chicken. Both our vet and the specialist say it's benign, but it will grow back. They think it's some sort of scar tissue that grew because of a bacterial infection. They've seen only one other case like this and in that case the lumps grew back and the beardy didn't make it. They're advising to remove her tail as last resort. Since the removal of the chicken lump she has a gaping wound in her tail, she lives on kitchen towel now of course and gets antibiotics. She's super happy now and eats again like a champ!

I'm feeling really uneducated. It's our first dragon and we're trying to do everything right, but it feels like I'm just missing some knowledge here. Is this some weird thing that happens sometimes? Is it bad breeding? She's an orange leatherback. We have the right lamps, we feed her gut loaded dubias, sometimes crickets and silkworms, she eats greens, has enough space. I would really appreciate some insights as our vets have only seen one other case like this. If she can live a happy life without tail that's fine, but I do want to make sure it's the right choice.

Picture is pre-lump, she's about a year old here.

Today I put my 13 year old beardie to sleep. If you haven’t seen my previous posts here, they explain more and I think could be valuable to other owners. He passed peacefully in my arms while I talked to him about our lives together and how much I love him and thank him. Beforehand the doctor requested I allow them to perform a necropsy for research and I agreed. Aneurysms are a somewhat common health issue in older beardies, but are very understudied. I hope my sweet boy can help some of you if your babies ever unfortunately need it. Please think of Max. I’ll never forget him and I hope he didn’t feel any pain.
If you have any questions please ask,

I got this cutie patootie a couple days ago, and I think her previous owner didn't really care for her. I take her out of the terrarium at least twice a day, sometimes I bring her out of the house with me and I was wondering if I should also let my beardie roam free around my room. And if yes, is it a requirement, is it a nice experience for the beardie or is it more like something I do for myself so I don't feel guilty about putting her in a terrarium? Of course if I were to do that, I would make sure there's nothing she can hurt herself on, or no place she could easily get stuck. I just want her to feel happy in her new home

Should I be concerned about this? Is this some form of scale, rot or potentially just a bruise from rubbing at shed? I’ve had this little guy for about a month and a half now and he has been great overall. He is in a enclosure that is just over 4 feet long and slightly under 2 feet tall. He has an ambient air gradient of 85 to 86 on the warm side and 77 to 79 on the cool side with the humidity gradient that goes from 35 to 46 on each respective side. The peak spot on his basking rocks sometimes reaches 108 to 109° in a very localized position, but overall is much more consistent in the 101 to 105 range. He has been going through a shed that is increasing over the last few days from the top of his head, covering his back to his tail base. I do not believe he is shedding as heavily on his stomach, but he could be getting there as well after just completing a full shed of all four limbs and tail last couple weeks. His enclosure has a mix of tile and paper towel floor that is soon to be replaced with Australian desert sand along with the tile spots, he has a cork bark wall, which he likes to climb, as well as 8+ other branches, three wooden hides, and a few rock basking points, other than his main one. All that being said, his stool remains consistent and good looking, he is active and moves around throughout the day when not basking, and eats a mix of roaches, fly larva, and very occasionally super worms and horn worms. He also eats his entire bowl of salad daily. He does not appear to be in any discomfort or pain when gently touching at this spot. Should I be concerned about this? Is this some form of scale, rot or potentially just a bruise from rubbing at shed?

She's just chillin in there. Is this normal behavior?

also i hate how the internet is either "they're closing their eyes because they hate you and are scared of you and want you to go away forever😡" or "they're chill🙂"

i think he is chill. he's only been home for 3 days though so maybe it's the former.....

He’s just always ridiculous. I love him.

Monthly Morph Posting!

I will not be answering what everyone's morphs are indefinitely. There is a time limit to get your morphs determined for September. The time limit will be Wednesday, 9/3/26 at 1am PDT.

Please include multiple images of your dragon. A top-down image and a side profile in good lighting will greatly help me determine what morph your dragon is. Less ideal photos may result in me missing morphs.

\*Made this graphic by hand, and each month I will include more infographics of various morphs!*

The sprayer has a ‘stream’ setting but not very strong. He just had a couple bites of hard boiled egg so I figured he would appreciate some water.

she also loves to run into walls and walk through any dust she can find and occasionally bobs her head at me

This lil guy won’t poop so we have laxatives from the vet! Remember to take your lil guy too!

She used to have this rock in her smaller 40gal and I upgraded her to a 120gal a good few months ago with a brick basking spot, she sits there but returns to her old rock, which is a few inches away from the basking spot almost always.