Beardeddragons

Lizards Bearded Dragons are extremely hardy, when they are provided with the proper temperature and lighting in their environment. However, they are also pets who do their best to hide their symptoms from us when they fall ill, as do most other reptiles. It's probably a compulsive behavior, because a disease Beardie, in the wild, would probably not live for very long.

Since your Beardie can not moan or complain about where it hurts, you must use your observation skills to determine if something is not right. There are times when a healthy Beardie will act differently, but these changes must be seen for what they are experienced by the veterinarian.

For this reason, you must be very aware of what is normal behavior for each of your dragons especially, and what is not. An alert eye can generally be a problem long before it became a major concern. Particular attention should be given to each dragon's eating habits and the amount they usually eat, and what is the norm insofar as they often present in the stool, and they usually look as when they do. Particular attention should be paid to the amount of urates (the white powdery solids) that are passed in the stool, a change in what may be a sign of kidney problems.

If you purchased your dragons in a pet shop, unfortunately, you've got more than the only living thing that you paid for ... there is a better than 50% chance that your dragon can carry a certain type of intestinal parasite, especially if they were housed with other dragons, and the conditions they were kept in were not exactly as clean as you would have liked.

They may be infected with coccidia, nematodes, pinworms, hookworms, or many other pests. If buying from a reputable breeder, which is much less likely to be the case, but even then it is possible.

For this reason, once you've had your dragon for two weeks, you should make a point to have him seen by a reputable veterinarian who is well versed in the care of reptiles, and take a sample of stool for testing. Add your dragon at least two weeks to settle, unless it is clear they are sick when they are stressed, the number of parasites, in particular the number of coccidia may be higher than normal.

Diseases & Conditions

Normally, if you provide your dragon habitat standard of food and care, you are most healthy bearded dragon on earth. But from time to time your dragon could get sick. Most diseases often get Beardies are:

1. Mites
2. Terminal Ingestion
3. Thermal Burns
4. Calcium deficiency
5. Impaction
6. Hypovitaminosis A
7. Respiratory Infections
8. Dehydration
9. Stomatitis
10. Internal parasites
11. Coccidia
12. Other parasites
13. Dystocia (Egg Binding)
14. MBD (metabolic bone disease)
15. Skin problems

Detailed information on each on each diseas and processing solutions, with everything you need to know about bearded dragons, you can find in the new comprehensive guide to bearded dragons http://www.pets-lovers.com/ bd / beardeddragons. htm