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#263583
Shancock
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Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons? 
A lady at a pet store tried to tell me that if you feed your bearded dragon any kind of worms you have to de-worm them like once a month. I havent heard anyone mention that so I figured it wasnt true. So my Beardies are 2 years old and have never had a worm because I believed her....lol...
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03/03/05 12:53am
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#263595
Puffbaby
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Message To: Shancock In reference to Message Id: 263583
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Nice dragons!!! Unfortunately, you, like the rest of us are learning the hard way about pet stores. It is tough to believe anything they tell you because a) most of them don’t have a clue what they are talking about, and 2) They will sell you any kind of product, whether it is good for your pet or not. Their priority is to make $$$$.Firstly, I would suggest that you have your beardies vet checked. Take a fecal sample (no older than 4 hours) and have it analyzed for parasites. Most beardies have them, especially when they first come from a pet store. Medications are relatively inexpensive. I would suggest that you take them off the wood chips. It is dangerous and can cause impaction if accidentally injested. I use wheat bran and love the look of it, and my girls like to dig in it. Others here use paper towels or shelf liner which is also excellent. I am assuming that you feed crickets to your dragons. You can also feed silkworms as a staple diet. It is excellent! High in calcium, but a little more expensive. As a treat, they love superworms or waxworms. Never feed mealworms as it is hard for them to digest and can cause illness. A good diet site is www.beautifuldragons.com I love this site because it gives you the breakdown of what is good and not good to feed. Now that I have rambled on, tell us more about your beautiful dragons!!!! Joan2, Puffy and Sasha Sunshine
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03/03/05 01:27am
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#263764
Shancock
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Message To: Puffbaby In reference to Message Id: 263595
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Thank you for rambling I like it. Anyway, I didnt get mine from a pet store. I had a friend order them from his breeder in California. But to be honest I dont even know the name of where he got them. But I trust him. The lady at the pet stoire that was telling me that is actually the wife of the person I had build my tank for my beardies and she has had babies and she has 2 adults. So I figured, "why not believe her?" But now I know.
I didnt think bark was bad, but I did just go buy some of that shelf liner stuff, but I just feel like she finally just got used to her tank and I dont want to change it but if the bar is really that bad I will change. She just likes to dig little dips to sleep in and stuff and I didnt want to take that away from my Gigi.
I feed my beardies crickets yes but they are mostly on greens. lots of them. Do you think if i gave them worms now (after 2 years) if it would mess with their diet. What if they like them so much they dont want to eat thier other food..lol? No but seriously? Ok I will stop rambling now..hehe Sara
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03/03/05 11:20am
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#263786
J & B
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Message To: Shancock In reference to Message Id: 263764
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Somebody looks mad! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!We feed worms alot and never have heard of deworming them once a month!! Just becareful with super worms they do get hooked on them sometimes and wont eat anything else! I have one like that now, but he will eat silk worms too!!! But no crickets. Your critters look nice!
We use shelf liner as well and we love it! Here is one of our tanks with the shelf liner!
We use it in all 3 of our tanks!
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03/03/05 11:56am
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#263819
Snowdude
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Message To: J In reference to Message Id: 263786
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
I also use and like wheat bran and they can still dig in it to get spots to sleep..play..est and its soft.
I second taking out the wood chips.
I have not heard of deworming once a month if you feed worms...I think thats what you said.I feed mine crickets/greens(salad)....and super worms/butter worms on occasion for treats I just dont reccomend going over board so they dont get hooked. They really like the worms. LOL
I would have a stool sample checked if you never have...
your dragons look very healthy and happy...beautiful...do you have 1 male and 1 female? or 2 female?
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03/03/05 12:13pm
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#263860
Shancock
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Message To: Snowdude In reference to Message Id: 263819
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
If you look back at the very top picture you will see my 2 males on top of eachother and then the female is the one by herself. The recent picture is 1 of my males (Big D is his name) and he is "looking mad" hanging out with my girl Gigi. Here is a pic of the males soaking up the sun.
and the boys checking out the cat...lol..they all get along..its great
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03/03/05 12:48pm
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#264064
FutureCROChunter
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Message To: Shancock In reference to Message Id: 263860
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Yea I wouldnt beleive the petstores. My plan is to(when I turn 18) work at petco or petsmart(which are the 2 petstores around me that are horrible!) and change everything they do. Like they use calci sand and aspen, etc. and tell people the wrong things, like "yea sure! Iguanas are so easy to care for", yea well I’m going to tell people the truth! I know I will probably get fired after like the first or second day but I would feel much better that I tried to do something about it!Anyways! Do you keep those males together? Thats not a good idea! Males will get very aggressive/territorial and will fight! I would definitely seperate them as soon as possible! Also if you dont want babies then dont keep your male and female together! Or maybe you had a plan I dont know, I was kinda lazy and didnt read it all, lol! Steven
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03/03/05 04:56pm
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#264066
Jessetheherp
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Message To: Shancock In reference to Message Id: 263860
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Jsut curiouse do u house ur males together if so u should seperate them really fast and also you shoulden house male and female it wil stress the female
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03/03/05 04:58pm
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#264103
Shancock
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Message To: Jessetheherp In reference to Message Id: 264066
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
OK Peeps..My 2 males are housed together and always have been. As you can see they do not fight. They never have. My female is in her own tank. She and the male were together for a reason. I have 15 eggs in an incubator right now. Those pictures are actually from the day they mated. they are all 2 years old and very healthy. Thanks
Sara
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03/03/05 05:22pm
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#264143
HockeyMan0920
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Message To: Shancock In reference to Message Id: 264103
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
I still say separate the males. I bet everyone here will agree.
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03/03/05 05:57pm
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#264148
Shancock
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Message To: HockeyMan0920 In reference to Message Id: 264143
Do you have to de-worm bearded dragons?
Why would you still say seperate if they get along? Do they not start acting agressive until a certain age or what? They like each other. They sleep with eachother and they hang out with eachother all the time? Why seperate now?Thanks
Sara
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03/03/05 06:02pm
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